BIS Welcome 2025 organised by the Department of Information Technology

The BIS Welcome 2025 event organised by the Department of Information Technology was held on 10^th April 2025 at the New faculty boardroom of the University. The purpose of this program was to welcome first year students to the department and to make them aware of the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours in Business Information Systems Degree program. This event was graced by Prof. Dushan Jayawickrama, the Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, as the guest of honor, Mr. Kasun Ariyadasa, Senior Director – Software Engineering , IFS Sri Lanka as the guest speaker from the Industry, and Mr. Samantha Pallegedara, President of Alumni Association of the Department of Information Technology (DITAA) and  Founder and Managing Director, Nvision Holdings (Pvt) Ltd as the guest alumni speaker. The academic staff members of the department, alumni members, members of the Students Association of the Department of Information Technology (S@IT) and first year students of the department participated in the event. The head of the Department, Prof. Lasith Gunawardena welcomed the students formally for the event and program. Senior Prof (Mrs). Champa Hewagamage elaborated the four year curriculum in detail. At the end of the two industry/alumni speaker and speech by Mr. Kasun Rodrigo, President of S@IT, held a question and answer session to provide answers for the questions raised by the students with the participation of all the staff members of the department.

After the formal orientation program, an interactive program was conducted with the participation of all the academic staff members of the department, alumni members and first-year students. The alumni members who joined were : 

1. Ms. Hashini Perera, Asst Head of Operations, SPIL Glass Software.
2. Mr. Dushan Sasmitha, SAP Certified Associate Consultant, Altria Consulting (Pvt) Ltd.
3. Mr. Sanjaya Ruwan, Senior QA Engineer,  Appspotr South Asia.
4. Ms. Dilinika Lakrandi, SAP Certified Associate Consultant – FICO, Altria Consulting (Pvt) Ltd.
5. Ms. Pradeepika Ekanayake, QAE – Automation, Intervest Software Technologies.
6. Mr.Thisara Chathuranga Athukorala, Software Engineer , Acentura Inc
7. Ms. Ranvi Gamage, Associate Business Analyst, Simcore Tech (Pvt) Ltd.
8. Mr. Yasiru Chamalka, UI/UX Designer, Kerner Norland (Pvt) Ltd.
9. Ms. Thamari Manchanayake, Team Lead in Project Management, Fortude (Pvt) Ltd
10. Ms. Nonimi Kodithuwakku, Junior Executive IT Projects, LB finance.
11. Mr. Dumal Kaveesh, Consultant Associate – Digital Business Architecture, Fortude pvt ltd.
12. Mr. Maneesha Sooriyabandara, Project Manager – Int, Epic Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
13. Mr. Tharusha induwara , Associate Consultant,  Fortude (Pvt) Ltd.

This program was successfully held at the SBTF 03 hall from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm. During this program, the students were able to have a conversation with the alumni members to get an overview of the industry opportunities available for the Business Information Systems graduate while alumni members shared their experiences with the first-year students.

The members of the Students Association of the Department of Information Technology assisted throughout the program to make this event a success.The event organisation was carried out by a team from the department of IT headed by Mr. Kavinga Priyasad Elamulla, Lecturer.