SLASSCOM launches Megamind 2012

MEGAMIND 2012, the first inter-company quiz competition organised by the Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies(SLASSCOM ) will be held on July 26 at the Park Street Mews Warehouse. The quiz competition will be followed by a networking session for IT and BPO professionals.

"We are delighted to launch MEGAMIND this year with over 50 teams from the IT and BPO industry competing against each other to win the Megamind 2012 championship. The winning team will receive a cash prize of Rs.50, 000. The teams that win second and third places will receive cash prizes of Rs.30,000 and Rs.20, 000 each. We encourage all IT and BPO industry professionals to be part of this event", said Board member of SLASSCOM, Ruwindhu Peiris.

A spokesman for the company said, "SLASSCOM's drives our national goal of becoming the number one industry to lead Sri Lanka to knowledge economy while achieving the target of$1b in revenue and employment to over 100,000 by 2015. Megamind will also facilitate a knowledge sharing session on 'Disruptive innovation' by CEO of Leapset, Mani Kulasooriya based in the Silicon Valley.