The inauguration ceremony of the BCIS Youth Leadership Academy was held recently at the Olympus Auditorium of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS).
The “Leaders for the 21st Century” is a pioneering leadership training program launched by the BCIS. The focus of this program is to create awareness and help foster integral pre-requisites for credible leadership such as honesty, commitment, efficiency among the participants.
The BCIS Youth Leadership Academy was established as a CSR Project of the BMICH with the prime objective of training young people to become responsible and effective leaders. The duration of the course is 06 months. Participants are selected through a public call for applications and subjected to a selection process. This is a non-residential training program. Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardena serves as the principal Academic Leader of the newly launched BCIS Youth Leadership Academy. DhammikaKalapuge, Dr. Ursla Peiris, Lakshman Perera, Ruwan Basnayake and Ms. Samitha Ethuldoraarachchi function as the other academia.