CNCI launches ‘Achiever Awards 2017’

The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries – CNCI has planned its official launch and the media briefing of the ‘CNCI Achiever Awards 2017’ for Industrial Excellence to be held at Salon Anthurium of Hotel Galadari  on 16 February at 6 p.m. This is a unique event where the CNCI, the premier industrial chamber in the country identifies and recognises the Sri Lankan industrialists for their achievements both in the manufacturing and service sectors.   

The Achiever Awards have been designed by the CNCI to promote industrial growth in the country by recognising and rewarding those industrialists who have excelled well in their businesses in the areas of quality standards, productivity, employee benefits, labour relations etc while assuring concerns over the social and environmental obligations and to encourage these enterprises to reach further heights in their spheres of operations.  

This is a valuable opportunity for all industrial settings of Extra Large, Large, Medium, Small and Micro categories in the country to know their own stand in respective industries in the provincial and national levels. We are certainly proud to mention that the CNCI Achiever Awards Competition has been able to produce a number of industrialists to the country who have become highly reputed and leading businessmen in Sri Lanka today. In this instance, it is pertinent to mention that there are some companies who initially contested under the categories of ‘Small’ and ‘Medium’ are now in the categories of ‘Large’ and ‘Extra Large’. These are, of course, the success stories behind the Achiever Awards Event organised by the CNCI.

We have also planned an awareness campaign through some selected regional chambers covering all parts of the island, giving special emphasis to the North and East, which are considered as ‘special districts’. 

Applications for the CNCI Achiever Awards are subjected to a stringent evaluation procedure.  Initially, the applications received will be audited by an audit firm to verify the accuracy of the information given. Next is the interviews and evaluation of the applications by an internal panel of judges consisting of chartered accountants and engineers. Thereafter the factory visits by judging members (of short listed companies) to witness the information provided by the applicants. 

Finally, all the short listed applications will be evaluated by an external panel of judges consisting of eminent personalities representing the public and private institutions related to Commerce and Industry in the country. This panel of judges will be headed by Professor Ananda Jayawardena, Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa. The presentation of awards will take place on 17 August at Hotel Galadari, Colombo.  

Applications will be available at the CNCI Chamber Secretariat, Galle Face Court 2, Colombo 3 and all regional Chambers or they can be downloaded from their website www.cnci.lk from 17 February.