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APIIT Graduation 2023
The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) Sri Lanka, the largest provider of foreign degrees in the country, held its annual Graduation at the main hall of the BMICH on Dec 08.
The occasion was graced by the Chief Guest Professor Annabel Kiernan, Pro Vice-Chancellor – Education, Staffordshire University, UK and Mr Bernhard Stefan, Managing Director of Nestlé Lanka PLC as the Guest of Honour.
At the event, a total of 579 students received undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Business, Computing and Law from Staffordshire University, UK.
The event marked the awarding of degrees in BEng (Hons) Software Engineering, BSc (Hons) Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Cyber Security, BSc (Hons) International Business Management, LLB (Hons) Law, MBA, MSc Computer Science (Business Computing) and LLM International Business Law.
The ceremony celebrated the success of 106 students receiving First Class Honours degrees, 150 students receiving Second Class (1st Division) degrees, and 92 postgraduate students receiving degrees with Distinctions.
The Gold Medallists this year are Mohanraj Kavinkumar Naidu from BEng (Hons) Software Engineering, Vidana Pathiranage Don Kavin Sewmina Kumara from BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Yuneth Ranaka Ubeysekera from BSc (Hons) Cyber Security, Noor Nisma Magdon Ismail from BSc (Hons) International Business Management, Arsiya Binthi Mahir from LLB (Hons) Law, Thillainadarasa Anusha from MBA, Chandula Janadhi Harasgama from MSc Computer Science (Business Computing) and Rannulu Eranthi Punsala Fonseka from LLM International Business Law. Vidana Pathiranage Don Kavin Sewmina Kumara from BSc (Hons) Computer Science was the valedictorian with the highest aggregate of the outgoing class of 2023.
The Chief Guest, Professor Annabel Kiernan congratulated the graduates while emphasising the importance of continuous learning and encouraged them to think about how they could use their experience to make a difference in the world. The Guest of Honour, Mr Bernhard Stefan congratulated the graduates in his address and highlighted the power of a young leader to shape the future of Sri Lanka and the world, to make a positive impact, and to create lasting change.
APIIT Sri Lanka is a higher education institution that operates in partnership with Staffordshire University, UK, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, NCUK – a consortium of over 60 universities around the globe, Deakin University, Australia, Southern Cross University, Australia and Western Sydney University, Australia. APIIT Sri Lanka has to-date, turned out over 5,200 graduates who have completed their Staffordshire University awards in Computing, Business and Law in Sri Lanka, making a considerable contribution to the human capital development of the country.
The United Nations has pledged US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on 28 November.
The funds will enable the UN to rapidly scale up emergency food assistance, shelter support, and water, sanitation and hygiene services for the communities most severely affected by the floods and landslides that have impacted the country, the UN stated.
“This funding comes at a critical moment for Sri Lanka,” said Marc-André Franche, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka. “Cyclone Ditwah has upended lives across the country, and many families are still struggling to meet their basic daily needs. The UN was quick to provide support with urgent relief items and equipment.
We are working closely with the Government, civil society partners and the humanitarian community in Sri Lanka to ensure a coordinated response, guided by evidence and priority needs. This emergency funding will help us reach those most severely affected with the support they urgently need”, he said.
Communities across Sri Lanka are continuing to grapple with the widespread impacts of the cyclone,with thousands of families still displaced after extensive damage to housing and infrastructure.
Even as response efforts are underway, latest assessments indicate that the effects of the cyclone are broader and more severe than initially understood, leaving many communities in urgent need of sustained support to fully recover from Cyclone Ditwah.
The UN’s global emergency fund CERF enables rapid funding to humanitarian responders to help support life-saving, humanitarian activities in the initial stages of a sudden-onset crisis.
As the full scale of the devastation becomes clearer, the UN will expand its life-saving assistance to the hardest-hit communities through a broader Humanitarian Priorities Plan, expected to be announced this week.
The Navy headquarters yesterday announced that 2,086 personnel, including 17 officers and 2,069 senior and junior sailors, had been promoted and advanced to their next respective ranks and rates, on the occasion of the Sri Lanka Navy’s 75th anniversary, which fell yesterday (09 December).
The Navy said the promotions had been made on the recommendation of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda, in recognition of the dedication and service of those personnel.
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said yesterday deaths due to Cyclone Ditwah had reached 638, and 191 disaster victims had gone missing.
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