The EDEX expo provided a platform for the 2nd consecutive year for SLASSCOM Future Careers program to connect with Sri Lankan youth to the exiting job opportunities in the IT/ BPO industry and the knowledge services. The Future Careers Pavilion was inaugurated by Mr. Lalith Weeratunga,Secretary to His Excellency the President.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in collaboration with the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), will be holding an international conference on ‘Legal Process Outsourcing’ in partnership with the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).  

Sri Lanka's largest mobile service provider Dialog Axiata PLC is offering Technology scholarships to 54 students, who scored top marks in the field of mathematics at the (General Certificate of Education) A/L (Advance Level) examinations held in 2009 and 2010.

With the successful completion of the largest ever education and careers exhibition in Colombo last weekend, EDEX Expo will be coming to Kandy today and tomorrow at the Kandy City Centre.

Mir Technologies Limited Bangladesh has signed partnership agreement with IFS to resell and support IFS Applications in the territory of Bangladesh. Mir Technologies (MirTech) the ICT wing of the most renowned group of companies Mir Group in Bangladesh currently provides Enterprise Resource Planning.

The Human Capital Development Finance Act would be introduced to facilitate legal provisions to enable undergraduates to obtain bank loans on a minute surety bond, Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake said.

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The official launch of the HRM Awards 2012, the recognised benchmark for industry best practices in human resources organised by the Association of Human Resource Professionals, was held yesterday.

MillenniumIT, a leading technology solutions provider and a part of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), announced the Group's plan for further investment in MillenniumIT. LSEG will invest in the construction of a new state-of-the-art software complex to accommodate the company's growing specialised international software and services business.

Sri Lanka Customs implementing electronic submission of Cusdec and manifest in February.

Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show a significant surge in growth in Q3-2011, with more new subscribers added in the quarter than at any time since early 2009. The figures also point to the growing importance of fiber as FTTH and hybrid FTTx deployments increase.

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company, announced today that it recently celebrated milestones in its Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) program named “Code Green”, a pillar of its sustainability program. To commemorate these achievements, the company hosted an event, attended by Mr. Charitha Herath, Chairman of the Central Environment Authority, as the Chief Guest.

The Sri Lankan mobile market has witnessed an upsurge since winning the war against terrorism and Nokia’s growth for 2011 is 20%, said Nokia EA Limited Sales and Business Development Manager Sri Lanka, Shiblee Shakik Ahmed, speaking to Daily News Business at the Nokia South Asia launch of the Asha range of feature phones at the Hotel Westin, on Saturday.

By Sirimal Abeyratne, Professor in Economics University of Colombo

Policy Brief prepared for Pathfinder Foundation

University education in Sri Lanka has so far been operating behind the high protective barriers under the state monopoly. Despite frequent rhetoric for reforms, this important sector was not open to liberalization even after more than 30 years of liberalization policy reforms. Therefore, the university system in Sri Lanka continued to exist with all of the typical problems of a "state-owned enterprise" operating in a "closed-economy" model. The University system did not expand enough to cater to the growing demand so that there is a serious supply shortage.

India has promised Sri Lanka an increase in educational assistance amounting to LKR2.5 billion in grant to deserving students.Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna who was in Lanka on a four-day visit announced that this was a substantial expansion in the scholarships currently being offered by India to the Lankan students.

The dramatic growth in IT and the computer industry has given rise to an absolute demand for a mechanism ensuring the quality of the training offered to the learners. Training Chapter of Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) has taken steps to promote high standards by maintaining a public code of conduct to be observed by its members and to promote and encourage the high standard of service and performance and to develop the confidence and respect of the public.

TNS recently announced the results of its first Employer Branding Study in Sri Lanka. This year’s study ranks Unilever Sri Lanka as the most preferred employer of choice followed by John Keels, Brandix , MAS and Virtusa in the top five.

EDEX Expo 2012, Sri Lanka’s largest education and careers exhibition commenced last Friday at the BMICH. There were over 250 stalls from various institutions. Edex expo is the only twin mega exhibition in the country, the next will be held at the Kandy City Centre from January 27 - 28.

hSenid Biz, a global HR solutions provider signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (UOJ) and donated their award wining HR information system, HRM Enterprise to the university. HRM Enterprise is a complete HR solution which covers a wide spectrum of contemporary HR needs.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) will support the public sector in building capacity and in gaining globally recognised qualifications, said President, (ICASL), Sujeewa Mudalige at a ceremony to launch the 32nd National Conference of ICASL on Tuesday.

CIMA Sri Lanka broke several records last year, chief among those being achieving a 10% year on year growth in registrations to 4.057 and for the first time beating UK by achieving the highest pass rate of 68% as opposed to London’s 64% in the May 2011 exam.

Twenty years of excellence that won customer trust, Celebrating 20 years in business excellence is not a matter that can be taken lightly in today’s highly competitive business environment. Having followed a path that provides the best and “moderate” IT solutions at an affordable price, Sala Enterprises (Pvt.) Ltd. has become a trusted name in local households as well as in the business sector.

WSO2, the lean enterprise middleware provider, today announced that it has been cited by Forrester Research as a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Integrated SOA Governance, Q1, 2012 report1 published January 17, 2012. The report’s findings were based on a 121-criteria evaluation of commercial and open source vendors that deliver integrated service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance solutions. This report follows two other related SOA reports in which WSO2 was cited by Forrester Research as a strong performer: The Forrester Wave™: Standalone SOA Management Solutions, Q4, 2011 report2 published December 2, 2011, and The Forrester Wave™: SOA Service Life-Cycle Management, Q1, 2012 report3 published January 6, 2012.

Tech One Global will set up a 50-seat IT/BPO business, becoming the first Sri Lankan company to set up operations in Sri Lanka’s dedicated IT/BPO Park in Hambantota.

By Chrishan FERNANDO, Country General Manager IBM Sri Lanka

Recent economic disruptions have forced companies of all sizes to rethink the fundamental role of information technology. This is particularly the case for the banking industry where there is a real hunger to use technology to improve efficiencies, drive client centricity and gain increased visibility into risk exposures.