SLIM Fellowship
Marketing guru Prof Uditha Liyanage was recently made the first Sri
Lankan Honorary Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM),
the country's national apex marketing body), in recognition of his
achievements in academia and extraordinary contribution to the marketing
fraternity in terms of setting the ground rules right with a good
balance of local and modern thinking.
SLIM President Rohan Somawansa confers Honorary Fellow
status on Prof. Uditha Liyanage. SLIM Vice Presidents Tilan
Wijeyesekera and Thushara Perera look on. |
SLIM President Rohan Somawansa said, "Prof. Liyanage is a marketeer
who designs, implements and promotes best practices of marketing at
national level and is perceived by the marketing fraternity as a
marketing guru for carving out an identity of his own."
He is a marketing consultant and is on the boards of directors of
number of leading companies in Sri Lanka, and a member of the Board of
Study of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka, and the
National Institute of Business Management (NIBM).
He was also the Chairman of CIM Sri Lanka region, and a member of the
international board of CIM.
Prof Liyanage is currently the Director of PIM and the Chairman of
the Institute's Board of Management. |