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The Graduation Ceremony and Membership Investiture of The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region (CIMSLR) felicitated thirteen senior lecturers in recognition of their contribution towards Sri Lanka’s marketing profession by assisting students and professional marketers to develop their marketing knowledge and skills. The felicitation ceremony was a highlight at the recently concluded Graduation Ceremony and Membership Investiture 2014.
Amongst those felicitated were Mohamed Adamaly, Rohantha Athukorala, Prasanna Perera and G. S. Sylvester for their outstanding service of 20 years; Dusty Alahakoon and Michael Ranasinghe for 15 years and Lewie Diasz, Wasantha Fernando, Tharanga Gunasekera, Wahish Hashim, Yasas Hewage, Reyaz Jeffrey and Yarthav Mathiaparanam for 10 years of service.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region Chairman Shantha Katipearachchi sharing his comments said, “We feel it is necessary to recognise the valuable contributions made by our CIM lecturers and they matter the most to drive students towards achieving excellence. The guidance by our very own CIM lecturers are immense and it is necessary that we recognise their efforts. I congratulate all who were felicitated and wish them success in their future endeavours.”
The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region Head of Education Amal Fernando commented, “On this memorable occasion, firstly, I extend my best wishes to our lecturers. The Chartered Institute of Marketing believes in producing business leaders with a sense of responsibility, so that future marketers will not only be responsible marketers but also responsible citizens and proud ambassadors of responsible marketing. Lecturers contribute immensely and we feel it is necessary to applaud their contribution towards the marketing profession in Sri Lanka.”
The Chartered Institute of Marketing is the largest community of professional marketers in the world with 100 years of heritage delivering education, membership and insight offerings to the marketing and sales profession. As the world’s largest Institute for professional marketers with over 35,000 members globally, CIM places great emphasis in maintaining high standards of quality and integrity and as such, develops and sets standards within marketing landscapes of UK and other regional countries in which it operates. The CIM qualification is the only international qualification recognised by the Royal Charter in United Kingdom.
The CIM Sri Lanka Region is the first international branch of CIM UK and comprises of the largest number of members, both professional and students, of CIM outside the UK; 3,000 student members and over 1,500 professional members, respectively. The regional institute has always campaigned for greater recognition and excellence in the marketing profession in Sri Lanka, through education, training and development.
