Sri Lanka’s Largest Education Exhibition and Job Fair – EDEX Expo will be held from 19-21 January 2018 at BMICH Colombo. The Expo will be the 32nd in the continuing series. Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, the Prime Minister is expected to declare open the event as its Chief Guest.
Originated in year 2004, the EDEX Expo has transformed, to being a school Career Fair, to be a renowned global name in the education market, which has continued to empower Sri Lankan youth to be globally competitive, and reach towards the pinnacle of achievement. A Job-Fair and Entrepreneurship Zone will complement the 15th anniversary celebration of excellence in the professional sphere.
The Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Highways, Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training, Ministry of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Sabaragamu Development, Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have endorsed the event considering its value to the youth. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) too continue their Strategic Partnerships signifying the EDEX’s relevance to many industry chambers and employers.
EDEX Expo 2018 will encompass a platform of local and global convergence of key post-secondary educational stakeholders, comprising over 200 education exhibition booths, representing local and foreign universities and institutes from over 20 countries. International presence will be enhanced with Education Malaysia sponsored Malaysian pavilion together with country pavilions from Japan, Australia, India, and France. Direct or local representatives from leading Universities in USA, UK, Russia, China, Switzerland, Singapore and Turkey will enhance the value of Expo further.
An added feature to mark 15 years of excellence will be celebrity interviews to showcase professionalism, talent and skills, of high achieving professionals for the youth to emulate. This activity to be known as ‘Edutainment’ to be staged between 3 to 6 pm in all 3 days will witness key figures in society being interviewed and sharing their stories, experiences together with acts of entertainment to motivate youth to bring out their intrinsic skills and talents.
The event’s esteemed sponsors in the Platinum category are; National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), National School of Business Management (NSBM), Colombo Institute of Research and Psychology (CIRP) and Education Malaysia. Its Gold Sponsors are American Education Center Ltd, ESOFT Metro Campus, Royal Institute of Colombo, CINEC Campus, Scottish Qualifications Authority and American International Campus. National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank) has come on board as the Official Banker.
The Print Media Partner will be the Associated News Papers of Ceylon Ltd (ANCL) and the Electronic Media Partner is Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation together with Cannel Eye. Citypak continues to be the Official Courier.
EDEX Job Fair will create a conduit between Job Providers and Seekers, will comprise over 30 stalls of reputed and leading corporates representing many important segments in the economy. Job seekers are invited to upload their CVs to edexcareers.lk. The Psychometric Testing Centre, in collaboration with the National Career Guidance Association (NCGA) will provide the youth yeoman service in guiding youth on the right career paths. The EDEX Entrepreneurship Zone, will continue to provide expert advice on starting their own business and establish themselves in gainful employment.
EDEX Nenapahana, the outreach programme providing assistance to rural schools to upgrade their libraries reached a milestone in December 2017 covering 100 schools in the past 5 years and a warm invitation is extended to the public to join forces to expand its’ reach the during the coming years. We invite all IT savy youth to register entry to EDEX Expo 2018 which is free of charge, on www.edex.lk. For further details please contact the EDEX Secretariat. Tel: 0768 204975/ 55 21 497/ 3091086. Email:sales@edex.lk,ops@edex.lk
Seating arrangement from left to right
1. Vice President – Personal Banking & Branch Network Management – National
Development Bank PLC – Mr. Sanjaya Perera
2. Senior Consultant – CINEC Campus – Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe
3. Head of Operations – Colombo – Mr Dilan Perera – ESOFT Metro Campus
4. RCU – Secretary – Mr Athula Munasinghe
5. In Charge of Marketing Operations / Lecturer School of Business – NSBM –
Mr. Chiranjeewa P Atapattu
6. Principal – Royal College – Mr B.A. Abeyrathna
7. Director General – NIBM – Dr D.M.A Kulasooriya
8. Chairman – EDEX – Mr Mahinda Galagedera
9. Director Academic Affairs – Dr Darshan Perera – Colombo Institute of Research & Psychology
10. Assistant General Manager – Post Graduate Programme – Ms Erandi Dodamwala – American Education Centre Ltd
11. President – Royal Institute of Colombo – Prof. Sarath Amunugama
12. Executive Director / CEO – AIC/IMC – Dr. Gishan Sumanasiri
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