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SLT-Mobitel clinches 6 National Project Management Excellence Awards

03 Jul 2024 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

At the recent National Project Management Excellence Awards 2024, held at Hotel Galadari in Colombo, SLT-Mobitel secured six prestigious awards. 


These accolades underscore SLT-Mobitel’s dedication to pioneering innovative solutions, driving digital transformation and enriching the lives of Sri Lankans through its exceptional achievements. 


The awards showcased the dedication of the respective SLT-Mobitel teams in delivering the highest standards in project management and ability to deliver solutions that make a difference across diverse sectors. 


The company’s revolutionary research and development initiative, the ‘Embryo’ team clinched three Gold awards for their groundbreaking projects and project management skills in various sectors.


The Embryo was also recognised with a Gold award for the project ‘The Aisle’, a GenAI-based enterprise knowledge hub solution, under the category Best Managed Project in AI and Data Science category. 


The project ‘GrowMentor’, an image recognition-based plant disease management solution, was presented Gold for the Best Managed Project in the Agriculture and Livestock Development Sector. 


The team’s ‘Park n Pay’ project, a cloud and edge ML-based parking management solution, was honoured with Gold for Best Managed Project in ICT Networks and Communications. 


Additionally, the Embryo team secured a Silver award for ‘SenseGrid,’ an AI and IoT-based solution for factory automation, recognised as the Best Managed Project in the Manufacturing Sector.


Other SLT-Mobitel projects that received the Silver award was the ‘Duthaya Mobile App’, a mobile marketplace connecting local demands and freelance messengers, awarded as the Best Managed Innovative Project, devised by SLT-Mobitel’s product development and management team. The ‘Fully-fledged mobile application for the Sri Lankan Embassy in the UAE’, managed by SLT-Mobitel’s global business SBU team, with software development undertaken by the SLT IT team, was honoured with Silver for the Best Managed Project in ICT Services Solutions.
Organised by the Project Management Institute Sri Lanka Colombo Chapter, the National Project Management Excellence Awards are annual accolades that recognise outstanding achievements and the best practitioners of project management across various sectors in the field of project management in Sri Lanka.