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Unveiling of the 25 years logo. From left: Nirmalan Nagendra, Chaminda Ediriwickrama, Deepal Abeysekera, Col. Faiz-Ur Rahman, Sega Nagendra, Fayaz Saleem, Kaushal Rajapaksa, Rishantha Mendis, Rohitha Amarapala, Chaminda De Silva, Kamaya Perera, Chaya Ranaweera, Ninesh Amirthiah
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| President (2020/21) Kaushal Rajapaksa |
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| Past President (1999/2001) Fayaz Saleem
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The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) UK – Sri Lanka Branch President for the Administrative Year 2020/2021 Kaushal Rajapaksa, hosted a dinner for the Executive Committee and Past Presidents of CMI Sri Lanka last week at the Hotel, Ramada Colombo. During the fellowship, Rajapaksa called upon the past presidents to unveil a logo marking 25 years of existence of the CMI Sri Lanka Branch in Sri Lanka, consisting over 100 members.
Founded in 1947 as the British Institute of Management, upon receiving the Royal Charter in 2002 it was renamed the Chartered Management Institute. The CMI Sri Lanka Branch, which is recognised as one of the regional networks of CMI UK was founded in 1996 under the guidance of Sunil Deheragoda. Since then, the Sri Lanka Branch has produced a total of 14 past presidents, namely: Zarook Marikkar (Year 1996/98), M.V. Theagarajah (1998/99), Fayaz Saleem (1999/2001), Anil Weeratunga (2001/02), Sega Nagendra (2002/03), the late Ajith de Silva (2003/04), Gamini Karunaratne (2004/06), Sunil Deheragoda (2006/08), Col. Faiz-Ur Rahman (2008/10), Keethi Jayaweera (2010/12), Rohitha Mendis (2012/14), Varuna Ratnaweera (2014/16), Malraj Kiriella (2016/17) and Murali Prakash (2017/2020).
The Past President, Chartered Companion and President Emeritus of The Management Club founded by him under the aegis of CMI were called upon to take the members present ‘down memory lane’.
Over the past two decades CMI Sri Lanka has organised and executed various strategic initiatives with the objective of developing professionalism among managers in Sri Lanka. Given the many challenges and restrictions faced in the recent past, the Sri Lanka Branch did not take a step back but addressed the current pandemic situation, identified the industries which have been critically impacted, and executed programs in the form of free-of-charge webinars for corporates, managers and entrepreneurs. These programs were attended by CMI UK Regional representatives whilst the Sri Lanka Branch was also provided the opportunity of being part of virtual panel discussions to share their expertise, knowledge and experience.
As CMI UK Sri Lanka Branch celebrates 25 years, they look forward to contributing to the management fraternity as a thought leader in management practices guiding and helping them to realise their important career goals in management by up-skilling them and promoting CMI-UK management certifications. CMI Sri Lanka has enlisted top corporate leaders in Sri Lanka among its membership and is a highly regarded and prestigious institution.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is the only chartered professional body for management and leadership dedicated to improving managers’ skills and enhancing the number of qualified managers. It is also the leading authority on management and leadership in the UK.
