Bachelor of Commerce Special Degree in Business Technology

Thursday, January 30, 2014

A Work shop on How to Prepare for Your Dream Job

Imperfect vessel creates the vacuum that are then filled with perfect vessel, lingering in stable vision for an extended period need discipline of waiting, eventually exerted personnel power will decide ones present position . Success of the life will not come easy, it should have a clear vision to achieve in a manner which a company succeed in doing it and hence there are so many objectives and milestones to be fulfilled and mission to be clarified in order reach our vision. We the Students Association of Business and Technology (ABT) successfully organized a workshop titled “How to Prepare for Your Dream Job” which was held on 05th December 2013 at the Auditorium, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies (FCMS) of University of Kelaniya as we are in a better position to understand this requirement. This workshop was well designed to provide prerequisite career guidance to the commerce and management undergraduates with necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes and motivation required by prospective employers both in the state and private sector. The objective of this activity based interactive workshop was to help undergraduates to create a more dynamic, loyal and energized personality and replicate it in their future world of work.

ABT is well known student association which work as the core partner of the Bachelor of Commerce Special Degree in Business Technology of the Department of Commerce and Financial Management (DCFM), University of Kelaniya. This workshop was yet another initiative done by ABT in collaboration with DCFM to enhance the value of the local commerce and management graduates’ quality of employability.  Workshop intentionally covered range of  topics such as; how to make the CV stand out from the rest, the way that should face an interview confidently, use digital age job hunting & self-marketing, developing job skills, get used to business etiquette,  and how it comply with modern day career life, etc.

Experience of a newer person with impeccable career record is essential to share and it is an exposure to the students who are in the edge of their university life and who would be an employee in tomorrow. With this facts ABT was mindful to delve into this subject and sought out the person who is eminently suited to work for this task.


The workshop was directed by Mr. Rajita Wijesinghe, who is a Portfolio Manager representing a reputed financial company in career, alumni and graduate of Bachelor of Commerce special Degree in Business Technology of University of Kelaniya as well as CIMA qualified professional. Further he was the Former Vice President of Students Association of Business and Technology (ABT). It is certain that his background knowledge gained at the university level helped him to understood the need of students and instruct them to solve their basics of work related problems. Well understanding of the instructor and contribution of undergraduates of the department were a great advantage to success this event and it was a fruitful day which brought the brightness to ABT for its significant role.






Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Best Creative and Innovative Web Designer Competition 2013

The students Association of Business and Technology (ABT) of the University of Kelaniya is always renowned as the undergraduates who are constantly striving to come up with innovative plans and actions. 05th of December 2013 was an exceptionally special day for ABT as well as for the Department of Commerce and Financial Management (DCFM) of the University of Kelaniya as ABT was able to organize a prominent and unique event, the Best Creative and Innovative Web Designer Competition 2013, for the first time. The specialty and uniqueness remains due to the fact that web developers were management and commerce undergraduates despite not having prior proficient background and knowledge in software engineering and web development.

‘Best Creative and Innovative Web Designer Competition 2013’ was a unique and innovative competition organized by the Association of Business and Technology, the students association under the Bachelor of Commerce Special Degree in Business Technology programme. Competition has been initiated to showcase the web development skills of Business Technology undergraduates hence the competition offered recognition to outstanding achievements of 3rd year Business Technology undergraduates who have contributed to the development of web sites.

Unlike many web design awarding competitions, finalists weren’t selected based solely on their design, but how well they were using the technology to serve and communicate to their audience thus it name implies “Creative and Innovative”. Further, the competition also aimed to foster aesthetics such as website design, content, and etc. with entries being evaluated in line with the site’s technical attributes, design, content and interaction. Particularly contestants’ websites were mainly judged based on the criteria such as innovativeness, design creativity, user convenience, content, marketing orientation and depth of knowledge. Web site evaluation was carried out by two phases where initially web sites were judged prior to award ceremony by the panel of judges consisted of three lecturers attached to the Bachelor of Commerce Special Degree in Business Technology programme and a software engineer representing the industry. During the initial evaluation, judges gave their feedbacks and recommendations for further enhancement of the web sites. The final phase of the competition and the award ceremony was held on Wednesday, the 05th of December 2013, at the Auditorium, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies (FCMS) of University of Kelaniya. Dreamers (Click 2 Shop) dominated the competition by bagging two awards at the award ceremony, including the 1st Place (Gold Medal) for the Best Innovative and Creative web site and the trophy for the Most Popular Web site. Seven group contestants (undergraduates) from 3rd year Business Technology stream competed for this competition. The final phase of the evaluation was scheduled on the competition day and the evaluations were carried out by the audience, hence the Most Popular Web site Award was given based on the spot SMS voting system while the web sites were being presented by the contestants. Winning entries were chosen as the best in show, Gold, Silver and Bronze Winners. Those who excelled in their overall performance had the opportunity to grab winner's package, which included medals as well as a commemorative certificate for respective achievement. Further, additional certificates were provided to all the participants to commemorate the honor of effective participation for such event. The respective award winners were;
1st Place – Gold Medal
Group Name
Web Site Name
Category
Dreamerz
Click 2 Shop
Online Retail Store

2nd Place (1st Runners Up) – Silver Medal
Group Name
Web Site Name
Category
C-Creators
Ceylon Holiday Partner
Hotel & Tourism

3rd Place (2nd Runners Up) – Bronze Medal
Group Name
Web Site Name
Category
Magenta
Aquatic Fashion
Online Retail Store


Most Popular Web site – Trophy
Group Name
Web Site Name
Category
Dreamerz
Click 2 Shop
Online Retail Store

Best Innovative Brand & Logo – Trophy
Group Name
Web Site Name
Category
Beyond the limit
Lesi Ticket
Traveling


The entire programme, from the initiation, was guided by the lecturers of DCFM; Dr. C.N. Wickramasinghe, Ms. L.C.H. Jayarathna, Ms. B.C.P Jayarathna and Mr. H.A.H. Hettiarachchi with special commitment of ABT alumni Mr. M.A.P Wimukthi as a resource person. Helping hand from the beginning by Dr. C. Pathirawasam, Head of the DCFM and Dr. D.M Semasinghe, Dean of the FCMS was an immense encouragement for enormous success of the event. Initiated by the Students Association of Business and Technology (ABT), the competition was designed to elevate the standards of learning excellence on E-Commerce Technology knowledge and to recognize them for their utmost commitment. Importantly, it was proven that even management and commerce students were indeed capable of web designing thus embracing the ICT for modern day business studies. The competition was sponsored by the following leading organizations; Ensiz Pvt Ltd, IBS Kandy Campus and Senok Trade Combine Pvt Ltd. It has been a highly successful competition and has been met with much enthusiasm by participants as well as the audience.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Young Business Technology Entrepreneurial Researchers Congress 2013

September 26th 2013 was another day filled with excitement for final year business technology undergraduates.on that day second annual student congress of YBTER  was held at university premises.The topic was" An analysis of fruit and vegetable supply chain in sri Lanka."

On 1st of June 2103 the ten researchers accompanied by Dr. Nalaka Wickramasinghe and Mr. Harshaka Hettiarachchi went to dambulla dedicated economic center. There they did  interviews with the farmers, traders and also the past & present president of dambulla dedicated economic center.Using the information found by the  researchers,they  prepared articles about the  vegetable and fruit supply chain in sri Lanka.
The efforts were displayed on 26th of September by presenting what they found out and most importantly researchers gave recommendations to the foreseen problems .

Dr.L.P .Rupasena was the guest speaker for the event. he is the additional director (research) of hector kobbakeduwa agrarian research and training institute .Dr.D.M. Semasinghe ,dean of faculty of commerce and financial management  , Dr.C.Pathirawasam,head of the department  of commerce and financial management ,senior lecturers,heads from other departments, lecturers,students were among the gathering.
Days proceedings started with lighting the oil lamp by distinguished guests .Gathering was welcomed by the president of association of business technology ,Lahiru Sampath. Dean of the faculty and head of the department addressed the gathering .

After that the book was launched at the event which was the most highlighted item of the event.The congress proceedings began soon after the entertainment item by Ashan Suranga.
Researchers presented the chapters while explaining them an interesting way .To clarify more facts ,an interview session was held with Dr.Rupasena .He explained everything in simple manner and further he agreed with the suggestions which were given by the researchers.
Congress ended successfully with the vote of thanks by Idudunu Gunathilake .It was indeed a memorable day for business technology students as they always work beyond the tradition.

           























Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Guest Lecture on Future Developments in Databases

         May 30th of 2013 was another remarkable day for Association of Business &Technology. Third year students of ABT organized a guest lecture on future developments of database management. Lecture was done by Mr. Prabath Kumarasinghe who is a senior tech lead at Ensiz (Pvt) LTD, obtained his bachelors degree from university of colombo in computer science, and M.sc in web technology from university of Southampton (UK). 

Lecture was about rational database management systems, NoSQL databases, cloud databases and graph databases and its respective developments. He started with the basic explanations about database transactions, normalization and discussed about RDBMS products starting from with its history, milestones and features. Further he stated about advantages and challenges of NoSQL. Products and its features were among other topics he discussed. When discussing about cloud databases, he spoke about amazon cloud databases and Google cloud SQL. He winded the lecture after talking about graph databases.

First year, third year and final year students participated to the lecture along with the lecturers Dr. Nalaka Wickramasinghe, Ms. Lakamali Jayarathne, Ms. Chamari Jayarathne and Mr. Harshaka Hettiarachchi. At the end of the lecture token of appreciations were presented to Mr.Prabath by Dr.Nalaka and a third year student.It was indeed a valuable lecture for all of the students , and our sincere gratitude goes to Mr. Prabath .










Friday, May 10, 2013

Annual General Meeting 2013

The annual general meeting of Association of Business Technology was held on 2nd of may 2013 at the new building. After reading the minutes of the previous AGM, the new office bearers were appointed.

President - Mr. Malaka Madushanka
Vice President - Mr. Milan Kodiththuwakku

Secretary - Ms. Deepika Kanchana
Vice Secretary - Ms. Lalanka Senadeera

Senior Treasurer - Dr. Nalaka Wickramasinghe
Junior Treasurer - Ms. Erandi de Silva

Cordinators - Ms. Madushani Rajapakshe
                     Ms. Prithika Chandani

Committee Members - N.A.S.perera
                                   Sashika Chandrasekara
                                   G.B.D Tharaka
                                   H.A.P Siriwardana
                                   I.U.Patterson
                                   S.A.S.Hansika
                                   S.W.V.R.S Deshapriya
                                   R.R.L.R.R.R Pathirana.

 after appointing the committee members, Dr. Nalaka Wickramasinghe and Thimothy Pathuma Kumarathunge addressed the gathering.