Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 at SLTC - Press Brief

In partnership with The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka, The SLTC Research University will carry out a series of activities in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2022.

Hosted in Sri Lanka by the ICTA, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a global initiative that recognizes and empowers entrepreneurs around the globe via several initiatives. The event, which is being organised by The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development of the SLTC Research University in collaboration with ICTA and the Seethawaka Local Government, will be held on the 15th of November at the SLTC Main Campus in Padukka.

Aimed at introducing and promoting the concept of technopreneurship among the university community members and recognizing and empowering school children and entrepreneurs of the area, the event will see the launch of several initiatives promoting enterprise and innovation in the Seethawaka region. Gracing the event will be Hon. State Minister of Higher Education, Dr Suren Raghavan, and several representatives from various enterprises.

Activities scheduled to be carried out at the event include the issuing of incubation offer letters to 30 teams who have applied to SLTC Ventures; a programme promoting start-ups in the region, launching the University Student Enterprise; an apex body promoting entrepreneurship within the university and establishing it as an Association under Section 34 of the Companies Act, opening the SLTC co-working space to start-ups emerging from the aforementioned SLTC Ventures programme and the members of the Seethawaka Start-ups hub. Furthermore, a specially designed financial literacy programme will be conducted by the SLTC Business School

Aimed at introducing and promoting the concept of technopreneurship among the university community members and recognizing and empowering school children and entrepreneurs of the area, the event will see the launch of several initiatives promoting enterprise and innovation in the Seethawaka region. Gracing the event will be Hon.

for a selected cohort of 30 micro and small women entrepreneurs from the region.

A Knowledge Transfer Programme for Advanced Level ICT teachers will be also carried out by The SLTC School of Technology, which will focus on upskilling the A/L ICT teachers at the schools located in the

Seethawaka region.

GEW is one of the Global Entrepreneurs Network’s (GEN) signature events organised in over 180 nations, where over 20,000 partner organisations will carry out over 40,000 activities worldwide from November 14th to November 20th, 2022. This year, GEW 2022, Sri Lanka will cover four themes; ecosystems, education, inclusion, and policy, to celebrate and empower entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and across industries by strengthening links via collaboration among local entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers.