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Prof. Uditha Liyanage Memorial Programme/ Book review MDP & AMDPAwards CeremonyCricket TournamentDinner Dance
Upcoming events
PIMA is the proclamation of PIM’s pride. As we often observe, PIM is as good as its alumni. In line with PIM’s vision and mission, we produce leaders with global presence and local pulse. PIM has been in the forefront in breeding such leaders with character and competence. They are equipped with cutting-edge knowledge and complementary skills needed to perform in both private and public sectors alike. In developing them with clarity and commitment, PIM has always been a centre of excellence in management education with its winds spreading beyond Sri Lanka. PIM is celebrating its three decades of excellence. We have embarked on expanding ourselves regionally and globally through research and relationships. The vibrancy we
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1. Annual General Meeting of PIMA was held on 24th March 2017 at Dharma Hall.
Let us collaborate for a brighter tomorrow
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see in our Middle Eastern programs is indeed encouraging. Now we have student communities in Dubai (UAE), Doha (Qatar) and Muscat (Oman) with promising prospects from Kuwait and Bahrain. Empowering leadership has paved way for enthusiastic and engaged endeavours by employees. PIM will continue to produce value in practising values, as the nation’s pioneering premier postgraduate entity. PIM is all of us together. PIMA projects the prestige of PIM to the professional community. Your personal commitment towards application of gained knowledge and professional contribution to workplaces are of utmost importance. Let me appreciate the valued commitment of the Executive Committee that is stepping down. The incoming Committee has to continuously improve the performance of PIMA, in turn raising the profile of PIM. PIM should continue to go, grow and glow. Let’s strive to fly higher. Best wishes!
Prof. Ajantha S. DharmasiriPatron, PIM Alumni
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PIMA recently launched a dynamic training product called the “Managers’ Soft-Skill Development Programme”, which is the first ever of its sort.
2. Launch of Managers’ Soft-Skill Development Programme
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PIMA is the proclamation of PIM’s pride. As we often observe, PIM is as good as its alumni. In line with PIM’s vision and mission, we produce leaders with global presence and local pulse. PIM has been in the forefront in breeding such leaders with character and competence. They are equipped with cutting-edge knowledge and complementary skills needed to perform in both private and public sectors alike. In developing them with clarity and commitment, PIM has always been a centre of excellence in management education with its winds spreading beyond Sri Lanka. PIM is celebrating its three decades of excellence. We have embarked on expanding ourselves regionally and globally through research and relationships. The vibrancy we
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3. Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe Memorial Oration
4. PIM Alumni installation of the Chairman and the Board of Directors 2017/18
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Editor’s Desk
Chairman’s Message
see in our Middle Eastern programs is indeed encouraging. Now we have student communities in Dubai (UAE), Doha (Qatar) and Muscat (Oman) with promising prospects from Kuwait and Bahrain. Empowering leadership has paved way for enthusiastic and engaged endeavours by employees. PIM will continue to produce value in practising values, as the nation’s pioneering premier postgraduate entity. PIM is all of us together. PIMA projects the prestige of PIM to the professional community. Your personal commitment towards application of gained knowledge and professional contribution to workplaces are of utmost importance. Let me appreciate the valued commitment of the Executive Committee that is stepping down. The incoming Committee has to continuously improve the performance of PIMA, in turn raising the profile of PIM. PIM should continue to go, grow and glow. Let’s strive to fly higher. Best wishes!
Prof. Ajantha S. DharmasiriPatron, PIM Alumni
Let us collaborate for a brighter tomorrowThe current economic and business environment incidentally beckons professional groups such as PIMA to participate in discussions impacting on decision makers of the public and private sectors of Sri Lanka. PIMA’s role in this context is vital in creating realistic new concepts, while challenging the status quo (where necessary) that hampers the greatly anticipated and much required socio-economic development of the country. This opportunity has paved way for PIMA in the process of aligning its new direction progressively toward effectively playing a strategic role at a national level. This exercise requires an efficacious communication model, precise positioning of PIMA and active membership engagement from the beginning. Effective communication is the key to an interactive and a supportive membership in
a professional association. The link between the leadership, membership and all other key stakeholders comes through several channels of communications. With this in mind, the leadership team of PIMA recognised the importance of a newsletter to be used as a vehicle to deliver the consolidated information of relevance and significance to our membership on a quarterly basis.PIMA has embarked on a journey to reposition itself to the level it should ideally be. Presently, our board members, with the guidance from PIM, are engaged in this endeavour to strategically elevate our association gradually and steadily. In the process of executing the plan, the entire board is working individually and as teams on specified tasks to reach our SMART goals successfully. Strengthening membership engagement is one of our main objectives to expand the horizons of networking among our professional fraternity. Our alumni are spread across all professional groups and industries/sectors nationwide. Remarkably, there is a significant number of members holding senior positions in organizations locally and internationally that we can all be proud of. Our immediate challenge is to connect most of them through PIMA. Therefore, I earnestly invite members to take part in PIMA events, communicate frequently and update us with membership information via [email protected].
Nishantha Gunasekara
Welcome to the first edition of “PIMA Lead”, specifically for and about you, our alumni. This Newsletter aims to bring you the latest information and various other news
of interest to you as an alumnus. We do hope you enjoy our first edition. If you have any comments or feedback, please let us know via [email protected].
Dulani Rodrigo
Mr. Nishantha Gunasekara Chairman Mr. Chamila Bandara Imm. Past Chairman Mr. Dinesh Hamangoda Vice Chairman Mr. Jayalal Hewawasam Director/ Secretary Mr. Janaka Nonis Director/ Treasurer Ms. Viruli De Silva Director Ms. Nilufa Nizam Director Ms. Shermi Fernando Director Mr. Denzil Perera Director Ms. Dulani Rodrigo Director Mr. Ujith Hewage Director Mr. Aminda Geeganage Director Ms. Erangi Fernando Director Mr. Lalinda Ariyaratne Director Mr. Dilshan Perera Director Ms. Lakmali Priyangika Director Ms. Onalie Dissanayake Director
Editorial Committee Ms. Dulani RodrigoMr. Ujith HewageMr. Dilshan Perera
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Other Programmes
Upcoming Events
Prof. Uditha LiyanageMemorial Programme/ Book Review
A programme jointly with CIM and SLIM in memory of the world renownedlate Marketing & Strategy Guru Prof. Uditha Liyanage.
Key Speaker/Book Review (Consumer Strategy) byMr. Deepal Sooriyaarachchi16th August 2017PIM Auditorium
Management Development Programme and Advanced Management Development Programme (MDP & AMDP) Awards Ceremony
Celebrating the achievements of the Special Award winners and the Award winners of the MDP & AMDP programmes.The Chief Guest for this occasion will be Mr. Faizal Salieh, Director of Cargills Bank
22nd August 2017BMICH, Lotus Room
Cricket Tournament
An entertaining and networking event PIMA intends to organise for the second consecutive year
2nd September 2017NCC Grounds
Dinner DanceTheme - Back to PIM 201714th October 2017Kingsbury
Continuing Professional Development Programme(CPDP)
Programme on"Consumer Neuroscience" in collaboration with Nielsen
2nd August 2017Jaic Hilton
Managers’ Skill Development Programme
The 1st intake will begin their lectures in August.
Management Development Programme (MDP)
The new intake
23rd August 2017
Career Guidance Seminar for Future Leaders
Career guidance seminar for students who have completed their A/L in the Mathugama Zone
16th September 2017Mathugama Pradeshiya Sabha Auditorium
Obituaries
Mr. Rashod Suraweera (MBA-Batch 2014) Aeronautical Communication Officer at Aeronautical Communication Centre, Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake passed away on 23rd May 2017.
Chairman and the Board of Directors of PIMA are grateful to the Editorial Committee and the Secretariat for their efforts and dedication in launching ‘PIMA Lead’ with precision. We
would like to extend our gratitude to Mr. K. A. I. Kalyanaratne who played a vital role in guiding us to reach this milestone as the newsletter advisor.
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For further information, contactPIMA Secretariat – Kumar 076 824 3457 / Thanuja 076 824 3459
E-mail: [email protected] Alumni Association
Postgraduate Institute of ManagementUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
28, Lesley Ranagala Mawatha, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka.www.pima.lk
Recognitions
Laugfs Group ChairmanMr. W.K.H. Wegapitiyareceived “Deshabandu” National Honour.
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