BMICH celebrates International Women’s Day

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Ladies of the BMICH/BCIS and outsourced staff with Chief Guest Shiromal Cooray, Guest of Honour Dr. Lanka Jayasuriya Dissanayake and the leadership teams of BMICH/BCIS

BMICH – Sri Lanka’s iconic landmark organised a special program for its lady staff members to celebrate International Women’s Day and acknowledge the significant contribution by the ladies of the BMICH/BCIS staff to make the institution the most service-oriented award winning organisation in Sri Lanka.

“We are delighted to have a strong and dedicated lady workforce at BMICH/BCIS who contribute to our successes on a daily basis, and we admire their courage and dedication to help achieve our goals. BMICH has a unique affiliation with women with two of Sri Lanka’s leading personalities – Late Hon. Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike being the first female Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and globally and who was also the founding Chairperson of BMICH and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the first female Executive President of Sri Lanka who is the current Chairperson of the BMICH Board of Management, both being of iconic significance to our country as well as globally,” said BMICH Chief Executive Sunil Dissanayake.

Jetwing Travels Chairman/Managing Director Shiromal Cooray, the Chief Guest, delivered a talk on her career progression as a woman, the obstacles she faced and how she overcame them to reach the pinnacle of her career.

Indira Cancer Trust Chairperson Dr. Lanka Jayasuriya Dissanayake spoke about awareness, detection and prevention of breast cancer and associated treatment and counselling services.

BMICH is Sri Lanka’s largest and Asia’s very first purpose-built convention centre with ultra modern facilities. Recently redesigned, renovated and refurbished, BMICH is South Asia’s Premier Integrated MICE Complex with all the facilities required to host any type of convention, seminar, exhibition, conference or wedding including multi-day international conventions and conferences.