As the leading students club of the faculty, we the Project Management Club proudly organized and successfully completed our second International Project Management Day celebration function on last 20th December 2022 at SH4 hall of the Faculty of Business Studies with the theme on “Harnessing the National / International Day to promote project management actions to address the impact of climate change, economic crisis, environmental issues and energy crisis: “Remembrance for Encourage and Lead”.
The Vice Chancellor, University of Vavuniya Dr.T.Mangalesvaran, Dean, Faculty of Business Studies Dr.Y.Nanthagopan, Head, Department of Project Management Mr.S.Thirugnanasampanthar, All the staff of Faculty of Business Studies, Senior Treasurer and Advisor Mrs.S.Mathivathany were respectfully invited to enlighten the celebration. There were several invited guests joined with us to make the event fully success.
In this way, Mr.I.Selvin, Retired Senior SLAS Officer, Mr.S.Gunapalan, Additional Government Agent, Mullaitivu District, Mr.S.Senthurajah, Executive Director, SOND, Nallur, Jaffna and Mr.Dhammike, Excutive Director, Project Management Institute Sri Lanka Chapter, were invited as special guests to this celebration and presented to make the function more valuable.
Specially, there was arranged very good panel discussion and respectively Mr.S.Ravi, Mr.S.Gunapalan, Mr.S.Senthurajah, Mr.I.Selvin have been invited as Panel moderator and panelists which was conducted under the topic on “Project Sustain, Inclusiveness and Resilience”. It was add much more meaning and spirit for the succession of the function and discussed how projects should designed, implemented and monitored. Also it was as a very good lessons with practice of examples projects in Sri Lanka.
Along with, the very successful discussion and most waited event has been conducted, which is talk on “Traditional Approach to Agile Approach” conducted by Mr.Dhammike, Executive Vice-President PMI,Sri Lanka Chapter. The session led to understand the present advancement in Project Management Stream and it was source to our Project Management students to expand their knowledge in wider range.
Also, on the day of celebration function the Project Management Club has been organized the live final debate competition between final debate teams which were 4th year team and 1st year team. This particular event was more energetic for the audience. Through this competition final winners has been chosen by two invited judges Mr.Ravi and Mr.Gunapalan. 4th year debate team was won the 1st place of the competition while 1st year team holds runner-up. The Project Management Club all way tries to enhance the PM students’ capabilities and competencies through conducting this kind of competitions.
To enlighten the function there was another special event organized which was the “Exhibition”. The 3rd year and 2nd year Project Management students specially actively participated for this exhibition. The exhibition was about “Exhibiting Sri Lankas on going/successful/unsuccessful projects structure”. Out of 15 project structures finally three winners for 1st place have been chosen by judges and the winning groups are about to reward in awarding ceremony function.
During the function, the 2nd volume of Newsletter and Pages of Reminiscence launched to the Dean, Dr.Y.Nanthagopan and other invited panelists by Editor and Co-Editor of Project Management Club. Also, those publications were presented the respectful invited guests and beloved sources who are always behind the Project Management students to appreciate. Specially all the guests who participated the event were rewarded with a memento and Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies Dr.Y.Nanthgopan, Head,Department of Project Management and Senior Treasurer/Advisor of Project Management Club, Mrs.S.Mathivathany also rewarded for their greatest support on the club activities.
