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Virtusa invests in the future

US-based Virtusa Corporation’s main corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative is in supporting education.

The company said ‘Virtusans’ (its staff) at the Advanced Technology Centre in Colombo have maintained close relations with academia throughout its 10 years of operation.

Virtusa’s Campus Reach Initiative focuses on working with numerous universities and higher education institutes to nurture future generations of IT professionals and to enhance the standard of IT education across the academic world, the company said in a statement.

The Campus Reach Initiative contributes to many aspects of IT education development in Sri Lanka, driving both the quality and quantity of IT skills supply in the country. Among key activities are student mentoring, lecturing and providing industry insight through curriculum direction. Through student mentoring and lecturing, the company enhances the quality of IT curriculum content by introducing industry concepts to students.

The initiative is steered by a team of enthusiastic volunteer Virtusans. According to Chandika Mendis, Chief Software Architect in Colombo and current leader of the Campus Reach Initiative, “We have made significant impact across the board with our IT education initiatives, all thanks to the many enthusiastic and energetic Virtusans who have really lived up to the Virtusan spirit and contributed their time and energy to these activities.”

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