Ravi Edirisinghe ‘Educational Entrepreneur of the Year’
Ravi Edirisinghe, Chairman of Achievers Lanka Business School
received the award for “Educational Entrepreneur of the Year” at the
World Education Congress Global Awards held in Mumbai, India on 2012.
He was conferred the award by the World Education Congress in
recognition for his contribution to benchmarking educational practices
in establishing Achievers Lanka Business School and making it a leading
professional education institute in Sri Lanka.
The World Education Congress is a forum of academics, researchers,
professionals and policy makers in education from all corners of the
world which recognises individuals and institutions for their
outstanding contribution to the education sector. Ravi has a great
passion for knowledge impartation and producing graduates who have the
capacity to distinctively contribute to the corporate world. He has
coached more than 30,000 students to date, since he started his teaching
career in 1996. He teaches management studies at Achievers Lanka
Business School, serves as a visiting faculty member for PIM, University
of Sri Jayewardenepura and University of Moratuwa.
In addition, Ravi has conducted many workshops (by invitation) to
impart knowledge to managers of leading organisations in Sri Lanka such
as Peoples Bank, DFCC, MAS Holdings, John Keells and Millennium IT. .
Ravi is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants (CIMA), Associate Member of Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants (ACCA), Higher National Diploma holder for IT
Studies and System Development, Member of Chartered Institute of
Logistics and Transportation, UK (CILT) and holds a Masters Degree in
Business Administration from Postgraduate Institute of Management -
University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He is currently reading for his PhD
in Management Science and for a MSc in Logistics and Transportation at
the University of Cranfield - UK.
Ravi possesses over 19 years of work experience in local,
multinational and Fortune 500 organisations, covering CEO’s
responsibilities, CFO’s responsibilities, general management, strategic
finance and strategy formulation and implementation. During his
challenging career he has served Avery Dennison, USA, MAS Holdings and
many other reputed organisations. At present he serves as the Vice
President of Freight Links International, a leading international
freight and logistics management company. |