{"id":2543,"date":"2021-01-29T12:56:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T07:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2021-07-01T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T07:04:00","slug":"dit-career-launchpad-2020-workshop-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/dit-career-launchpad-2020-workshop-7\/","title":{"rendered":"DIT career Launchpad 2020: workshop #7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final workshop of the DIT Career Launchpad series was successfully concluded on the 29<sup>th<\/sup> January 2021, via zoom.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker, <strong>Mr. Chamil Jeewantha (Chief Software Architect, Zone 24\/7)<\/strong> delivered a captivating speech themed \u201cThe Final Countdown\u201d on effectively planning the future, which was well received by the participants. His session featured a quiz, where the practical knowledge of students on several real-world scenarios relating to the IT industry were tested. The Keynote can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s6GIEud35cE&amp;list=PLrELr5NAKV1DSL40SFt_zFgrkTnjphGfm&amp;index=13\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second half of the event was dedicated to the experience sharing sessions of the Alumni members, where they related their personal success stories and provided opportunities for the participants to engage in a live Q &amp; A session with the speakers. The following alumni members conducted it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Kinith Hettiarachchi \u2013 Head of Quality Assurance, Access Medicals (pvt.) Ltd.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Tharindu Porage \u2013 Platform Support Consultant and Database Administrator, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Lakshini Buddhika De Zoysa \u2013 Senior QA Engineer, Access Medicals (pvt.) Ltd.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Thiwanka Nawalage \u2013 Project Manager, Ascension IT <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The workshop resonated with the aspirations of the participants, as it addressed several key areas of concern they had, including identifying personal strengths, choice of a career path, work-life balance and planning for the future. The frequent engagement between the speakers and the audience proved that the event was effectively delivered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2544\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-2-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-2-768x407.png 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-2-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-2.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2545\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chamil.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2546\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chamil-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chamil-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chamil-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chamil-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chamil.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kinith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2547\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kinith-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kinith-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kinith-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kinith-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kinith.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tharidu-Porage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2548\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tharidu-Porage-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tharidu-Porage-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tharidu-Porage-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tharidu-Porage-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tharidu-Porage.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Thiwanka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Thiwanka-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" 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https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Mr.-Tharindu-Porage-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3-Mr.-Tharindu-Porage-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7-MR.-Kinith-Hettiarachchi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2552\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7-MR.-Kinith-Hettiarachchi-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7-MR.-Kinith-Hettiarachchi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7-MR.-Kinith-Hettiarachchi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/7-MR.-Kinith-Hettiarachchi-768x768.jpg 768w, 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The keynote speaker, Mr. Chamil Jeewantha (Chief Software Architect, Zone 24\/7) delivered a captivating speech themed \u201cThe Final Countdown\u201d on effectively planning the future, which was well received by the participants. His session featured a quiz, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,37,23,26,24,30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions\/2671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}