The Seventh Session of the “INSPIRE” Webinar Series, which the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies organized to guide engineering undergraduates on “Be a Better You”, was successfully held via Zoom on 16th July 2023 from 7.00 PM to 8.15 PM with the active participation of undergraduates of the faculty. The resource person, Eng. (Mrs). Sakunthala Goonetillake is a senior engineer in the country who has demonstrated various skills and competencies in the professional world. She is the MD/CEO of the Institute of Total Quality Solutions. Furthermore, she works as a Corporate Trainer, Consultant for Total Quality Management, Lecturer and an auditor in Sri Lanka.
During the webinar, she shared her valuable life experience and lessons learned in his professional life to guiding engineering undergraduates on how to be the better versions of themselves. She has revealed many strategies for engineering undergraduates to enhance the value of them. As well as she highlighted the importance of developing leadership, public relations skills and communication skills within the undergraduates while sharing numerous experiences of her life. She further requested from students to get updated with the latest trends in the engineering field relevant to their disciplines. 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. Four talented engineering undergraduates in 2nd year played the following roles during the session to make it a successful webinar.
Moderator:. Deshan Dissanayake & Taneesha Iyenshi.
Zoom Masters: Chandula Jayathilake.
Flyer Designs: Chathusha Ariyasinghe.