Huawei kicks off 2023 ‘Seeds for the Future’ programme for global university students

The eighth ‘Seeds for the Future’ program began in Sri Lanka on September 13, 2023, with four outstanding students from three state universities in Sri Lanka participating this year.

The students are from the Universities of Jaffna, Kelaniya, and Colombo. The ceremony was held at the Huawei Sri Lanka local office in Colombo 1 with the participation of Minister of Higher Education Dr. Suren Raghavan as the Chief guest.

Dr. Suren Raghavan, State Minister of Higher Education, said during the launch ceremony, “Seeing the young talents who come from areas where the 30 year civil war was aggravated, and now these opportunities are open for them, and they getting selected to such prominent program is something that I am personally happy about”

While putting his faith in the four seeds who embarked on an ICT learning journey to China, he emphasised that Huawei is sowing these seeds for the future using the fine tone, and he anticipates that Huawei is actively investing in undergraduates Huawei to be involved in the state digitalization program.

“Huawei’s involvement in upskilling local talent has been remarkable since 2016, and it is now time for us to extend our invitation to Huawei to collaborate with the government’s digitalization plan. Aside from that, I am overjoyed to be here and witness these students’ achievements. It should be noted that there are a large number of students who are worried that they were not selected to participate in the golden opportunity,” he said.