Commonwealth of Learning MBA Alumni AGM & International Conference

The inaugural Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of Commonwealth Executive MBA and MPA [Business Administration (CEMBA) and Public Administration (CEMPA)] of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Sri Lanka Chapter, took place this April at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) its local partner. The meeting brought together students from all the cohorts since its start in 2002.

Alongside they also had an international conference; Open Education & Contemporary Professional via video conferencing with its counterparts from various countries around the world. Some President Vice President 1 (Marketing) Vice President 2 (Events) Vice President 3 (Fund raising) Hon. Secretary Hon Asst. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Hon Asst. Treasurer Editor Alumni Liaison Officer As Auditor of the speakers at the event were;

The conference unanimously opined CEMBA as a great opportunity for the contemporary professional and therefore it needs to be K A D Terence S Kaushalya Harsha Subhashana Dhammika Gunathilake Asiri Dissanayake Dhananjaya Dharmaratne Nadeeja Dodamgoda Indraka liyanage Tarini Madugalle Dilini Wijeweera Kasun Deshapriya (OUSL) Mr Dhammika Samarakoon communicated more loudly to its benefit groups.

Mr Mangala Yapa was the chief guest of the event with Dr Nimal Guntilleka guest of honour add glamour to the event.

Among the invited special guests; Professor Sudatta Ranasingha Mr S.A.D. Senanayaka Dr Gamini expressed their opinion and congratulated the charter committee of the association.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government created COL with its office in Vancouver, Canada as an intergovernmental organisation to encourage development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. COL helps developing nations improve access to quality education and training at reasonable costs. The CEMBA and CEMPA programmes along with their learning material were created by COL using university academic expertise from its developed member states in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore along with those of the Open Universities of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The programme is governed by COL and has now been adopted by 10 countries in Asia, Africa and South America.

An enthusiastic group of former CEMBA and CEMPA students from Sri Lanka have worked diligently in the last couple of months, leading to this fabulous event to form the Sri Lankan Alumni Association.