IT sector has talented pool – Navin

Ishara Mudugamuwa

Sri Lanka's Information and Communication sector is blessed to have a talented pool of young professionals who have a positive attitude and are dedicated, State Management and Reforms Minister Navin Dissanayake said.

The minister made this observation while participating as the Chief Guest at the inauguration of Future Gov SAARC Summit in Colombo.

“We are encouraged by the talented pool of young professionals in the field of Information and Communication Technology. The government can easily achieve the target of making Sri Lanka the Knowledge hub in South East Asia by investing more on this talented pool,” the minister said. He said though there is a big demand for skilled young professionals in private sector institutions in the field of Information and Communication Technology, a large number of talented professionals work at public sector institutions.

“We should encourage them and get the maximum use of their knowledge for the development of this sector,” Dissanayake said. “The private sector keeps on changing depending on profits. Changes should also occur in the public sector,” he said.

The government web portal ‘The Smart Gateway to Government of Sri Lanka,’ website (www.gov.lk) was also launched by Minister Dissanayake.

The summit is hosted by the Sri Lanka Telecom and the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).