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Dearth of software engineers - IIT Dean



Dean Alfred Perera, Assistant Lecturer Udyangani Perera and Group Director Neil Seneviratne.

Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa

There is a dearth of software engineers in the country and Government universities cannot supply this demand without the contribution of the private sector, Dean, Informatics Institute of Technology Prof. Alfred Perera said.

Addressing the media on the 14th annual convocation of IIT which will be held at the BMICH on November 3. He said the convocation is unique this year due to the fact that it is the first convocation after IIT's affiliation with the University of Westminster with 35 students graduating from all areas of the IT industry.

A panel of delegates from the University of Westminster headed by Vice Chancellor Rikki Morgan Tamosunas will be present.

Prof. Perera said that the graduate students at IIT get an opportunity to obtain a one year work visa for UK where they will have work experience abroad at the completion of the degree which is a very valuable advantage.

The institute has given 33 scholarships this year on merit to students who passed the GCE Advanced Level but unable to enter the university due to lack of space and they work with the industry part time while doing studies at IIT.

General Manager IIT Vijith Gunawardena said all 1,600 graduates who passed out from the IIT are in high positions in leading software companies in Sri Lanka or engaged in lucrative businesses abroad.

He said 120 graduates pass out from the IIT every year and they get the certificate from the Westminster University in UK. But it costs ten times more for a student to go to UK and follow the programme.

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