The Annual Graduation Ceremony of ESOFT Metro Campus was held at the Bandaranaike International Memorial Hall (BMICH) on November 23 and 24. Some 1,800 students graduated this year. Successful students received their Pearson BTEC Higher National Diplomas, Pearson Level 7 Qualifications, London Metropolitan University (UK) Degrees and MBA’s, Kingston University (UK) Degrees and MSc’s.
The ceremony was held across two days and split into nine sessions, to be in full compliance with health guidelines. In addition to the conferring of degrees, batch tops were awarded gold medals and awards were presented to the top achievers of the programs.
Keynote addresses were by academics and industry leaders including Conard Dias CEO, LOLC Finance PLC, Thushera Kawdawatta - CEO, Axiata Digital Labs, Dr. Dayan Rajapakse – Chairman and Managing Director of the ESOFT Group, Dr. Sampath Wahala - Chairman, Sri Lanka Accreditation Board, Tishan Subasinghe - Managing Director and joint Managing Partner Moore Stephens Consulting (Pvt) Ltd and Moore Stephens Aiyar, Prof. A.A.C Abeysinghe – M.Phil. PhD Program Coordinator, Senior Lecturer Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo.
Foreign delegates from the university partners were present virtually and delivered their speeches and wishes for the graduates via video. The Virtusa careers team was also present on both days to provide career opportunities to the young and successful graduates. ESOFT prides itself in producing graduates who are work-ready and able to take on the challenges and opportunities presented by the new economy.
