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A leading global telecommunications company Bharti Airtel with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa recently announced its partnership with AIESEC Sri Lanka, to facilitate the core project for the year 2013 The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP 2.0).
This program, which was held at 10 institutions including SLIIT, IIT, ANC, APIIT, National Youth Services Council, BCAS, Western College for Management and Technology, Technical College Maradana, Technical College Ratmalana and Ceylon German Technical Institute had over 1,000 students participating and gaining valuable insights into being future leaders.
These sessions were conducted by 50 foreign undergraduates from different countries, who shared their experiences with the local students, thus creating awareness and providing insights on an international scale.
The project also included a ‘leadership day’ where knowledge sharing sessions took place amongst students representing all the above said institutions.
Commenting on the YEP 2.0, Airtel Lanka CEO/MD Suren Goonewardene said: “Airtel Lanka is proud to have been the official telecommunication partner for the Youth Empowerment Project which imparted some key learning to the participants.
Airtel Lanka is a very youth centric and youth focused brand that strongly believes in empowering the leaders of tomorrow with the tools they need to succeed in this ever changing and challenging corporate world and we will continue to invest in such resources in the future.”
The YEP 2.0 focused on educating the participants on enhancing skills, broadening knowledge and exposing them to the corporate environment which would build confidence and enable the youth of tomorrow to become better leaders.
AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-run organisation and an international student body with a presence in over 113 countries.
AIESEC acts as an agent that links the corporate world and university students and provides leadership opportunities for youth. YEP 2.0 is an initiative that focuses on undergraduates. YEP 2.0 offers undergraduates the opportunities to develop their soft skills, personality building opportunities, leadership skills which will prepare them to face the challenges of the future better. Bharti Airtel Lanka commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka on 12 January 2009, and was the fastest operator to reach one million customers in Sri Lanka. With its network footprint panned out across the country and capturing strategic ranking positions in various areas in less than three years of operations, Airtel has emerged as Sri Lanka’s fastest expanding network. Registered under the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka, Airtel Lanka provides digital mobile services into Sri Lanka which includes voice telephony, voice mail, data services and GSM based services. The Company has also received accreditations such as British Standards Institution’s ISO 27001:2005 and BS 25999 -2:2007 for its continuous efforts towards information security and business continuity.
