DIT Career Launchpad 2022
The Department of Information Technology of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a series of workshops titled “DIT Career Launchpad 2022” aimed at preparing the final year students of the BIS Degree for Internships and their career in the industry beyond the degree. Eight workshops were conducted with Industry speakers providing Keynotes as well as our own BIS Alumni providing their experiences. The details of each workshop are as follows.
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 01 (Interview Preparation) -27th June 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Ms. Imani Perera (Head of Learning and Development, John Keells Group)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 02 (IS Auditing and Security) – 30th June 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Invited Speakers –
Ms. Chalani Karunanayake (Information Security Manager, DFCC Bank)
Mr. Indika Jayaweera (Senior Information Security Officer, Knet “The Shared Electronic Banking Services Co.” (Kuwait))
Ms. Samudi Abeysooriya (Technology Advisory Associate, EY)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 03 (Business Analysis) – 05th July 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Mr. Shujan Suntharalingam (Product Owner, Coinhaven.com)
Invited Speakers –
Ms. Milani Senarath (Associate Lead Business Analyst, Omobio (Pvt) Ltd.)
Ms. Piumali Herath (Business Analyst, TechOne Global)
Ms. Promodani Jayakodi (QA Engineer, 99x)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 04 (Software Development) – 07th July 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Mr. Ransith Fernando (Managing Director / CoFounder, Forestpin (Pvt) Ltd)
Invited Speakers –
Ms. Savindi Waduge (Software Engineer, WSO2)
Mr. Dulan Jayaratne (Software Engineer, Rootcode Labs)
Mr. Sayanthan Padmanathan (Software Engineer, Wiley)
Ms. Shashini Wijesinghe (Associate Software Engineer, Virtusa)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 05 (Entrepreneurship) – 11th July 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Ms. Nevindaree Premarathne (Senior Manager – Startup Ecosystem Development, ICTA)
Invited Speakers –
Mr. Geeth Balasuriya (Country Representative, DEG)
Mr. Prasanna Pallegedara (Founder/Managing Director, NVISION International/Sales Play (Pvt.) Ltd.)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 06 (ERP) – 12th July 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Lakmal Embuldeniya (Vice President of Global Presales, Delivery and Support Services, Tech One Global Ltd)
Invited Speakers –
Mr. Nuwan Gamage (Application Support Consultant, IFS- Acumatica)
Mr. Samudya Amarasinghe (Consultant, IFS)
Ms. Sanduni Pramodya (Associate ERP Consultant, Pristine Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd.)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 07 (Quality Assurance) – 14th July 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Ms. Menaka De Silva (QE Manager, Wiley)
Invited Speakers –
Mr. Sanjaya Ruwan (QA Engineer, Omnilytics)
DIT Career Launchpad 2022 – Workshop 08 (Project Management) – 15th July 2022 at 10:00 AM via Zoom
Keynote Speaker – Mr. Dhammike Mendis (Founder & CEO, Ceynocta (Pvt) Ltd.)
Invited Speakers –
Ms. Savindi Fonseka (Associate Project Manager, EPMO (Enterprise Programme Management Office) at Dialog Axiata PLC)
Ms. Iresha Attanayake (Project Manager, Axiata Digital Labs)