– Place where your hopes are shaped
NIBM in its undisputed legacy in teaching management and practising the best practices in business management is now in the process of changing its value chain to suit the current business environment. The NIBM is the only fully government owned higher education provider that provides world class degrees and diploma programmes to prepare participants with the best business management skills. NIBM is the most sought-after institute, where your hopes are well shaped to face the future challenges and NIBM trains more than 14000 participants annually in different disciplines of management and IT.
Future business organizations belong to passionate managers who are well equipped with skills of thinking and doing. Thinkers create new knowledge in to businesses while doers are supposed to implement the ideas generated by thinkers. Hence it is important to produce thinkers and doers for the challenging business environment where NIBM has been playing a major role over the last four decades. Most industrial leaders are of the view that they need a team of employees who are capable of creating innovative solutions for their clients/ customers. Innovative and affordable solutions are the quest of the day and graduates who join industries should be able to create solutions which are cheaper, faster and better in order that the industry earns the real cutting edge over its international competitors.
A full employability with a decent income is the major motivating factor for higher education. The ability of people to think and act creatively, work industriously and productively, and being innovative and adapt available technologies to strengthen economic activities is cardinally important to achieve this objective. Pertinent question, which brews in the minds of parents, is that how to develop their children with essentials skills demanded by the industry and make them fully employed after graduation.
A real challenge of the industry is to improve the economic relevance of the higher education sector to address the long standing problem of unemployment among university graduates and to provide more opportunities in higher education for all deserved school leavers. NIBM being the leading player of higher education industry has matched its quality of higher education in par with the world class practices in higher education with its partnership with University College Dublin, Ireland, which is a triple crowned accredited university and ranked under 100 of top universities in the world.
NIBM education is grounded on three pillars, which are of the essence in selecting a higher education provider in the field of higher education. Academically and Professionally qualified local and foreign faculty Stability being the fully owned government institute Higher rate of employability The NIBM has one of the largest bodies of consultants comprising of external and internal faculty from industry and academically seasoned professionals. They intend to continue to provide quality education at affordable prices to local and overseas students. With the increasingly competitive job market and ever challenging career development paths, it is worthwhile to explore new options that would broaden one’s horizons and improve future career prospects.
Time and money spent wisely to this end, will prove to be a fruitful investment when the time arrives where one is able to reap the benefits of a solid education and training. NIBM is ideal in providing such an opportunity to invest in your future.
The Institution serves both the private and public sectors with versatile and all round education and training programmes to build and enhance skills for school leavers, employees and any other alternative qualification holders.
NIBM aims to be the best management education institute in Sri Lanka through its commitment to mould the best managers, who will undoubtedly be equipped, to lead and apply their skills in any arena or to face any challenge while adapting to an ever-changing environment.
NIBM looks forward to the future with excitement, hope and optimism and invites you to build your competency and be a part of their success story. Dr. D M A Kulasooriya Director
NIBM
With SLDF taking designers where creativity meets industry, it becomes a powerful opportunity for young AOD designers to find ways and means to collaborate with some of the biggest industry leaders. Worldwide industry giants like Coats Thread annually use SLDF to pick outstanding design talent, award them and collaborate with them as a way to keep their brand moving into the future charged by fresh creativity. In 2016 too, SLDF will feature collaborations between AOD designers and industry leaders such as Coats, Orit, MAS Linea Aqua etc. on its international platform and provide new opportunities for designers to continue working with industry through special projects, internships and even employment.
Inspiration to contribute to Sri Lanka with design
One of the most inspiring segments that SLDF presents to AOD designers is the chance to contribute something fresh to Sri Lanka’s cottage industries and rural artisan communities by super-charging them with contemporary design. Each year, AOD designers are given the opportunity to travel to rural Sri Lanka under the guidance of the AOD faculty, meet artisans, understand their crafts and realise their significance in preserving the country’s heritage: the work that they do by collaborating with these artisans is showcased at SLDF each year and becomes a powerful way to communicate to the business world and industries on how modern design can create outstanding product with traditional practices- a practice that has brought about new business deals, income and opportunities for the artisan communities spread across Sri Lanka. This inspiring opportunity presented at SLDF allows the young designers of AOD to realise their own role in taking Sri Lanka forward to the future by using design as a powerful tool to transform any industry.
A giant platform to propel talent to the international design scene
With SLDF being an event covered by global media, one of the most coveted opportunities presented by SLDF to AOD designers is the international limelight through the interior design exhibition, Reveal graduate design showcase and Mercedes- Benz Fashion Runways. By being part of these influential and internationally covered events, young designers are presented with opportunities to catch the eye of international talent hunters and access the world stage of design. An example is the 2015 Mercedes- Benz Fashion Runways winner At SLDF- Amesh Wijesekara who won the opportunity to show at Graduate Fashion Week London to win its international showcase and get selected for an internship with the legendary Zandra Rhodes in the UK. In 2016 too, SLDF will present these opportunities to AOD designers and help them reach the global design limelight to make a lifechanging advances for future careers.
AOD will host Sri Lanka Design Festival and the Graduate Design Showcase REVEAL on the 4th, 5th and 6th November at SLECC and will be freely open to the public throughout the dates from 9am to 6pm.
To find out more about AOD and SLDF call 0775980141 or 0115867772/3, email info@aod.lk or log on to www.aod.lk or www.facebook.com/aodsrilanka