IIT Campus hosts Careers Day in collaboration with premier multinational companies

IIT Campus recently organised a Careers Day event in partnership with many leading corporates in the fields of computing/IT and business with the objective of providing their students and graduates with the best job placement opportunities in the industry. 

The companies that participated in the event which was held at the IIT Campus premises for the fifth consecutive year included hSenid Business Solutions , Millennium IT , Unilever Sri Lanka, 99X Technology, Cambio Software Engineering , Fonterra Brands , IFS, John Keels Computer Services, Leapset, Navantis, Virtusa, WSO2, Zaizi, Informatics International, CREO 360, Ellipsis, Headstart, We Are Designers, Aeturnum and Zone 24/7.

The Career Day presented the students with a unique opportunity to meet some of the senior management leaders and human resources teams of these leading corporate organisations on a one-to-one basis, and to be briefed by these organisations on a wide range of career opportunities on offer.

Most of the participating companies indicated and outlined many positive reasons for partnering in the event. IFS Manager Training Kandasamy Yogendirakumar stated that they currently employ a large number of IIT Graduates who have contributed and added much value to developing their services and solutions and hence they were always keen to hire IIT graduates.

“We find that the quality of the IIT graduates are high and very much in keeping with the kind of exacting standards that we maintain within our own organisation. Therefore we make it a point to attend the IIT career day every year to source some of the best talent in IT,” John Keells Computer Services Head of HR – IT Sector Niresh Samaranayake said. 

WSO2 Senior Lead, Human Resources and Administration Premila Rajapakse voiced her thoughts by saying that they found both the knowledge and work experience gained by IIT graduates through their one year internship to be of an excellent standard, where they very easily adapted into working well within their teams. 

Leapset Human Resources Senior Manager Shiran Weerakoon also endorsed these sentiments and declared that they shared a long-standing partnership with IIT and their past experience in hiring IIT graduates has been a motivating factor for them to partake in this program and to offer career opportunities for IIT students.

Virtusa Head of Campus Reach Thushan Hettihamy, who was also present with his team at the event, said that they have a vast number of IIT graduates who are holding leading positions in their organisations. “Our experiences with IIT graduates have been very positive, which is the reason we are here today,” Hettihamy said. 

IIT alumni members who are currently some of the leaders in the industry and in their respective organisations also took part in this program to share their experiences and also offered internship opportunities for the graduates.

“Career days, like this, are important because they provide our students with opportunities to liaise directly with industry leaders,” IIT CEO Dr. Sampath Kannangara said. 

“It’s not just about creating a chance for our students to meet with potential employers, it’s also about providing our students with opportunities to discuss important aspects of their education like internship opportunities and career mapping. IIT is dedicated to providing our students with the best education possible, and that would not be possible without our close ties with the industry and their continuous endorsement of our institute and its study programs,” Dr. Kannangara said. 

IIT is an award winning campus and has won many accolades such as Microsoft Imagine Cup, National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA), Google Summer of Code and e-Swabhimani. During the 25 years of educational excellence, IIT has earned a wide reputation as a solid, professional training campus, catering to the needs of the students and producing well-rounded and highly employable graduates, to anticipate the professional world by being armed with confidence and knowledge.