MillenniumIT® continues undergraduate scholarship programme for the third consecutive year
February 15, 2006
Millennium Information Technologies (MillenniumIT®) will be continuing with its scholarship programme for undergraduates in the faculty of engineering of the University of Moratuwa, for the third consecutive year in 2006, the company announced recently.
"We strongly believe that with the implementation of our projects globally, MillenniumIT® is helping Sri Lanka to reclaim her heritage - that of being a land of engineers. In the yesteryear we excelled in civil and mechanical engineering. Now our young engineers have proven that they can build software systems that can out perform those produced any where in the world. It is this vision for Sri Lanka that led to the initiation of the scholarship programme between MillenniumIT® and University of Moratuwa. We felt the need to provide much needed encouragement for the students so that they could be what they have the potential of being. Given that majority of our engineers are from the University of Moratuwa, it seemed appropriate to initiate this venture at Moratuwa" the Head of Human Resources at MillenniumIT®, Ms. Samanthie Gunasekara stated.
The scholarships are granted to students studying in the third year of the Faculty of Engineering. Both the academic performance of the students during the past two years as well as their requirement for financial aid are taken in to account when the scholarships are awarded to a student. During the past two years we have awarded scholarships to six students. This year we intend to award a further five scholarships, she added.
Besides a financial grant provided for personal expenses, the students receive many other benefits by being part of the MillenniunIT Undergraduate Scholarship Programme. The students are invited to do their final year projects with MillenniumIT® and all required material for the projects are bought and provided free of charge by the Company. While conducting their projects, the students will be part of MillenniumIT® and will receive all benefits enjoyed by regular staff members. The students after their graduation, though not compelled to, are also encouraged to join the MillenniumIT® team, thus guaranteeing them employment.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa Prof. Malik Ranasinghe, commenting on the scholarship programme said that he appreciates MillenniumIT® coming forward and carrying out a worthy project of this nature, and thanked the Company for working closely with the University of Moratuwa not only in this instance but also by providing feedback to the university as well as its undergraduates on the specific requirements of the ever changing IT industry. This, he added, has helped the University to produce graduates who not only have knowledge but are also capable of meeting the challenges of the industry following their graduation.
About MillenniumIT®
MillenniumIT® is Sri Lanka's premier application solutions provider serving the financial and telecom industries the world over. Since 1996, the Company has successfully launched systems at MESDAQ in Malaysia; the Stock Exchanges of Colombo and Mauritius; the Securities Depository Agency of Croatia; trading and depository systems in Kenya and Ghana. It is also in the midst of implementing systems at a primary exchange in the United States and for one of the world's largest voice and electronic interdealer brokers.
In Sri Lanka, MillenniumIT® is also known as an industry-leading enterprise and telecom solutions provider. In the telecom sector, the Company's focus on Next Generation Networks has come about through a close partnership with Cisco Systems. In partnership with Sun Microsystems and Oracle, MillenniumIT® designs and builds open, standards-based IT infrastructure for large and medium enterprises in the country. The Company is also the leading Security Solutions provider in Sri Lanka.
For any further information please contact :
Ms. Aruni Gautamadasa
Tel : 2416103
Fax : 2413227
E-mail : arunig@millenniumit.com |
