Ceylinco Life presents ‘Pranama’ schols to 154 more future leaders of Sri Lanka
A milestone with the potential to influence the futures of 154 bright young Sri Lankans was reached when Ceylinco Life presented the 19th edition of the company’s ‘ Pranama’ scholarships at the BMICH recently, rewarding academic and extracurricular excellence with disbursements totalling Rs 11.5 million.
Senior academics as well as past and present recipients of these scholarships who spoke at the event acknowledged the motivational impact of the programme on the lives of beneficiaries, and through them on the community, with many past Pranama scholarship winners now serving as doctors, engineers, lawyers and accountants and in many other fields.
Chief Guest Senior Prof. S. R. D. Kalingamudali, Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of Kelaniya, himself the winner of a Commonwealth scholarship to read for a degree in electronics at a prestigious UK university, said the true value of a scholarship depends on how it impacts the recipient and what he or she does with it.
Emphasising that learning from observing people, events and the environment is as important as learning from the prescribed texts, Prof. Kalingamudali urged the latest batch of Pranama scholarship recipients to constantly question what they see and experience, and to participate in extracurricular activities and sports. “Always ensure that whatever you do, you do it well, to the best of your ability,” he said. “It is then that you will become a valuable asset to your country.”