IPM Sri Lanka partners ESOFT Metro Campus for greater IT proficiency

IPM Sri Lanka – the nation’s leader in Human Resources Management, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 18 January with ESOFT Metro Campus – the leading IT training institute to encourage greater IT proficiency amongst the HR community. 

The Agreement was signed by IPM Sri Lanka Chief Executive Officer Dyan Seneviratne and ESOFT Metro Campus Chief Executive Officer Nishan Sembacuttiaratchy at the IPM Sri Lanka head office in Colombo 5. Greater proficiency in IT will enable and empower the HR community to be more productive, employable and efficient in carrying out their day to day tasks.

“IT skills are a very necessary skill-set in any profession and is applicable to the HR profession too as most of the day to day as well as longer term HR activities require well honed skills in IT to be efficient and productive,” said IPM Sri Lanka President Rohitha Amarapala.

From left: ESOFT Metro Campus Consultant Corporate Training Harris Dissanayake, ESOFT Metro Campus General Manager Upul Dassanayake and ESOFT Metro Campus CEO Nishan Sembacuttiaratchy exchanging the  MOU with IPM Sri Lanka CEO Dyan Seneviratne, IPM Sri Lanka Director Finance and Administration P.G. Tennakoon and IPM Sri Lanka Director Academic Operations Gopinath Subramaniam 

“We are pleased to partner with a leading IT training institute such as ESOFT Metro Campus in order to help fulfil our aspirations in upgrading the IT skills within the HR community,” he added.

The IT training will encompass and include professional courses in Microsoft packages such as Microsoft Excel which are required for reporting, documenting and researching HR related activities. 

“IPM is keen on making HR more relevant in the business world by aiding the HR community to acquire relevant skills and knowledge vitally important in the business world. This initiative will also dispel the notion that HR professionals are perceived as living in a cocoon with only the knowledge of HR whilst the innovative business world moves in multi-polar directions. Therefore it is essential that HR Managers are equipped with other skills and knowledge eagerly sought by dynamic corporate entities,” said Dyan Seneviratne. 

“As an established and experienced IT training institute, we have the necessary expertise, skills and resources to provide customised programs for IT training. We are happy that IPM Sri Lanka has sought and obtained our services to achieve their objectives,” said ESOFT Metro Campus Chief Executive Officer Nishan Sembacuttiaratchy.    

Established in 2008, ESOFT Metro Campus is a purely Sri Lankan company with over 48 branches spread throughout the country and is managed by a group of leading professionals and educationists. With the commitment of its management and expertise of the staff members, ESOFT Metro Campus has introduced highly acclaimed and popular educational programmes and qualifications throughout Sri Lanka. ESOFT Metro Campus is also partnered with Pearson UK, previously known as Edexcel, for offering their Level 5 Higher National Diploma Programs and also have obtained Edexcel Assured Status for several of the short term programs, thereby providing quality assurance from an internationally recognised body. 

ESOFT Metro Campus is strategically partnered with London Metropolitan University, UK as their exclusive partner in Sri Lanka to offer their undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications and offer several streams of study.

IPM Sri Lanka keeps pace with the new trends and concepts in HR by engaging continuously with the business community to share experiences, thoughts and insights in order to enrich and enhance the HR profession. It actively encourages and promotes members’ participation at international conferences and fora to provide relevant exposure, build networks and conduct research into areas of interest to the HR profession in Sri Lanka. 

IPM was founded in 1959 and was subsequently incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1976. IPM is affiliated to the Asia Pacific Foundation of Human Resources Management and also to the World Federation of People Management Association. IPM, being a professional institute is also a constituent member of the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) Sri Lanka. Currently IPM comprises of over 900 Professional Members who serve in both public and private organisations.