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ERI and Your Radio up for promotions

Environmental Resou-rces Investment PLC, (ERI) the official sponsor of the daily breakfast show of Your Radio - 88.3, recently held two promotions for their regular listeners which had many callings and winners chosen.

The first promotion was held during the Carlton Sevens Rugby Tournament, where callers were offered valuable gifts courtesy of all group companies. Among them were platinum rimmed porcelain plates with the signatures of Jaffna Challengers team, Gift vouchers from DI Leather, Discount vouchers on hotel bookings through RoomsNet.com and other vouchers. ERI is the franchise holder of Jaffna Challengers rugby team under the captaincy of Yoshitha Rajapaksa.

The winners with CEO of DNH Financial Seedantha Kulatillake, subsidiary of ERI and, Head of Human Resources - ERI Rushika Pieris and Marketing Executive - ERI Saumya Jeyakumar. Top - winners receiving their gifts.

The company in its short span of operation has been recognized for the partnership and commitment in the sporting arena through sponsorship with Sri Lanka Cricket when they sponsored the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka. ERI was the official sponsor of the Gymkhana Club for year 2011 and its subsidiary Ceylon Leather Products PLC was instrumental in manufacturing the largest Cricket Ball during the last Cricket World Cup. ERI was also a committed partner in the bid for the 2018 Common wealth Games.

'Seven days of Christmas' the second promotion held during the Christmas season where ERI and subsidiary companies offered a Christmas Hamper worth Rs.10,000.00 for seven days with goodies ranging from food and beverage items to Ceylon Leather Products and Dankotuwa Porcelain products and hotel discounts.

ERI has been the official Sponsor of Your Radio's Breakfast show " Your perfect Breakfast" hosted by veteran sports personality Chandrishan Perera. "We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to offer valuable gifts and hampers to our listeners through the generous participation of ERI our main sponsor of the popular breakfast show, and its subsidiary companies.

ERI's enthusiasm and boldness is infectious when it comes to embracing new ventures as their commitment to Your Radio when it was newly formed and unknown speaks volumes of their belief in others and true Sri Lankan pride" said an official of Your Radio.

The winners were handed over their winning hampers and gifts at the ERI office attended by group officials, CEO, DNH Financial (Pvt) Limited Seedantha Kulatillake and Head of Human Resources, ERI Rushika Pieris. ERI is a fully diversified group of companies with the following companies under them. DNH Financial (Pvt) Limited, Ceylon Leather Products PLC, Olancom (Pvt) Ltd., South Asia Textile Industries Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC, The Colombo Pharmacy Company PLC and the recently acquired Palla & Company through Ceylon Leather Products PLC. ERI continuously strives to be a socially responsible business entity which firmly believes in the positive and far-reaching effects of good governance policies and provides financial management, strategic guidance and strong management discipline to help re-structure companies and make good companies even better.

IDM offers IT programmes by University of Wolverhampton - UK

IDM Nations Campus (Pvt) Ltd proudly announces its March intake of two highly rated M.Sc programmes; M.Sc in Strategic IT Management (SITM) and M.Sc in IT Management (ITM) offered by University of Wolverhampton - UK (UOW-UK). Several batches of these programmes have been successfully completed and ideally suited for managers who require Postgraduate qualifications. According to Chairman Dr. Bandu Ranasinghe these are pro-grammes with unique features which facilitate both Teaching and Learning.

Both M.Sc programmes are delivered by University of Wolverhampton's School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT) staff at IDM Colombo. Each module will have a module support tutor from IDM. The dissertation will be jointly supervised by SCIT and IDM staff.

Blended learning strategy is used in addition to class room delivery, all modules will have electronically supported on-line platforms, WOLF2 and PebblePAD, which allow student to student and student to tutor interaction.

All module contents have been customized to suit Sri Lankan conditions by way of examples or case studies to suit specific local issues. University of Wolverhampton (UOW) referencing techniques and standards are taught in order to improve the independent learning skills. Independent learning refers to a concept where learners are involved in their own learning process.

They are taught how to make meaningful connections with the world outside the classroom. Instead of relying on the teacher to do the thinking for them, they take responsibility for thinking and learning. University of Wolverhamptom Director of Studies Lionel Perera has been working with IDM for the last seven years on the B.Sc top up programme, and hence IDM staff members are well versed with independent learning techniques. University of Wolverhampton Online Learning Framework (WOLF2) will be widely used to facilitate project management and support students' learning process. University on line resources will be a key in providing students with access to up to date material relevant to their study.

On completion of this M.Sc programme you will develop skills in Academic Research, apply research in your area of work, improve work process through research, Improve learning through sharing, be able to publish journal papers, become an expert/ consultant and develop career through your M.Sc.

IDM has been in ICT Education and Training since 1981 and currently operating 55 Branches Islandwide.

We are now preparing students for a variety of Local and International examinations spanning from Pre-School to Masters Degree Level. IDM is affiliated to a number of foreign universities and Education institutions, which have helped IDM to elevate its standing, and to produce quality graduates who will help the country in its development efforts.

The Finance to restructure with MTI Consulting

Following a strong business consolidation last year, with the backing of the largest state banks in the country being its major shareholders, the management has appointed MTI Consulting to conduct a strategic audit based strategic directional plan in 2012. MTI Consulting has a wealth of extensive experience in restructuring programmes with other financial companies both globally and locally, with assignments in organizations such as Bank of Ceylon, Union Bank, HNB Assurance and NSB to their credit.

Exchanging of agreements between Chairman The Finance Co. PLC Preethi Jayawardena and Managing Director MTI Consulting Hilmy Cader. Also in the picture Director / CEO TFC Kamal Yatawara, Director TFC Dinal Wijeymanne and Executive Director TFC Tissa Ekanayake.

The Finance Company PLC which endured its most challenging period of business in 2008 / 2009 was able to weather stormy waters and emerge unbowed. As per industry experts, being the first company to do so in Sri Lanka by returning to profitability in the 1st quarter of the financial year in 2011, shows the grit and stability of the company under the direction of the new management.

With public trust and opinion for the 71 year old pioneering financial company now at its peak, the re structuring comes in the wake of the company gearing up to meet the new market challenges with a clear vision of emerging as industry leaders yet again.

MTI Consulting has time and again provided firms with practical and workable solutions through strategic consulting, specializing in corporate finance, market research and human resources management.

Given The Finance Company's current business model and the need to sustain the present growth momentum, the company's Director/CEO, Kamal Yatawara remarked that these tried and tested processes would be applied to achieve the company's overall objectives.

The Finance Company PLC, which is a household name with over 7 decades of unmatched experience in the non banking finance sector, now serves the Sri Lankan public through a network of 60 branches spread islandwide.

Microimage to showcase best in HR technology

Microimage, the award winning Software Company, will showcase its human resource technology innovations at a HCM Connect event to be held next month at the Colombo Hilton. This annual event, targeted towards the corporate sector, will showcase some of the new innovations of Microimage together with a few exciting sessions featuring clients and partners.

Harsha Purasinghe, CEO of Microimage said: "We are very excited to have our inaugural Human Resource technology and services showcase themed HCM Connect 2012. HCM Connect will unveil some of the enhancements/updates to our HCM suite and also some of the new work we did together with partners over the past year. We have plans to showcase more partner driven HR services coupled with best of HCM technology innovations in future."

He added, "This event is a continuation of our journey in the HR solutions space. Year on year, we have come up with innovations far surpassing our expectations- some of which are now used even on mobile platforms. Today we are one of the leading HR technology providers in the region, and we look forward to aggressively expanding our regional presence further competing with some of the top products in the world." Microimage will unveil a number of new human resource modules developed together with its partners at this event. The company now builds and extends the service offering together with focused partners in the HR space sharing the same passion of providing best human capital management tools and services.

Microimage embarked on HRIS software back in 2001 by introducing the 1st ever 100% web-based product to the Sri Lankan market and has now evolved into one of the leading HCM technology providers in the region with a large established multi sector client base. Founded in 1995, Microimage is a leading human capital management software solutions provider.