“Career Day 2012”organized bythe Engineering Association of 92/93 Group of the University of Moratuwa

The Engineering batch of the University of Moratuwa that graduated in the year 1998 ( i. e. called group 92/93) formed an Association of Engineers called “Engineering Association of 92/ 93 Group of University of Moratuwa” in the year 2009. The main objective of this association is the re- union of the batch mates as much as possible to provide some valuable services to the younger generation of the country, especially in education and professional areas.

The “Career Day” event is one of the main annual events of the association and the Career Day 2012, which is organized for the 3rd consecutive year, is scheduled for 8th July ( Sunday) 2012 at the Imperial College, Colombo 3. The target audience of this career day, as usual is the students who are preparing for the A/L 2012. This is a 4 hour seminar that starts at 8 a.m.

At this seminar, the Head of the department of Mathematics of the University of Kelaniya, Dr. Jayantha Munashinghe would deliver a lecture on “How to handle the pressure at the A/ L Exam & How to manage the time in the best possible way during the exam”. Some important tips to do the competitive exam would be shared by Dr. Munasinghe. Dr. Munasinghe’s vast experience would definitely benefit the participants.

Then there will be 3 other speeches by Dr. Manodha Gamage, Mr. Deshantha Silva and Mr. Prabash Ranaweera, who are the members of the “Engineering Association of 92/ 93 Group of University of Moratuwa”

Dr. Manodha Gamage is the consultant to the Director General of Telecommunications Regulatory Commission – Sri Lanka ( TRCSL). He is also a Senior Lecturer ( visiting) at the University of Moratuwa and the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM), Malabe. His speech would be on c a re e r guidance f rom an Academic’s point of view. He would also discuss on importance of sports, time management, ethics and other skills such as leadership, communications etc. for a successful professional career, specifically in the field of engineering.

Mr. Deshantha Silva, Director / Chief Operating Officer of Alpha Industries (Private) Limited, would share his experience as a very successful Senior Executive in the corporate world. He would discuss the important avenues available to climb the corporate ladder after the A/ L’s. Mr. Silva is in the best position to explain how to get to the top of the corporate world, whilst being an Engineer and / or an Accountant.

Mr. Prabash Ranaweera is one of the very successful entrepreneurs and he is the chairman and founder of Diligent Consulting Group (pvt) Ltd. No one should ever miss his hardworking, innovative thinking, story of building a group of companies from the scratch. He would explain how to be innovative and how to fulfil the dreams of young life with entrepreneurship. We all agree entrepreneurship is something that we need to promote in our education system.

This time too it is expected to have about 200 to 250 student participation for this event. All this is organized by a team led by Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse, a member of “Engineering Association of 92/ 93 Group of University of Moratuwa”. The General Secretary Engineering Association of 92/93 Group of University of Moratuwa

15 June 2012