CIPM and Horizon Campus MOU to enhance opportunities for students

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CIPM Sri Lanka President Jayantha Amerasinghe (centre right) and Horizon Campus Chairman Upul Daranagama exchanging the MOU flanked by officials of CIPM and Horizon Campus

CIPM Sri Lanka – the nation’s leader in human resource management – and Horizon Campus, one of the leading private higher education institutions in Sri Lanka recognised by the University Grants Commission with an annual intake of over 1,100 students, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in academic affairs which will be mutually beneficial to students of both institutions.

The MOU was signed recently by CIPM Sri Lanka President Jayantha Amerasinghe and Horizon Campus Chairman Upul Daranagama at a ceremony held at CIPM head office HR House in Colombo 5 in the presence of officials representing both CIPM and Horizon Campus.

The MOU will, amongst others, enable both CIPM and Horizon Campus to expand their business opportunities while extending reciprocity towards the other by providing concessions for staff and students in respect of recognition of appropriate courses offered by each other. It will also encourage staff and students of each to follow the curriculum offered by the other.

“In order to successfully face and win the challenges in the business world, professional qualifications are as important as academic qualifications. A combination of both will undoubtedly be of more value to a business professional than one single qualification. One of the key objectives of entering into this MOU is to afford the students of each institution the benefits of the other,” said CIPM Sri Lanka President Jayantha Amerasinghe.

Priyankara Seneviratne – Secretary, Dr. Neil Bogahalande – Chairman, Academic Affairs Subcommittee and Council Member, U.A.C. Obeyesekere – Chief Officer/Director Business School, G. Weerathunge –Chief Officer/Director – Professional and Academic Affairs represented CIPM while Prof. S. J. B. A. Jayasekara – Vice Chancellor, Ajitha Wanasinghe – CEO, Dr. Ruwan Perera – Deputy Vice Chancellor, M. M. Wimalasiri – Registrar, Terence Kahapola Arachchi – Dean, Faculty of Management and Sakunthala Rathnakara, Senior Lecturer represented Horizon Campus.

“Strategic, institutional cooperation such as the MOU that we entered into today between CIPM and Horizon Campus are extremely important to create the necessary value additions and efficiencies at a National level. We are confident that this is will be a very successful partnership in the years to come for the betterment of both the institutions and our students,” said Horizon Campus Chairman Upul Daranagama.

CIPM Secretary Priyankara Seneviratne offering the vote of thanks stated that many persons from both teams contributed tirelessly to formalise the MOU, and that the students of CIPM and Horizon Campus will be overjoyed by the opportunities and vistas that have been opened up for their benefit in the years to come.