Prabhath Mannapperuma

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Prabhath Mannapperuma
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Born
Prabhath Mannapperuma

(1993-05-15) May 15, 1993 (age 30)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
CitizenshipSri Lanka
Alma mater
  • St. Joseph Vaz College, Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Sri Lanka
  • Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
OccupationSocial Entrepreneur
OrganizationSTEMUP Educational Foundation
Known forFounder, STEMUP Educational Foundation
Websiteprabhathmannapperuma.com

Prabhath Mannapperuma (born May 15, 1993) is a Sri Lankan Social Entrepreneur, Tech Evangelist. Mannapperuma is the founder of STEMUP Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization that facilitates STEM careers and is known for taking initiatives to make kids more familiar with problem-solving skills, design thinking skills.[1][2][3]

Mannapperuma has gained much recognition across the country for his social initiative via SSTEMUP Educational Foundation.[4] He is the recipient of the South Asian Youth Award, TheirWorld Global Youth Skills Champion, and Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, Scholarship Awardee.[5][6]

Early life and education

Mannapperuma was born on May 15, 1993, in Sri Lanka. He studied at St. Joseph Vaz College, Sri Lanka, from where he graduated with an advanced high school graduation degree in Biology.

In 2014, Mannapperuma enrolled in SLIIT to pursue a bachelor’s degree course in Information Technology with a specialization in Computer Software Engineering. After graduating in 2018, he entered Staffordshire University, the United Kingdom, in 2019 to pursue MSC. with a specialization in Business Computing.

Career

Mannapperuma started his career in 2016 when he founded The STEMUp Educational Foundation.[7] It is a non-profit organization that aims at inspiring and engaging students to become interested in pursuing STEM careers. Mannapperuma established this NPO to help aspiring people become innovators and problem solvers by facilitating multiple programs to make kids more familiar with problem-solving skills, design thinking skills. This NPO is constantly striving to help students pursue higher education and careers in IT, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subject matters. Micro:bit Sri Lanka User Group (SLUG) is one of the most successful programmes by the foundation.[8] This initiative by Mannapperuma was recognized at the SLT Zero One Awards 2020 for its programs that empower the youth with IT education.[9][10]

Awards

  • 2018: South Asian Youth Award - Finalist, 2018
  • 2018: TheirWorld Global Youth Ambassadors Hero: Youth Skills Champion[11]
  • 2019: Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, Scholarship Awardee, 2019

Personal life

Mannapperuma is fluent in Sinhala and English.

Gallery

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  • Prabhath Mannapperuma Photo.jpg

In the media

        

References

  1. ↑ "A glimpse into STEMUp Educational Foundation | ARTECULATE". arteculate.asia. 2019-09-07. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "SLT Inaugurates "CoderDojo @ SLT"- Coding and Digital Making Clubs to lead a Nation backed by innovation". Adaderana Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "STEMUp Educational Foundation expands Advisory Board | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "A glimpse into STEMUp Educational Foundation | ARTECULATE". arteculate.asia. 2019-09-07. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Empowering coders with CoderDojo Sri Lanka | ARTECULATE". arteculate.asia. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "STEMUp leads the journey empowering a tech-savvy society in Sri Lanka". Ceylon Business Reporter. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "MillenniumIT ESP partners with the STEMUp Educational Foundation to introduce a machine learning AI capacity building movement". Ceylon Business Reporter. 2019-11-06. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Volunteers help children in remote Sri Lankan schools to learn coding". Theirworld. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "'Hack:bit 2020' aims to bring ideas of school and university students to life | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Prabhath Mannapperuma". Theirworld. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Global Youth Ambassadors S/Hero Week: meet our youth skills champion Prabhath". Theirworld. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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