Airtel partners with AIESEC Sri Lanka for Youth Empowerment project

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, recently announced its partnership with AIESEC Sri Lanka, to facilitate the core project for the year 2013 - The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP 2.0).

This programme, which was held at 10 institutions, including SLIIT, IIT, ANC, APIIT, National Youth Services Council, BCAS, Western College for Management and Technology, Technical College, Maradana, Technical College Ratmalana and Ceylon - German Technical Institute had over 1000 students participating and gaining valuable insights into being future leaders. These sessions were conducted by 50 foreign undergraduates from different countries, who shared their experiences with the local students, thus creating awareness and providing insights on an international scale. The project also included a 'leadership day' where knowledge sharing sessions took place amongst students representing all the above said institutions.

Commenting on the YEP 2.0, Suren Goonewardene, CEO/MD of Airtel Lanka said, "Airtel Lanka is proud to have been the official telecommunication partner for the Youth Empowerment Project which imparted some key learnings to participants. Airtel Lanka is a very youth centric and youth focused brand that strongly believes in empowering the leaders of tomorrow with the tools they need to succeed in this ever changing and challenging corporate world and we will continue to invest in such resources in the future."

The YEP 2.0 focused on educating the participants on enhancing skills, broadening knowledge and exposing them to the corporate environment which would build confidence and enable the youths of tomorrow to become better leaders.

AIESEC is the world's largest youth-run organization and an international student body, with a presence in over 113 countries. AIESEC acts as an agent that links the corporate world and university students and provides leadership opportunities for youths. The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP 2.0), is an initiative that focuses on undergraduates.

Bharti Airtel Lanka commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka on January 12, 2009 and was the fastest operator to reach 1 million customers in Sri Lanka.