Another success story of IIT

Prassanna Pathmanathan who is a 25 year old past graduate of IIT's BSc in Information Systems with Business Management from the University of Westminster UK and was the gold medalist in his year. He is a lecturer, supervisor, research scholar, trainer and has a very steady presence in the Sri Lankan fashion industry.

He now lectures other students studying for the same degree and guides students through their final year research projects as a project supervisor. Through the experience and knowledge gained from this degree Prassanna was able to move into other disciplines such as Business Administration, Marketing and Human Resource Management. He's a Chartered Marketer and currently reading for a Degree in Psychology and Mastering in Organizational Psychology as well.

His first venture into the business world was in the fashion industry as a writer. In 2009 he was the youngest editor in chief of a publication when he held that position at Agora - South Asia's first online magazine. What started as a hobby turned him towards fashion and journalism. He was invited as a member of the panel of judges this year to officiate at Mr Earth 2011 contest this October in Central America. He has been appointed as the National Director of Sri Lanka for Mr Earth 2011 to nominate Mr Sri Lanka for Mr Earth 2011. This is the first time a young Sri Lankan been invited as the judge for an international pageant of this nature.

Prassanna's success story is just one example of many other similar stories.

The topics and solutions that these students have come up with, on their own for their final year projects of IIT, are amazing in their complexity and advanced thinking capabilities. All these students received 'As' and what's more industry representatives who had the opportunity of going through these projects are now making arrangements to purchase these projects and implement them in a real time environment.

This is made possible only through the practical and advanced education system implemented by IIT in BSc (Hons) Information System with Business Management degree. Prassanna is also in the process of writing research papers together with his students to present at international business research conferences.Speaking passionately about his work at IIT Prassanna was of the view that "it is no secret that every industry no matter what business it is engaged in, ultimately needs the assistance of Information Technology in order to take the venture into the future. In varying degrees of importance, Information Technology has become part and parcel of our every day life. This is where the Information Systems with Business Management BSc (Hons) Degree that IIT offers comes into play. The degree is engineered in such a unique manner so as to enable the students to gain a well rounded knowledge of necessary IT components as well as a sound business acumen that will provide a stepping stone into whatever industry they wish to move into."

The third year of the four-year course is the placement year.

During this year, students are assisted in getting into a company of their choice in order that they might develop and acquire a practical understanding of the modules that they are learning about, and its application in the real world.

The students gets immense experience in working for the multinational giants and Sri Lankan blue chip companies in their internship and it gives them confidence and opportunities to be absorbed to the same companies after completing the degree.