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Scholarship programme for undergraduates launched:

Virtusa to expand IT workforce capacity

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), one of the leading information technology (IT) services companies operating in Sri Lanka and a globally renowned IT solutions provider, announced an innovative scholarship programme in collaboration with leading universities in Sri Lanka to expand the IT workforce capacity.

The Virtusa Placement Engineer Scholarship programme is an innovative initiative to support work-study approach to obtaining a degree in IT. The programme brings together students, academic institutes and Virtusa in the process of students obtaining an IT degree.

The students study part time at a reputed academic institute while gaining work experience at Virtusa. Virtusa provides financial assistance, on-the-job training and learning assistance to students to complete their degree studies while gaining significant exposure to a real-life, world-class working environment.

The programme aims to increase IT graduate capacity by increasing the success rate of open and distance education programmes. During the first phase of the programme, the University of Colombo, the Open University, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) and IDM Computer Studies students will receive opportunities to participate in the programme.

The Virtusa Placement Engineer Scholarship Programme is past of Virtusa's Campus Reach corporate responsibility initiative, which is aimed at positively influencing the quality and quantity of IT graduates in Sri Lanka.

Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and The Chairman of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Human Resource Development, Minister Karu Jayasuriya said "The IT and BPO industry has a significant potential to become the number one industry for Sri Lanka in terms of foreign earnings, and can be an avenue for creating a large number of professional jobs in the country.

It is encouraging to see Virtusa taking a leadership position in the process of expanding workforce capacity, which is essential for the growth of the industry."

General Manager, Madu Ratnayake said that this innovative approach will significantly improve the success rate of open and distance degree programmes, and will assist in creating highly-employable IT graduates.

We are glad to be able to extend this opportunity to talented individuals, who will now have a chance to participate in the worldwide IT boom."

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