SLIIT held Convocation 2016 with His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena as Chief Guest
Thursday, 30 November 2017
This year at the SLIIT Convocation 2016, our proud graduates were felicitated by none other than His Excellency, President Maithripala Sirisena. The event was held at SLIIT Auditorium Malabe with the president presenting certificates to 1017 graduates from the Information Technology, Engineering and Business Faculties. Congratulations to everyone from the Batch of 2016 !
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Students of SLIIT Walk for a Worthy Cause
Thursday, 30 November 2017
With the objective of uplifting the quality of life of underprivileged children in Sri Lanka, the Student Interactive Society of SLIIT, under the theme a�?Walk for their Futurea�� organized a five kilometre walk to raise funds for the Christ Church College in Baddegama. More than 1000 students, faculty and administrative staff from SLIIT rallied together
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SLIIT Student Clinches Three Medals at South Asian Games
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Ruvini Kannangara, second year engineering student of SLIIT, the premier degree awarding institute, clinched three medals for Table Tennis at the recently concluded South Asian Games in India. Ruvini has also been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the Perfect 2016 World team Table Tennis ChampionshipsA�in Malaysia. Commenting on her performance, Prof. Lalith Gamage, President
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Congratulations Ganindu Nanayakkara for making Sri Lanka proud
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Many congratulations to Sri Lankan innovator and our very own past SLIIT student Ganindu Nanayakkara for being the first runner-up and being awarded $500,000 at the Verizon 2015 Powerful Answers Award contest, for your innovative iHelmet solution. Youa��ve made Sri Lanka proud! For more detailsA�http://techadvisor.lk/2015/12/10/sri-lankas-ganindu-gets-us-500000-for-ihelmet/
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AIESEC in SLIIT wins the Most Outstanding Expansion of the Year Award
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT is proud to announce that AIESEC in SLIIT won the Most Outstanding Expansion entity of the Year award at National Leadership Development Seminar (NLDS) 2015. AIESEC is a global platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential and it is a non-political, independent, not-for-profit organisation run by students and recent graduates
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SLIIT Welcomes Students for New Academic Year
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT, the best degree awarding institute in the fields of IT, Business and Engineering in Sri Lanka, welcomed yet another batch of ambitious and motivated students on the 2ndA�November at SLIITa��s Malabe Campus. The welcoming ceremony was held with the participation of SLIIT academic staff and management to an audience numbering over 4000, comprising enrolled
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SLIIT 4th year IT students won NBQSA 2015 Silver Award
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Congratulations!! We are proud to announce that SLIIT 4th year Information Technology students won Silver award for Tertiary Student Project category a�� ViviSights A�(http://www.nbqsa.org/#) NBQSA is the national awards ceremony recognizing the best software products in Sri Lanka organised by the Sri Lankan section of the BCS, the Chartered Institute of IT. NBQSA 2015 Award
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FOSS4G -2015
Thursday, 30 November 2017
A group of SLIIT students have won a�?FOSS4G Seoul Best Oral Presentationa�? award for the best student presentation, at the FOSS4G -2015 world conference held in Seoul , South Korea , 14thA�A�-19thA�September 2015. Thejaka Mahaulpatha , Pasindu Chandraseka , Dananjaya Thathsara and A�Irendra Koswatta, final year students of BSc(Hons) IT degree program, A�won this prestigious
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The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony
Thursday, 30 November 2017
The Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the proposed new academic building of SLIIT was held on 10thA�September 2015. Chairman Professor L.L Rathnayake, President/CEO Professor Lalith Gamage, Heads of the Departments, Academic and Non-Academic Staff and other Invitees were present for this ceremony. The purpose of this project is, To cater for the requirements of increased
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Inauguration of ZILLIONe Extended Development Centre at SLIIT
Thursday, 30 November 2017
As a continuous effort to formalise compulsory industry training for the BSc Special Honours Degree in Information Technology SLIIT has facilitated premises, furniture and equipment for several leading software organisations in Sri Lanka. Industry has readily accepted and formed their respective development centres at the SLIIT premises. As such inauguration of ZILLIONe extended development centre
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SLIIT WALK 2015
Thursday, 30 November 2017
More than 1000 students, faculty and administrative staff from SLIIT, the largest degree-awarding institute in Sri Lanka, rallied together on 13 September 2015 fromA�9.30amA�onwards making its inception from Viharamahadevi Park and ending with a 5km journey around Colombo at Viharamhadevi Park. The event was organised by the Student Interactive Society (SIS) of SLIIT. The objective
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SLIIT a�?RoboFest 2015a�? Concludes in Style
Thursday, 30 November 2017
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at SLIIT, conducted the exciting robotic competition a�?RoboFest 2015a�? for the sixth consecutive year. With many entries from all over Sri Lanka, this yeara��s competition too was open to both school and undergraduate students island-wide. Participants were given the opportunity to showcase how they utilize
SLIIT partnership with ACL Cables PLC
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT has entered into a partnership with ACL Cables PLC A�to offer practical applications to the education and research activities at the Engineering faculty and opportunity for the students to understand their future career prospects.
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SLIIT Sponsored Sri Lanka Economic Summit a�� 2015
Thursday, 30 November 2017
The a�?Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2015a��, an annual event organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, was held on 4th and 5th August at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, under the title of a�?Towards Exports of $ 50 billiona��.A�We are proud to announce that a�?SLIITa�? is one of the Bronze Sponsors in this event. The
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2014 Beyond Cisco Award
Thursday, 30 November 2017
In recognition of making a positive community impact and lasting contribution to the Cisco Networking Academy Program,a�? 2014 Above and Beyond Awarda�? was awarded to Mr.Uditha Gamage-Cisco Academy Legal Main Contact, SLIIT at the Asia Pacific 2015 Cisco NetAcad partner Summit held in Bangkok, Thailand by Ms.Sandy Walsh, Director,Social Innovation Group, Cisco Systems,Asia Pacific.
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SLIIT became the venue sponsor for National Chess Championship 2015
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT proudly announce to be the venue sponsor for National A and National B chess championship 2015 organized by National Chess Federation of Sri Lanka. The competition was held at SLIIT Malabe campus during the month of June and July 2015. More than 200 players participated in this tournament and about 95% of them are
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SLIIT TOASTMASTERS CLUB a�� ACHIEVEMENTS 2014/15
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT Toastmasters Club is proud to announce that it achieved the highest ever achievement as a club, by becoming a a�?Presidents Distinguished Cluba�? by the end of June 2015. The individual achievements of seven members enabled the club to achieve such tremendous success last year, and also put a positive pressure on the club to
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South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship 2015
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Congratulations!!A�Ruvini Kannangara, Captain of the Sri Lankan Junior Table Tennis Girla��s Team hand a first year student from the Faculty of Engineering (Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology) had the fortune of winning 3 medals at the South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship held at the Talkatora stadium New Delhi, India from 17th
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SLIIT a�?Shuttle Buda�� Tournament Concludes in a Grand Scale
Thursday, 30 November 2017
The SLIIT Sports Council, recently organized the SLIIT a�?Shuttle Buda�� Badminton tournament for the 5th consecutive year. With nearly 400 participants from schools island-wide, the tournament was held from the 30th of May to the 8th of June at the SLIIT Campus in Malabe. The age categories for this yeara��s tournament were; Under 11, Under
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SLIIT Joins Hands with Hemas Holdings to Foster Young Entrepreneurs
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT the premier degree awarding institute in Sri Lanka, which provides a broad scope of academic and career opportunities for students, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hemas Holdings, a diversified conglomerate. This MOU highlights the programme a�?Slingshota��, which gives students studying at SLIIT, the opportunity to takeA� their final year projects to
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SLIIT Conducts HR Forum with Industry Experts for the 5th Consecutive Year
Thursday, 30 November 2017
For over a decade, SLIIT, the premier degree awarding institute, has provided students with a broad range of academic and industry opportunities. For the 5thA�consecutive year, SLIIT organized the annual HR forum together with its industry partners; IFS, Univel, ZILLIONe, Volume, Vocanic, Virtusa, SimCentric Technologies, Tetran, B Connected, MIT, Zone 24A�7, Ever Jobs, 99x Technology,
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SLIIT ranked Sri Lankaa��s highest private educational institution in Webometrics 2015 Rankings
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), the nationa��s premier degree awarding non-state university broke new ground when it was ranked No.1 among Sri Lankaa��s Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities announced recently. According to the published rankings, SLIIT towers tall, ranking 9th overall among Sri Lankan Universities (http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Sri%20Lanka).
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SLIIT signs MOU with University of Oulu (UO) a�� Finland
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) and University of A�Oulu (UO) in Finland recently entered to an agreement to work together in the areas of exchange of faculty members, joint research activities, internship exchanges and dual degree programs. The main purpose of this partnership is to build collaborative research through the Center for Wireless
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Students of SLIIT Win at Google Business Group Success Stories
Thursday, 30 November 2017
02nd February 2015: Alumni of SLIIT, Vimukthi Liyanage and Shameera Weerasinghe, have hit the international mark in the mobile application world. This dynamic duo have built an innovative application, titled a�? Mogo Readera�� which was selected as the best project at the highly acclaimed Google Business Groups Success Stories competition, organized by Google. Commenting on
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SLIIT students shine at the Inter Institute Swimming Competition
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Inter Institute Swimming Competition organized by APIIT was held on 07thA�December 2014 at N.C.C. Swimming Pool. SLIIT Swimming Team won the fallowing places at this competition. – 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1stA�Place – 4 x 50m Meadly Relay 2ndA�Place – 100m Individual Medley 2ndA�Place – 50m Butterfly 2ndA�Place – 50m Freestyle 3rdA�Place – 50m
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SLIIT Womena��s Basketball Team wins the Inter Higher Educational Basketball Tournament 2014
Thursday, 30 November 2017
SLIIT Womena��s Basketball Team won the Inter Higher Educational Basketball Tournament 2014 organized by the Royal Institute of Colombo. The tournament was held on 17thA�and 18thA�of January 2015 at Henry Pedris Basketball Court, Colombo 05. SLIIT Womena��s Basketball TeamA�defeated Royal Institute of Colombo by achieving 22 a�� 14 in the finals. SLIIT players also won
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SLIIT wins at the Western Province Table Tennis Ranking Tournament 2014
Thursday, 30 November 2017
The Western Province Table Tennis Ranking Tournament 2014 was held on 03rdA�and 04thA�of January 2015 at the Indoor Stadium of Lumbini College, Colombo 05. Ruvini Kannangara of the SLIIT Womena��s Table Tennis Team won the Under 21 Girls Singles Championship at this tournament. SLIIT congratulates Ruvini and theA�the SLIIT Womena��s Table Tennis Team for this
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SLIIT Chess Team won the 4th Ethugalpura International Rated Chess Championship 2014
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
4thA�Ethugalpura International Rated Chess Championship 2014 organized by the Sri Lanka Chess Federation was held from 14th to 18th December 2014 at the Blue Sky Hotel, Kurunegala. The captain of the SLIIT Chess Team won the Bronze medal of the rating category 1800-2000 at this tournament.
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SLIIT students shine at Mora Smashes 2014
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
a�?Mora Smashesa�? Annual Inter University Table Tennis Championship 2014 organized by the University of Moratuwa was held onA�13th and 14thA�December 2014 at the new gymnasium of the University of Moratuwa. SLIIT Womena��s Table Tennis team won the championship defeating University of Ruhuna in the finals. SLIIT Mena��s Table Tennis team also won the 2ndA�runners-up trophy,
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SLIIT Launches In House Internship Programme
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT the premier degree awarding institute in Sri Lanka, joined hands with ZILLIONe, Hack Impact International, Auxenta and zMessenger (Pvt) Ltd to commence an In House Internship programme for all students studying IT at this prestigious institute. SLIIT has almost 1000 IT students per batch and hence the industry is not able to provide that
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SLIIT winners at e-Swabhimani Awards 2014
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
The dynamic team from SLIIT became A�winners at the e-Swabhimani Awards 2014, under the e-Inclusion and participation category. The highly competitive e-Swabhimani event provides national recognition to the best locally-produced e-content and applications. a�?Smart Cyber Assista�� the innovative project developed by SLIIT, was designed by D. M. T. L. Dharmasena (Team Leader), J.S. Galagedara, T.C.K.
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SLIIT champions at the Inter Club Badminton Championship 2014
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
The annual Inter Club Badminton Championship 2014 organized by the Western Province Badminton Association was held from 14th to 16th November 2014 at the St. Thomas Collegea��s sports complex. SLIIT Mena��s Badminton team won the a�?Championshipa�? trophy of the a�?ca�? division in the finals, defeating the University of Moratuwa. SLIIT Womena��s team also won the
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SLIIT students shine at the Shotokan Karate Championship 2014
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Students at SLITT participated at theA�Shotokan Karate Championship 2014 which was held at the University of Ruhuna recently. This event was organized by the Japan Karate Do Dojokai Association and SLIIT students were recipients of A�5 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 8 bronze medals by competing with students from various schools and Universities in
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SLIIT offers Scholarships to women to study CCNA
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT offered 20 Scholarships recently to female students to follow the CCNA Routing and Switching( Level 1 & 2) programs with the financial assistance of the Cisco Systems, Inc.Recipients of these scholarships were 20 female students from low incomeA�families who have sat for the G.C.E Advanced Level Examination. Each scholarship was worthA�Rs.40,000/-. Ms.Kalhari Kaluarachchi,Program Manager,
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SLIIT confer degrees on 1052 graduands
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT, the leading degree awarding institute recognized over thousand undergraduate and postgraduate students at its 12thAnnualA�Convocation held A�at the SLIIT campus in Malabe on the 27thA�and 28thA�of February 2014. Six distinguished personalities from here and abroad delivered theA�convocationA�addresses during the six planned sessions. SLIIT academics, distinguish guests, graduands and their parents adorned this grand occasion.
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SLIIT hosts NCTM 2014
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT hosted the 3rdA�National Conference on Technology and Management (NCTM) on the 24th January, 2014 at the main auditorium, SLIIT Malabe Campus under the conference theme a�?Advances in Technology & management for National Developmenta�?. Professor Mangala Fonseka, Director, PIM, University of Sri Jayawardenepura delivered a keynote speech on a�?In research of Alternative Approaches and Methodologies
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SLIIT Students Shine in Tertiary Category at NBQSA 2013
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Ganidu Nanayakkara, a third year student at SLIIT, clinched the Gold award under the Tertiary Student Category at the recently concluded National Best Quality ICT Awards (NBQSA). This accolade was presented to Ganidu for his innovative a�?iHelmeta�� project; a special helmet, with an embedded solution developed to empower ground forces in a battle field. Along
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Brandix to Sponsor SLIIT RoboFest for Three Years
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT signed an agreement with Brandix Lanka Limited on the sponsorship of the RoboFest competition at the SLIIT campus in Malabe recently. Ishan Dantanarayana, Chief People Officer a�� Brandix and Professor Lalith Gamage, President/CEO of SLIIT exchanged the agreement on behalf of the two organizations. Chief Operating Officer at Brandix Lanka, Surendra Karunakaran, Assistant Manager
SLIIT & CIMA signs MoA
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT and CIMA signed a reciprocally beneficial Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) at the SLIIT Metro campus recently. The agreement facilitates SLIIT students to study CIMA while studying for the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree programme(SHU) at SLIIT.This will pave the students to acquire both an academic and a professional qualification simultaneously which would prove to
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SLIIT opens new Faculty of Engineering Building
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Soft opening of the new building of Faculty of Engineering was held recently at the institutes Malabe campus. The purpose built 7- storey building was constructed within one year and has a floor area of 7000m2.The ground floor houses Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering laboratories, while the second floor is allocated for Electrical and Electronic
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SLIIT HR Forum 2013
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
HR Forum for the year 2013 was recently held for the 3rd consecutive year at the institutea��s A�Malabe campus. This was to provide information to Senior Management/HR professionals of reputed companies on the SLIITa��s strategies to develop the essential skills required to increase studentsa�� employability.A� It was also aimed at exposing the talents and the
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Globally recognised Hospitality Management degree now offered for the first time in Sri Lanka at SLIIT
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
As a joint venture of SLIIT, Colombo Academy of Hospitality Management (CAHM) and William Angliss Institute (WAI)a�� Australia launched the first ever internationally recognised school for hospitality management in Sri Lanka. Press conference to announce the launch was held on 17th July 2012 at the Atrium lobby, Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo amidst large gathering of
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SLIIT hosts 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Education
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT hosted the 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Education (ICCSE) 2013 between the 26th and 28th April at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. The conference was organized by the National Research Council of Computer Education in colleges and universities a�� China, with technical co-sponsorship provided by the IEEE Sri Lanka Section. Sri Lankan Airlines came
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SLIIT Joins EMC Academic Alliance Program
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
SLIIT joined the global EMC Academic Alliance program (EAA) from EMC Corporation on 28thA�January 2013. The EAA program provides universities worldwide with technology curricula to educate and transform the next generation of IT and data science professionals, and help meet the industrya��s growing demand for advanced technology skills.A� The news was announced by Professor Lalith
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