Port City Colombo signs MOU with NSBM Green University for industry partnership programme
Port City Colombo, a worldclass city in the making for South Asia, signed an MOU with South Asia’s first-ever green university NSBM Green University Town (NSBM) at the Port City Colombo’s Sales Gallery on November 7th.
Graced by members of the senior management of both institutions, the MOU solidified the Port City Colombo project’s collaboration and endorsement of NSBM’S industry partnership programme.
The ‘Industry Partnership Programme’is designed to optimize synergies between NSBM and industry partners in relation to entry-level talent acquisition (internships and training), employer brand building, knowledge sharing, corporate brand building, special projects, incubation/ entrepreneurship development, and talent acquisition of fresh graduates.
Port City Colombo is considered as a catalyst for future development and investment, with the development process itselfbeing the most futuristic project at present in Sri Lanka.
This MOU will complement NSBM’S current full-time (from the 3rd year onwards) industry programmes, which is a unique feature of the institute that assures the employability of its graduates.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Vice Chancellor of NSBM Prof. E. A. Weerasinghe said, “We at NSBM Green University Town are committed to and have always extended our efforts to groom our undergraduates to be industryready by the time they complete the degree programme. The Industry Partnership programme will help us in achieving this objective. Our partnership with Port City Colombo is another step in the right direction, and one we have taken with the best interest of our students at heart. We believe this partnership will be instrumental to them in the future as Port City Colombo takes Sri Lanka to the world by becoming a regional trade and financial hub.”