CA Sri Lanka Business School stays ahead with innovative courses

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With an ambitious mission to provide the country’s diverse professionals the best of courses, the Business School of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) has come under rave commendation by finance and non-finance professionals for staying ahead of time and introducing professionals to two innovative executive diploma and postgraduate diploma courses.

The Executive Diploma in Financial Administration and the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management is among the most sought after courses offered by the CA Sri Lanka Business School, which is reputed for providing the country’s ambitious professionals with high-end local and foreign programs.

Some of the country’s top corporate personnel who have followed the two diploma courses have commended the curriculum and the Business school for introducing such courses which has helped them climb the ladder of corporate success.

Finance and Administration Manager of the Norwegian Refugee Council, Nishantha Warnasooriya stressed that because the CA Sri Lanka Business School provides students with an interdisciplinary and flexible curriculum he chose to follow the course and as it also allows students the opportunity to advance from an Executive Diploma, postgraduate diploma to a MBA within a relatively short period.

“This coupled with the school’s reputation, the diverse student body with rich backgrounds, an approachable faculty and their attention to student needs has immensely helped my career as an operations management professional,” he added.

According Chinese Dragon Café Pvt. Ltd, Financial Controller K. Sivanathan, the Executive Diploma in Financial Administration paved a successful academic path towards allowing him to achieve his ambition of following the MBA offered by the University of Southern Queensland.

“The Executive Diploma in Financial Administration really helped me to achieve my ambitions by offering me a competitive course structure designed for busy executives with flexible class hours. The panel of lecturers, with extensive knowledge, academic qualification and vast experience in the field really helped me achieve success,” he added.

“The Postgraduate program has a very comprehensive syllabus covering a range of subject areas. Therefore, no matter which discipline you come from, the content helps you to understand the basic to finer details of management and finance and other support functions, which would help you in your day-to-day work environment,” said Mangalee Goonetilleke.

According to the Assistant Vice President, Head of Operations – Tea of John Keells Holdings PLC, Romesh Walpola noted that the postgraduate diploma he followed at the CA Business School enhanced his knowledge, and gave him greater strength in his field of business.

“In addition, the special prize awarded to me in respect of Business Mathematics and Statistics, and for a Comprehensive Case Study at the examination leading to the Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Financial Administration, has encouraged me to follow an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia with five subjects being exempted which is also facilitated through the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka,” he added.