{"id":5016,"date":"2026-01-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:18:39","slug":"bis-welcome-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/bis-welcome-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"BIS Welcome 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The BIS Welcome 2026 program, organized by the Department of Information Technology, was successfully held on 22nd January 2026 from 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm at the Senate Boardroom and E110 Hall, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The primary objective of this event was to warmly welcome the first-year students to the department and to provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the curriculum and academic journey of the Bachelor of Science (B.Sc<\/a>.) Honours in Business Information Systems (BIS) Degree Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Staff Members and First Year Students, Department of IT<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


The event was graced by Ms. Shehani Seneviratne, Chairperson \u2013 SLASSCOM (Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies) and Chief Operating Officer \u2013 99x Technologies, who delivered the keynote address from the industry, sharing valuable insights on emerging industry trends, expectations from graduates, and career pathways in the technology sector. The alumni keynote speech was delivered by Mr. Janaka Beragama Kuruppuge, Director (Cloud and AI Engineering) \u2013 Oracle Corporation, Australia, who inspired students by sharing his professional journey and global industry experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Shehani Seneviratne<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mr. Janaka Beragama Kuruppuge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n


The event was further enriched by the presence and active participation of distinguished alumni members of the department, including:

* Ms. Haseeba Wadood \u2013 Cybersecurity Analyst (Telco Security), Dialog Axiata PLC
* Ms. Aamina Wadood \u2013 Former GRC Analyst, Connex Information Technologies
* Ms. Judith Harriet Francke \u2013 Lecturer, Nawaloka College of Higher Studies
* Mr. Sanjaya Ruwan \u2013 Senior Quality Engineer, Sysco LABS
* Ms. Kamesha Samaranayake \u2013 Manager \u2013 Process Optimisation, The Mistoria Group
* Mr. Tharanga Dilshan Pathirana \u2013 Project Manager, X-ONT Software (Pvt) Ltd
* Ms. Thanushi Jayaweera \u2013 Principal IFS Consultant, Anthesis Ltd
* Mr. Barathakanthan Rajkumar \u2013 DevOps Engineer, Insighture
* Mr. Chandika Witharana \u2013 Founder, XENOSYS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
* Ms. Madusha Mannapperuma \u2013 Implementation Engineer, Bileeta (Pvt) Ltd
* Ms. Savindi Waduge \u2013 Senior Software Engineer, WSO2
* Mr. Anuja Indranatha Madugalle \u2013 Project Manager, JF & I Packaging (Pvt) Ltd
* Mr. Kithmal Navodana \u2013 Functional Consultant, BCS Consultancy Philippines
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Academic Staff members and Alumni Members, Department of IT<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


The academic staff members of the department, members of the Student Association of Information Technology (S@IT), alumni members, and first-year students actively participated throughout the program.

Following the formal orientation, an interactive networking session was conducted, allowing first-year students to engage directly with alumni and staff members. This session provided students with valuable exposure to industry opportunities, career pathways, and real-world experiences of BIS graduates.

The event was further supported by Ceylon Cold Stores<\/a> as the Beverage Partner, while the Alumni Association of the Department of Information Technology (DITAA) served as the Gift Partner, contributing to the overall success of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The BIS Welcome 2026 program, organized by the Department of Information Technology, was successfully held on 22nd January 2026 from 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm at the Senate Boardroom and E110 Hall, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The primary objective of this event was to warmly welcome the first-year students to the department and to provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016"}],"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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5016"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/itc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}