IPM CEO to retire

COLOMBO: Chief Executive Officer and immediate past President of the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) Sri Lanka, Daya Bollegala retires on July 31.

Bollegala is the past President of the Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM) and a former board Member of the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA).

He was instrumental in introducing several new projects, including the setting up of a Job Placement Centre, launching of several Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects such as seminars to educate three-wheeler and bus drivers, awarding of scholarships to the best students at the GCE (A/L) Examination and conducing leadership skill development programmes for school prefects etc.

During his tenure as President, he initiated in organising a Distance Learning Certificate Programme in Human Resource Management.

He initiated discussions with the authorities of the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the OUSL and the IPM for joint institutional collaborative study programmes to develop a Master of Business Adminstration Degree in Human Resource Management (MBA in HRM). It was a remarkable achievement.

With a view to working closely with the CEOs of both public and private sector establishments, the IPM organised CEOs’ breakfast meeting and fellowships.

Bollegala was able to build cordial relationships with other professional institutes in Sri Lanka and overseas. He is a Senior Resource Person, Marking Examiner and a Course Co-ordinator for all levels of study programmes conducted by the IPM.