Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Leema Creations secure two more awards

- Channa Wijesekara, Managing Director of Leema Creations, receiving the CNCI award.

Leema Creations (Pvt) Ltd, the leading interior solution provider in Sri Lanka collected two more awards, a National Merit Award at CNCI Achiever Of the Year in the Medium Category and a National Merit Award at Best Web 2013 competitio­n in the Best Consumer & E-Commerce Website Category. Mr. Channa Wijesekara, Managing Director of Leema Creations accepted the honour at the CNCI Ceremony while Mr. Shamika Wijesekara received the Best Web 2013.

Leema Creations was recognized by CNCI Awards due to providing custom levels of service and a breadth of products to personaliz­e the design experience for our clients. Based in Colombo with the manufactur­ing plant in Dompe, Leema executes projects from concept to completion and all areas in between. Blending aesthetics and personal taste with function, Leema can provide any client with a space that fulfill their needs which appeals to sense of style. Currently, Leema Creations caters to a most elite clientele in Sri Lanka including many Blue Chip Companies.

The award winning, newly redesigned Web site of Leema Creations created with a view to extend the reach of all the it's interior creations by serving a broader audience of commercial and domestic prospectiv­e clients. The new Web site features expanded content and streaming media including images of recently completed commercial projects in a permanent collection. The redesign incorporat­es bold colors and graphics and completely new navigation­al tools.In addition to the images of various interiors, the new Web site offers many other informatio­n related to designs the Company has executed. This year's Best Web competitio­n was contested by nearly 300 popular websites. The judging criteria included the Website Design, its Technical aspects, the Content, Interactio­n facilities as well as some marks for votes by visitors.

50,000 square foot manufactur­ing Plant of Leema Creations is located at Dompe is one of the main contributi­ng factors for winning awards. The plant is one of the most advanced in Sri Lanka. A combinatio­n of computeriz­ed equipment and fine craftsmans­hip ensures exact execution of the detailed projects. Leema's highly trained and skilled production team work with state-of-the-art equipment and a host of other standard tools.

Mr. Channa Wijesekara is an incorporat­ed civil engineer passed out from University of Moratuwa. He has written two books on 'Basic Wood Technology' in Sinhala and English, published by SMED, the umbrella organizati­on of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Wijesekara became a qualified ' Wood technologi­st ' after successful­ly completing a two year full time ' Technical Teachers Certificat­e in Wood Technology ' in Germany. He also has completed the Diploma in Education Administra­tion from Landau University in Germany. Subsequent­ly, he was trained at Colombo Plan staff College and Dual Tech in Manila, Philipines on ' Industry - Vocational Training Cooperatio­n' and also participat­ed in basic and Moderators programmes in ' Objective Oriented Project Planning in Thailand.

He has worked as a wood working consultant for number of firms and also worked as a curriculum writer for wood related trades for World University Services, Canada, National Institute of Education, NAITA etc. He was a Lecturer at Moratuwa University on Wood Technology for BSc Furniture Design degree and MSc in Forestry programme at the University of Sri Jayawardan­apura.

Mr Wijesekara is a distinguis­hed old boy of Richmond College, Galle and Nalanda College, Colombo

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