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Devan's represents Sri Lanka in Intel ISEF in USA

The NP System is a software programme that assists blind and visually impaired individuals use computers by providing voice instructions.

The programme can assist with a variety of tasks such as guiding the user through the basic functions of a computer including sending an email, crafting a word document, analyzing images and providing verbal descriptions and responding to audio commands by the user.

The winners from Sri Lanka, who won the IEEE Computer Society Award at ISEF 2012 – Nipun Kavishka Silva (second to left) and Pipunika Vimanthi Silva (far right) from De Mazenod College, Kandana with the rest of the Sri Lankan team.(From left to right – Chathura Saman Kumara from Pinnawala Central College, Rambukkana; Nipun Kavishka Silva from De Mazenod College, Kandana; Maleen Wijeyaratne from Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala; and Pipunika Vimanthi Silva from De Mazenod College, Kandana)

The winning team was accompanied by Mr. Joseph Lakshman Geramunu Nonis, a teacher from DeMazenod College. The duo, along with two other Lankan students – Chathura Saman Kumara from Pinnawala Central College, Rambukkana and Maleen Wijeyaratne from Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala, represented Sri Lanka after winning the Sri Lankan Science and Engineering Fair organized by the Ministry of Education, National Science Foundation, Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka and Intel Sri Lanka, last December.