2012 ‘Leadership in Action Summits’ at Harvard, Stanford for next generation of corporate and social

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Since 2000, over 550 Sri Lankan teenagers have experienced this amazing week in the USA which has changed their lives forever.

A total of 470 of them entered foreign universities. These include Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, Upenn, Washington, Mt. Holliork, Notradam, Macalister, Clark, Wisconsin in USA, Sydney, Melbourne and East Sydney in Australia and Oxford, Nottingham, Warrick, Leeds, Sheffield, Kings, LSE and Sussex in United Kingdom.

The majority of them after graduation came back to Sri Lanka to take on exciting new careers or to join their parents’ companies and organisations to lead those to a new level.

In 2012 Sri Lanka will send 30 student leaders for the ‘Leadership in Action Summit’ at the prestigious Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts and Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, USA. The programme will be conducted by ‘People to People Leadership Programmes’ of The Dwight Eisenhower Foundation, founded in 1956 by the late US President, Dwight Eisenhower. Students from outside USA represent 38% of the summit. For more information and applications visit www.futureworldleader.org.

This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is open to the next generation of corporate, social and political leaders, who are now between 16 to 19 years.

Every year the ‘Leadership in Action Summit’ brings together 300 promising student leaders from 30 countries to explore and challenge leadership skills. In addition, the students gain an enhanced university resume with credit marks and preference for admission and scholarships to universities in the USA.

The Harvard University and Stanford campuses provides the perfect location for students to develop leadership skills, prepare for university admissions and build their communication and presentation skills, said Ananda Rajapakse, the South Asia Representative for People to People Leadership Programmes, USA. For selection criteria email [email protected].

In July this year, 33 Sri Lankans and one Maldivian will attend the Harvard University ‘Leadership in Action Summit’. They are Shenelle Siriwardena (Head Girl), Wiyan Perera (Head Boy), Nitya Amalean, Migara Cabral, Jaikishan Jayesinghe, Rashida Patel, Nishath Karim, Prashan Mendis, Ruchira Nanayakkara, Udesh Dharmadasa, Lishan Perera, Toshan Wickramanayake, Senal Rajamantri, Lahiru Gamage, Lakshitha Weerasuriya, Aqil Refai, Tisura Goonewardena, Shimmer Milfer and Kavindu Ranasinghe from Colombo International School; Akana Jayawardena and Amani Wickramasinghe (Head Prefect) from Bishops’ College; Nimantha Fernando from S. Thomas’ Mt. Lavinia; Minura Tissera from Lyceum International School; Shireen Akbarally , Upeksha Narayana, Tarangee Mutucumarana, Mansha Abdulla, Aqla Mizver and Sachini Egodage (Head Girl) from Asian International School; Raga Raghuraman and Sasha Chatoor from The British School in Colombo; Lukshmee Saravanapavan from Elizabeth Moir School; Dmitri Cooray from St. Joseph’s College; and Gimantha Perera from S. Thomas’ Prep Colpetty. Rochelle Melder, an American Trained Student Counselor, will be the Delegation Manager.