Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Bharti Airtel Lanka wins at National Business Excellence Awards 2019

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Airtel Lanka received the ‘Runner Up’ award in the ‘Other Services/other Sectors’ category and was the only mobile telecom operator to be recognised at the 16th National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA) 2019.

The telco has been on a winning streak with prestigiou­s awards such as ‘The Top 25 Best Workplaces’ in Sri Lanka, the only telco among the ‘10 Best Workplaces for Women’ in Sri Lanka, awarded by the Institute of Great Place to Work.

Simultaneo­usly, Airtel was recognised at the CMO Awards as Sri Lanka’s ‘Best Brand’, ‘Best Employer Brand’ and ‘Best

Innovation for Retention Strategy’ by the World HRD Congress. Airtel was also awarded as a ‘Company with Great Managers’ along with three individual Great Manager Awards presented by the Colombo Leadership Academy in partnershi­p with People Business India.

They also secured a Gold and Bronze awards in the Sales Executive/supervisor in Telecommun­ication and Territory Manager in Telecommun­ication categories at SLIM NASCO organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Management, all in the concluding year.

These recognitio­n’s are a true result of Airtel’s continued investment­s in creating an enabling work environmen­t and an enriching work experience for its employees, reflecting the success of the organisati­on as an employer of choice in the telecommun­ication industry providing exceptiona­l employment experience whilst displaying business excellence.

The NBEA is one of Sri Lanka’s pioneering award competitio­ns initiated by The National Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka in 2004 and has maintained a reputation of unparallel­ed corporate excellence, gaining much recognitio­n as the symbol of excellence for the best of the best businesses in Sri Lanka.

 ??  ?? From Left: Lakmal Ranasinghe (Finance), Rumal Warnakulas­uriya (Marketing), Kushani Ambawatte (Customer Experience), Surangi Rajapakse (CEO’S Office), Kanishka Ranaweera (HR Head), Jinesh Hegde (CEO/MD), Sureni Dayaratne Wijesinghe (HR), Shara Rajaguru (HR), Savini Pandikoral­a (Finance), Shafiya Careem (Marketing), Dumindu Thilakarat­ne (Network), Suhaib Bishrul (Sales) and Ishan Malwattage (Sales)
From Left: Lakmal Ranasinghe (Finance), Rumal Warnakulas­uriya (Marketing), Kushani Ambawatte (Customer Experience), Surangi Rajapakse (CEO’S Office), Kanishka Ranaweera (HR Head), Jinesh Hegde (CEO/MD), Sureni Dayaratne Wijesinghe (HR), Shara Rajaguru (HR), Savini Pandikoral­a (Finance), Shafiya Careem (Marketing), Dumindu Thilakarat­ne (Network), Suhaib Bishrul (Sales) and Ishan Malwattage (Sales)

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