Prof. Lasith Gunawardena Contributes to Sri Lanka’s National AI Policy Framework for Higher Education
Prof. Lasith Gunawardena, Head of the Department, participated as one of the 12 Sri Lankan university academics selected to contribute to the development of Sri Lanka’s National AI Policy Framework for Higher Education, an initiative jointly supported by the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka and the University Grants Commission (UGC). The initiative was officially soft-launched […]
KPMG Engages with Department of IT to Strengthen Industry-Academic Collaboration
The Department of Information Technology was pleased to welcome a high-level delegation from KPMG for a discussion on potential collaborative initiatives. Key areas of focus included internship opportunities and supporting students in shaping meaningful career pathways. As a global leader in professional services, KPMG brings extensive expertise in Information Systems Audit, Cybersecurity, and advisory services, […]
Global Tech Giant Virtusa signs MoU with DIT
Virtusa Corporation stands as a global beacon in the realm of information technology services. This company is dedicated to delivering unparalleled digital engineering and technological solutions to enterprises spanning a wide array of industries worldwide, including financial services, healthcare, communications, media, entertainment, travel, manufacturing, and technology. With an impressive global workforce exceeding 35,000 employees, Virtusa […]
Fostering Industry-Academia Collaboration with Aeturnum for Enhanced IT Education
Aeturnum is a Software Solutions provided headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA that offers a full range of IT services under compressing delivery timeframes, offering its customers complete end-to-end business and technology solutions with a diverse range of technical expertise and in-depth domain knowledge combining the right people and cutting edge technologies. Representatives from Aeturnum Lanka […]
DIT Career Launchpad 2020: Workshop #3
The third in the series of workshops under “DIT Career Launchpad 2020” was successfully concluded on the 30th December via zoom. The highlight of the session was the keynote speech titled: “The Pathway to being an ICT Entrepreneur” delivered by Mr. Vajeendra S. Kandegamage –CEO/MD of Stemcore Asia (pvt) Ltd. The Keynote can be viewed here The […]
DIT Career Launchpad 2020: Workshop #2
The second workshop of the series “DIT Career Launchpad 2020” was successfully concluded on the 23rd December via zoom with the participation of 4th year students of the Department awaiting internship opportunities. The keynote speech of the workshop, titled “Journey towards the Dream Job” was delivered by Ms Sharon Kern, Head of HR of Embla Software Innovation […]
DIT Career Launchpad 2020: Workshop #1
The Department of Information Technology organized a series of workshops titled “DIT Career Launchpad 2020” aimed at preparing the 4th year students of the Department for their internship programme. The first workshop of the series was conducted by Mr. Amithe Gamage, Co-founder of Quantum leap (Pvt) Ltd. on the 18th of December 2020 via zoom. It […]