Seen from left: Thilan Wijesinghe – Director/co-founder Wow.lk and Director/co-founder SLIIT; Mangala Karunaratne, Founder/CEO – Calcey Technologies, LLC; Lahiru Pathmalal – CEO/co-founder, Takas Pvt Ltd and Ajit Gunewardena – deputy chairman of John Keells Holdings and Chairman – PickMe. They were panellists at a discussion on start-ups organised by the Sunday Times Business Club and hosted by the Kingsbury Colombo on Wednesday. (Full report on Page 6-7). Pic by Amila Gamage.

 

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