PIM reappoints Prof. Ajantha Dharmasiri as Director
Prof. Ajantha Dharmasiri, the leader who navigates the ‘Nation’s Management Mentor’ has been reappointed for another term by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Prof. Ajantha Dharmasiri, as the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), will also continue as the Chairman of the board of management and the board of studies of PIM. He has been serving as the Director of PIM for the last few years. During his tenure, PIM has shown a significant overall growth with four overseas study groups and four new programmes, in addition to doubling the revenue and productivity, in line with a comprehensive strategic plan, to make it a centre of management excellence in South Asia.
Prof. Ajantha Dharmasiri has been associating with PIM for over twenty years in various capacities such as a student, visiting faculty, senior consultant, senior lecturer and a professor. PIM, being the pioneer in the postgraduate management education in Sri Lanka, is the only self-financed higher education institution in the state university system with ISO certification and AACSB accreditation membership.
Prof. Dharmasiri’s strategic plan of PIM paved the way for many landmark achievements with five pillars in focus, teaching, research, partnerships, sustainability and governance. Under a renewed theme, ‘igniting human imagination’, PIM saw several new initiatives such as ‘Genesis’ business incubator, international management programmes in seven countries, vibrant partnership with University of New South Wales (UNSW) for doctoral scholarships, ‘Prajna’ learning portal and many others.