The Eighth Session of the “INSPIRE” Webinar Series, which the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies organized to guide engineering undergraduates on “Be Your True Champion” was successfully held via Zoom on 11th November 2023 from 7.00 PM to 8.30 PM with the active participation of undergraduates of the faculty. The resource person, Eng. Daya Hettiarachchi is a senior engineer in the country who has demonstrated various skills and competencies in the professional world.
He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Management Accountant, Banker and IT Specialist, Teacher and an Entrepreneur who pioneered a group of technology companies in Sri Lanka and expanded to Japan, and Bangladesh and also a Mechanical Engineer shifted his career from Engineering to Banking & Finance and then to Information Technology. He architected many application software products for the Banking & Finance industry and managed more than 30 computerization projects of Banks and Finance Companies in Sri Lanka. He is presently working as the Founder/Chairman of OpenArc Group of companies founded in 1991 and Chairman/CEO of OpenArc Systems Management (Pvt) Ltd which is the software arm of OpenArc Group specializing in design, development and implementation of Banking & Finance software solutions. During the webinar, he shared his valuable life experience and lessons learned in his professional life to guide engineering undergraduates on how to be true champions in their lives. He revealed many strategies for engineering undergraduates to enhance the value of them. As well as he highlighted the importance of developing leadership, public relations skills and communication skills within the undergraduates while sharing numerous experiences of his life. He further requested from students to identify their true passion and select their future career based on that. Hence, it was a productive session for the students, allowing them to learn from a renowned senior engineer in Sri Lanka to drive their professional journeys into success. Five talented engineering undergraduates in 2nd year played the following roles during the session to make it a successful webinar.
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