Microsoft Unlimited Potential Partnership together with HSBC empowers local youth

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Marking yet another significant milestone

HSBC, together with Microsoft Sri Lanka announced the successfully completion of an IT scholarship programme which sought to train youth in several parts of the country with basic IT skills. The project was launched earlier this year and 500 scholarships were handed out to deserving youth in the Northern, Western, Eastern and Southern provinces to empower them in Information Technology.

From left: Programme Manager, USAID Bandula Nissanka; Country Manager, Microsoft Sri Lanka Sriyan de Silva Wijeyaratne; CEO, HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives Nick A. Nicolaou; Chairman, IDM Dr. Bandu Ranasinghe; CEO, Inforshare Guarantee Ltd. Anuruddha Edirisinghe at the UPP programme initiation event

The project was implemented through Microsoft’s ongoing Unlimited Potential Partnership (UPP) programme.

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