Education & Training Chapter | Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS)

OBJECTIVES

To build a knowledge society to contribute immensely for national property and there is a great opportunity to guide youth to capture the opportunities presented by new developments in ICT.
To develop and enhance the ICT Literacy of the ICT Industry work force, Tertiary and Secondary students and teachers.

To build up a workforce with the academic and soft skill that is required for the ICT Industry through the Higher Diploma in Digital Technology (HDDT) Program which is equivalent to first two years of undergraduate Degree, with the partnership and support of National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA).
Conducts ICT Career Guidance seminars to make the students aware of ICT and to use ICT for education and the Career which was held as a parallel event of Infotel National ICT Exhibition was the one of latest seminar.

CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Name	Chapter Designation	Company Name
Mr. Christie Samuel	President	Infinity Centre for Higher Studies
Mr. Chaminda Ranasinghe	Vice-President	Australian College of Business & Technology
Mr. Thushara Edirisinghe	Secretary	Vocational Training Authority
Mr. Ilham Marikkar	Treasurer	Amazon College
Prof. Nuwan Kodagoda	Asst. Secretary	Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Mr. Ajith Wanasingha	Asst. Treasurer	Horizon Campus Ltd
Ms. Hasanthie Dahanayake	Member	Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy
Mr. S. Romesh	Member	Asian Business College
Dr. Dhananjay Kulkarni	Member	Eduko Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (UCL)
Dr. Sampath Kannangara	Member	International College of Business & Technology
Immediate Past President
Mr. Amila Bandara		ESOFT Metro Campus (Pvt) Ltd
Advisors
Dr. Kithsiri Manchanayakke	Senior Advisor	AIMS College of Business & IT (Pvt) Ltd
Dr. Viraj Pinto Jayawardena	Advisor	MATRIX Institute of Information Technology (Pvt) Ltd
Mr. Upul Dassanayake	Advisor	VSSL GLOBAL (PVT) LTD