Online post graduate qualifications from OLAK

It is better late than never for Sri Lanka to think and implement the use of modern and simple, easy to use methods to make knowledge impartation to our community in this day and age.

An innovative educational nucleus in the country, OLAK Group celebrated its newest partnership with Indira Group of Institutes (IGI) amidst an elite gathering in a fitting finale at the Cinnamon Lakeside with Deputy Minister of Technology and Research Faiszer Mustapha as Chief Guest.

Addressing the press briefing, Director – Indira International Distance Education Academy Manjoo Phadke said: “IGI is one of the premier educational centres of India with a golden blend of world class infrastructures and top quality education meeting global standards. IGI, today, boasts of 17 institutes, having more than 10,000 students from all over India and abroad pursuing multidisciplinary, under and post graduate programmes in management, IT, pharmacy, commerce, foreign trade, mass communication, computer science, engineering and English language training.”

It is the ninth institute in India to receive the accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi; has been ranked as the best B-school in Pune by the prestigious AIMA-IMJ; and received the Best (Private) B-School Dewang Mehta Award in 2008. It was also ranked amongst the top two in Pune for last two years by Business India.

OLAK Group was formed two years ago with this balanced intention to fill the much-needed void in modern teaching technology that will shape students and professionals with the rounded competencies required to take control of their careers and lives.

To address the country’s need for intellectual capital, education providers should emphasise on the creation of articulation and mobility pathways for students throughout the education and learning framework and respond to this call of the Government through the ‘Mahinda Chinthana – Idiri Dekma’.

On the same note OLAK Group launched the International Management Film Festival last year, which created awareness about the convenience of using modern management films to digest concepts and best practices in less than 20 minutes like an-all inclusive knowledge capsule, especially for the busy executives.

Everyone does not like reading; those who enjoy reading may have time constrains which at times stall the much-needed self-initiated learning process. Management films are costly to own, but having mini film festivals on pertinent topics will be a mere feature to a management audience. 

OLAK Group is able to support organisations with management film evenings on specific themes, making learning affordable and simpler and less time-consuming. It does this in partnership with ‘Fun & Joy at Work,’ of which it is the appointed partner in Sri Lanka, South Africa and Male, said Kumara Galhenage, Group Manager – Education Services and Portfolio Development.

OLAK Group is also accredited by many European and Asian-based leading education providers and also has an award winning airline training outfit – the Institute of International Air Transport (IIAT), which won the prestigious ‘Best Airline Biz School in Asia’ award in July 2010 at Sunteck in Singapore. The Harpo and OLAK School of Hospitality Management and Tourism is the first and only hotel school that can offer a triple qualification to aspirants.

Sales managers, branch managers (banks, etc), hotel managers, planters and more such capable ladies and gentlemen with proven capability and track record having entered the corporate world at a young age as a banking assistant, an associate in a hotel, a trainee sales rep or as a trainee in a plantation have fewer or no opportunities to substantiate their fitment or capability owing to the transferable nature of these jobs.

“This partnership with IGI is now at your doorstep with International Advance Diploma (one year) and Post Graduate Diploma (two years), where you can study from home and qualify at a fraction of the cost and pay in stages. Our unique offering is to help these capable talent who have graduated from the university of life to now obtain the much needed post-graduate qualifications in business management, marketing and human resources from the comfort of the aspirant’s home and be competitive in the corporate world,” said Managing Director Ranjeewa Kulatunga.

 “There is no qualification requirement; what you need is to substantiate work experience to enrol and our informative web link www.olak.biz will help you with more information. All they need to do is register with us and secure a log-in ID from us and internet access to enjoy the world of education at his/her convenience with on-line support.”