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Seminar on Education

A Seminar will be held on Recent Developments in Business, Engineering & Food Technology Studies Australia On November 18, from 8.00 am - 5.45 pm at Colombo Hilton Objectives. The seminar will focus on three main areas of studies on Educational Pathways and areas of Research Focus in Business Studies, Opportunities for Mining Engineers in Australia, New Developments in Food Technology and their Applications in Developing Countries.

Seminar will be held on Recent Developments in Business, Engineering & Food Technology Studies Australia To introduce new educational pathways and concepts in order to keep the Sri Lankan student and working community up to date on new developments in international education.

Creating awareness among educationists, experts, and prospective research and postgraduate students on their future ambitions, expansion of their careers by enhancing their knowledge and providing global exposure.

To discuss the new popular and upcoming fields with increasing demand and accelerated growth which offers wide variety of career possibilities. New areas including Research focus in business studies, new developments on food technology and their applications in developing countries and the opportunities for mining engineers in Australia etc.

To create awareness in Sri Lanka on the new fields of education in international education to equip the scholars, educationists, experts, research and postgraduate studies with new concepts of international education to expand their career or to plan their future ambitions.

Programme

Seminar is organized by the Interstate Education Consultants (Pvt) Ltd, in association with Curtin University of Technology in Australia and several other pubic and private organizations in Sri Lanka. It focuses on the "Recent developments in the fields of Business, Engineering and Food Technology". The chief guest for the event is Hon. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa (M.P.) Minister of Mass Media and Information,Dr. Lakshman Alles, PhD (Washington State University) Professor - Department of Finance and Banking of the Curtin University will speak on the subject of "Educational Pathways and areas of Research Focus in Business Studies".

Dr. Mahinda Kuruppu, PhD (University of Hong Kong) Senior Lecturer and postgraduate Coordinator of the Curtin University will speak on the subject of "Opportunities for Mining Engineers in Australia". Dr. Vijay Jayasena, PhD (Kansas State University, USA) Professor of Curtin University of technology will address the gathering on the subject of "New Developments in Food Technology and their Applications in Developing Countries"

Programme

SESSION I
8.00 am Commencement / Registration
8.30 am Introduction/Welcome address
9.00 am Address by Chief Guest Hon.
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa
(M.P.)Minister of Mass Media
and Information,Address by Guest of Honour: Her Excellency Sophia McIntyre, Acting Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
9.30am Educational pathways and areas of research focus in Business studies at Curtin by Dr. Lakshman
10.30am Tea/Refreshments
10.45am Opportunities for Engineers in Australia by Dr. Mahinda Kuruppu
11.45am New developments in Food technology and their applications in developing countries by Dr. Vijay Jayasena
12.45pm Lunch\
1.30pm 2.45pm Sri Lankan Perspective & Panel Discussion
Prof: Arjuna De Zoysa, Dr Priyantha D. Wijesooriya R. Villavarajah
SESSION II
3.00 pm Presentation - Tim Keely - Curtin University of Technology prospective students
5.45 pm Termination
SESSION III
The alumnae Luncheon meeting of the Curtin University will be held from 12.00- 1.15 pm at Blue Elephant at Colombo Hilton
Panel Discussion
Prof: Arjuna De Zoysa, Ph.D, M.Sc in Applied Mechanics from Imperial College, University of London, B.Sc (Hon) in Engineering, Chartered Engineer, M. 1st. of Energy, United Kingdom and a Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Philosophy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California U.S.A.Head of the Division of Engineering Mathematics and Management of Technology ,Dept. of Mathematics and Philosophy of Engineering,The Open University of Sri Lanka,

Dr Priyantha D. Wijesooriya PhD (Hybrid Systems & Economics) University of Texas, M.S.(Engineering, University of Massachusetts), USA, M.Sc (Polymer Technology) University of North London, B.Sc. Honors Degree, Applied Chemistry, Kingston University, Associate Consultant & Lecturer, Operations Management & Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) External Faculty Member, Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. R. Villavarajah M(Lon),MBIM(UK),PG-DIP,BFA-(ICA-SL), Director College of Banking & Finance,Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka

About As

The Interstate Education Consultants (Private) Ltd is a company Incorporated by Sri Lankan professionals in order to promote International education and to represent reputed international education institutions, for the first time in Sri Lanka. The purpose of our endeavour is to encourage students to fulfil their educational ambitions in several disciplines by guiding them to select internationally recognized university and colleges."

Our aim is to produce our students with highly recognised qualifications, skills and experience, which will upgrade their career aspirations and enrich their future. All educational Institutes offered by us highly repute and the qualifications achieved are recognised in Sri Lanka as well as in other Countries.
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