SLIIT promotes Business Management

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SLIIT, the premier higher education institute in Sri Lanka is committed to producing high quality graduates with an exceptional level of employability. While SLIIT has cemented its status as the preferred place to study for IT, it is yet to be recognised as the number one institute for Business Management. The newly appointed Dean of the SLIIT Faculty of Business Professor Chandana Perera, former Head of the Department of Management and Technology of the University of Moratuwa noted, “The dynamic nature of current businesses needs visionary leaders, strategic managers, innovative entrepreneurs and t

he power of integrated technologies to perform successfully. Therefore, up-to-date knowledge, dependable competence, marketable skills and creative ideas in management and information systems disciplines have become a cornerstone to the effective operation of businesses across industries.” Therefore the Faculty of Business within SLIIT continues to rise up to the challenge of nurturing business leaders, who can make decisions and implement actions that are right for themselves, their organisations and for the wider community. Whilst getting enriched from international partnerships and professional ties with local industries in its mission of becoming a leading Business Faculty island wide, the SLIIT Business Management program develops its students to achieve excellence where ever they go by extending individual attention and uncompromising quality in training. The Faculty of Business was started as a department in 2007 and the Business Faculty was established in 2011. Initially the department offered the three year BBA (Hons) in Business Management degree programme from Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) UK. Up to now, five batches of students have graduated from the SHU degree program and are high performers at reputed companies island-wide. Apart from the BBA (Hons) in Business Mana

gement (SHU) degree program, in 2012 the Faculty started to offer a four year UGC approved, BBA Special (Hons) degree program with five specialisations namely; Human Capital Management, Accounting and Finance, Marketing Management, Management Information Systems and Quality Management. The first batch of this four year degree program will be graduating in December of 2015. D.T. Kingsley Bernard was also recently appointed as the Head of the Department of Business Management. A well known business leader, Bernard has been in the industry for over 35 years. He has been a visiting lecturer to a number of universities in Sri Lanka, specialising in Marketing during the last 25 years. He has now become a full time academic with SLIIT, energising the Department of Business Management. Commenting on the field of Business, Bernard noted, “We want to produce business graduates who can apply themselves to local and global business environments which is subject to rapid change with globalisation and de-regulation. Our SLIIT graduates go through a four year extensive programme focusing on research and professional development, marketing, finance, management, economics etc. Bernard explained that the SLIIT Faculty of Business endeavours to produce business graduates for the 21st Century, to serve the nation and beyond. “We have grown from strength to strength to meet the challenges of the transitional world, within a short span of seven years. Our partnerships with overseas universities of repute, strong links with the industry and professional organisations keep us in good stead to fulfil the challenging demands of the sector. Our well-qualified in-house academic staff with industry experience is our competitive edge. The sterling performance of our graduates in well-established corporate entities bears testimony of our success. We are confident of becoming the most sought after Business School in Sri Lanka,” mentioned Bernard. In order to strengthen the industry-SLIIT relationship, an Advisory Board consisting of industry leaders namely Dr. Kishu Gomes, D.C.A. Gunawardena, Isuru Thilakawardana, Ariyaseela Wickramanayake, Dr. L.N. Senaweera, Dr. Rohan Fernando, Mahesh Pasqual, W.K.H. Wegapitiya, Kulatunga Rajapaksa, Rajeeva Bandaranaike and Shiromal Cooray were appointed recently. The next business management intake will be commencing in June 2015. For further information contact 0777685421 or [email protected].