CN INSIDER - 2nd Issue

VOL 1

table
of

content

5. upcoming Events

• SUWA
• Fashionista

1. CN June Abstract 6. CN Excellence

2. Legacy of CN • In Conversation with
Ms. Umayangana Alawatte
• Executive Board 19.20 • Hashini’s Story
• Executive Board 18.19 • Message from Spirit of the month
• Recognition for Zest of the Month
3. CN Highlights • Appreciation for Calibres of the

• Outgoing Global Talent & Teacher Month
Functional News • Contribution of CNers in the National

• Outgoing Exchanges Functional Scale
News • A CNer Talks

• Outgoing Global Volunteer 7. Partner space
Functional News
• Testimonials from QUILL IT Part-
• Incoming Exchange Functional ners
News
• ●Partnership announcements of
• Incoming Global Talent & Teacher Sparkles
functional News
• P● artnership announcements of
• Incoming Global Volunteer 300 Minutes
Functional News
8. quote of the month
• Partnership Development and
Public Relations Functional News 9. team behind

• People Management Functional
News

• Finance and Legal Functional News
• Marketing Functional News

4. Events

• QUILL IT
• SPARKLES
• 300 Minutes
• May LCM
• Rev it up in 90 Minutes
• VLEAD
• LEAD

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CN June
Abstract

The Executive Board of AIESEC in University of
Kelaniya is extremely committed in guiding the
amazing membership and the organizing com-
mittees who are putting their utmost effort to
strive for excellence. As the very first event of the
term 21.22, the CN Knights are extremely proud
about the massive success of QUILL IT blogging
competition. Apart from the impact created on
the society and helping budding young content
creators in schools of Colombo and Gampaha
district, the colour that the competition brought
to AIESEC in University of Kelaniya is priceless.
This event was capable of creating strong and
healthy long lasting partnerships, adding a new
milestone to Business Development culture of
AIESEC in University of Kelaniya. Apart from
that, the proper formation of 2 initiative groups in
IIT and Uwa Wellassa University was another re-
markable milestone. Further, Sparkles, the annual
awarding ceremony of AIESEC in University of
Kelaniya and 300 Minutes, the leadership build-
ing space are two of the most looked forward
events of AIESEC in University of Kelaniya.

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legacy of cn

executive board 19.20he vision and the primary goal of the Local Committee President of AIESEC in University of Ke-

laniya for the term 19/20 was to inspire young leaders to reach excellence and be the best versions

Tof themselves. They were able to create opportunities for members to improve their skills. They

pushed the members out of their comfort zones as that is the first step to build confidence in the mem-
bers.
At the initial plan, the Executive Board had multiple key focus areas. They wanted to improve value
delivery in the Incoming Global Volunteer (iGV) function. Also, they wanted to improve all the functions
including Outgoing Global Volunteer (oGV). Most importantly, they took necessary actions to improve
sustainability in AIESEC in university of Kelaniya. Through different experiences, they continued their
process to inspire excellence within the young leaders who were already in AIESEC. During the term,
it was noted that if someone joins AIESEC it will be pretty obvious that his or her goal was to become a
leader. Therefore, the target of the Executive Board was to stimulate this set of young leaders to do the
impossible.

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The uniqueness of the Executive Board for the During the term 19/20, AIESEC in University of
term 19/20 was that they were very responsible Kelaniya could obtain a number of achievements.
about their duties, and they always tried to do In the National Awards Night 2020, AIESEC in
their best. They actually loved their role despite University of Kelaniya won three product awards
every challenge they had to face. The members of for Excellence in Incoming Global Entrepre-
the Executive Board always worked as a team and neur (iGE), Outgoing Global Talent (oGT) and
therefore it improved their capacity and expanded Outgoing Global Volunteer (oGV). It was truly
their horizons of thinking. When the leaders are a great achievement as out of 6 products, CNers
creative and solution oriented, the team will be could win 3 product awards. In addition to that,
able to reach better destinations. AIESEC in University of Kelaniya got nominated
for the award of Excellence in Operational Sus-
tainability. Local Committee Vice Presidents of
back-office functions put an enormous effort in
finding purposeful monetary and non-monetary
partnerships in order to obtain this success. Also,
the Local Committee Vice President for Outgo-
ing Global Talent, Ms. Shameemah Rishard got
nominated as the Best Young Leader since they
were also focusing on external entities in Incom-
ing Global Volunteer (iGT) and Outgoing Global
Volunteer (oGT). Overall, AIESEC in University
of Kelaniya was able to win 3 awards and to get
nominated for 6 awards during the term 19/20.

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Also, almost all the members who were in the 19/20 Executive Board are currently employed while
some of them are still in their final year at university. Since one develops soft skills, time management,
multi-tasking capabilities and other valuable qualities when you are in AIESEC, it has assisted the mem-
bers of this term when they started to work in the corporate world.
During the interview with the Local Committee President of AIESEC in University of Kelaniya for the
term 19/20, Ms. Kanchani Kumarasinghe shared her overall AIESEC experience in one sentence as “One
hell of a ride!”.

“The life you spend in the university is pretty exciting, enjoyable
and you get to do a lot of fun stuff. But right after you leave uni-
versity, life gets very serious, because when you enter the corpo-
rate world, you have a lot of responsibilities, and you have to do
so much work. And that is where you use all the things you learnt
in AIESEC, in practical life. Your life would get pretty tough once
you step into the real world but that’s how life is, and you have to

get used to it. “

She further emphasized on the value of academics as well saying that getting a degree with a class should
be your primary goal in your university life. Also she added that if you can balance your academics with
AIESEC or extra-curricular activities, then that is what makes you an exceptional character. Also as per
the final message for the membership and readership she emphasized the importance of always prioritiz-
ing your goal and believing in yourself. Also she appreciated the good work of the members amidst the
global pandemic.

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executive board 18.19

Such are the inspiring words of Ms Nadhira The cohesion between the back office function
Mahath, the Local Committee President and the front office functions was her focal point
for the term 18/19 of AIESEC in University upon assisting the Executive Board to represent
of Kelaniya . She is currently an accomplished themselves as unique personalities where each
corporate personality at KPMG Sri Lanka which one of them excelled at being solution oriented
is one of the big four audit firms globally for three within a collective and pragmatic environment.
consecutive years in the audit division. It is with The synergy created between the entity’s Front
great pleasure and gratitude that she acknowl- Office functions and the Back Office functions
edges AIESEC’s potential which helped put the resulted in many outstanding achievements both
foundation to her personality development upon in national and international contexts.
becoming a true leader from being an undergrad-
uate who was reluctant to step out of her comfort
zone.
Similarly, with the aim to uphold AIESEC in Uni-
versity of Kelaniya’s identity as the most outstand-
ing Local Committee of AIESEC Sri Lanka, Ms.
Nadhira Mahath, executed rational yet meticulous
procedures that reinforced the function’s existing
products as well as plans that re-established the
dormant products with much contemporary rele-
vance to the entity.

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Executive Board 18.19

Nadhira Najith Savindi Chamini

Dinukthi Dulanji Judy

Kanchani Kasuni Umair Umayangana

Similarly,
In National Leadership Development Seminar 2018 - AIESEC Sri Lanka, the entity won the following six
awards,
Most Outstanding Local Committee,
Most Progressive Local Committee,
Growing Disruptively Excellence for outgoing Global Talent,
Growing Disruptively Excellence for incoming Global Entrepreneur,
Growing Disruptively Excellence for outgoing Global Volunteer and
Best Emerging Leader.

The entity also gained recognition through the awards for,
Striving for Excellence for outgoing Global Talent and
Striving for Excellence for incoming Global Entrepreneur at National Conference 2019 -
AIESEC Sri Lanka.
Moreover, what adds to the team’s unique restructuring procedure was the introduction of the MarCom
team ( Marketing ) where a significant impact was exerted upon AIESEC in University of Kelaniya ’s social
media presence. Similarly, the succeeding teams were thoroughly inspired to continue its legacy and there-
fore remodelled AIESEC in University of Kelaniya as a space to promote young talent through a Digital
Experience. Consequently, the Executive Board 18/19 was the initial talent pool which continued to bring
forth many more young leaders to the spotlight through their immense dedication and intuitive inclina-
tion to emerge as the best. Their futuristic solutions to contemporary challenges still benefits the current
membership of the entity which each and every one of us respects and recognizes with immense grateful-
ness.

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suggestions and initiatives that came up from the
CN members. Also, Devmi Nicola was appointed as a
Highlights new Team Leader in the Leadership Body.
Moreover, the function has held several work-
Outgoing Global shops and sessions for its membership. “IR and
Talent & teacher Visa workshop” organized by the International
Functional News Relations team, was an impactful session that
cleared a path to develop the skills of the mem-
In the month of June, the Outgoing Global bers. Through all those events, the Leadership
Talent function has mainly focused on several Body could improve the knowledge of the mem-
events, which are VLead, Global Teacher To bers and motivate them to participate in up-
Be project, oGT National Summit and other func- coming events. Members had the chance to gain
tional meetings. experience and exposure about the conferences
During the month of June, Outgoing Global Tal- and national summits since there was the ASL
ent function has been able to gain more recogni- National oGT summit.
tion in AIESEC in University of Kelaniya through When moving on to the achievements gained
the oGT National Summit since all the members during the month, Outgoing Global Talent Func-
actively engaged in the conference and most tion in AIESEC in University of Kelaniya man-
importantly, they have been able to win several aged to get the 1st place in the Global Teacher To
awards for their hard work. Be project which was organized by the Member
The function has been able to make new potential Committee. Also, they managed to get two awards
International Relations (IR) partnerships with the in oGT Summit.
most focused European countries where Outgoing
Global Talent opportunities are available. Also,
they have taken the opportunity to renew some IR
partnerships with other entities. Furthermore, the
oGT team has been able to gain a number of new
potential Exchange Participant signups as well.
The Leadership Body could arrange one-to-one
meetings with each member to get an idea

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to continue their work in the upcoming months
as well. The Organizing Committee applications Outgoing Exchanges
were opened for the first ever oGTe (Outgoing functional News
Global Teacher) event in AIESEC in University
of Kelaniya; EDvantage. They intend to get more Since the Leadership Body formation session
signups, make new IR partnerships, organize new was concluded last month for the Outgoing
functional events and to motivate members to Exchanges function, their focus lies in the
apply for upcoming OCs. motivation of the said Leadership Body to per-
form better. Consequently, the AIESEC alumna,
Miss. Tharushi Fernando was invited as a resource
person who encouraged adequate motivation
within the function’s Leadership Body. As per
their plans for the upcoming month, a game night
would be introduced as a means of strengthening
the team bond and to facilitate member experi-
ence in an optimum manner. Consequently, the
Outgoing Exchanges function’s main focus lies
upon further improving its performance and
by doing so, to attract more sign ups for foreign
internship opportunities through efficient promo-
tional activities.

Similarly, The Outgoing Exchanges function
has also planned to take part in the national
event “Global Teacher to be Talk Show” as
an encouraging prompt to its members to gather
more interns and more Global Teacher sign-ups
within this term. The initiative is intended as a
motivational yet resourceful session where the
participants will gain the inputs of AIESECers
from other entities so that the talent pool becomes
a solid space of shared experiences which will
eventually act as a fortification of the funcion’s
activity. The Business to CustomerCoordinator of
the function, Samadhi Wijethunga hosted the last
session of the talk show where Chamuditha Gam-
age, Local Committee Vice President of the same
function in AIESEC in Kandy participated as the
resource person to share his humble inputs for the
betterment of the function.

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Outgoing Global
Volunteer
Functional News

The oGV Welcome was conducted before
the functional induction mainly to get to
know the teammates and have fun. Mainly
they set expectations of the members and Leader-
ship Body. Apart from that there were games, roll
calls and chit chats to understand each other in
the oGV team.
The oGV Induction was conducted on 18th June
2021 with the main purpose of giving function-
al knowledge as well as the AIESEC essence to
the members. The Keynote speech was given by
Dinushie Dissanayake. Then, the oGV History
and the current context was explained by Member
Committee Vice President elect Punsara Kariya-
wasam and Punsisi Liyanage was there to give the
understanding of the beauty of oGV. He talked
about his journey as an oGV member from his
experiences. The session was moderated by Yenuli
Amaratunga by asking questions from his story.

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Incoming Exchanges
Functional News

In the Incoming Exchanges function, the Leadership Body onboarding, Leadership Body training and
monthly meetup happened. The Leadership Body onboarding allocated the space for the the members
to get to know each other, get engaged in ice breaker activities and get their job descriptions re-defined.
Also, the Leadership Body training for the managers and coordinators of the iCX IR and Matching team
was held as a series of 03 days program. The speciality of the iCX LB Training is, most of the sessions were

conducted by the senior IR and Matching Coordinators for the new members to get a thorough under-
standing of the entire iCX IR and Matching process.The focus areas of the Leadership Body training over
the span of 3 days focused on introduction to IR and Matching, and IR and Matching processes, Product
funnel and customer flow, and they also gave an exposure to the practical aspect of IR and Matching. On

day 3, synergy with iGV and iGT Value Delivery was addressed since it’s crucial for the function. The
function is mainly focused on member development to enhance the potential of the members to deliver a

high quality experience.

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Incoming Global Talent and Teacher
Functional News

The Incoming Global Talent function of the entity under the leadership of Aaqil Yoosuf, the Local
Committee Vice President for Incoming Global Talent for the term 21/22 and Thilini Mediwake,
the Local Committee Vice President for Incoming Global Exchanges for the term 21/22, has recog-
nized the space for improvement within the function as they have introduced novel resolutions to better
recognize its external partners and resources. The most important event of the funcion, “iGT Induction”
was successfully concluded as a method of orientation and introduction to the function for the newly re-
cruited members allocated to the function. Similarly, they have taken the necessary actions to uphold the
function’s core competence and functional skills as a part of the team creation process by the Team Leader
training and Leadership Body Planning sessions. The Business to Business capacity building session was
successfully concluded to reinforce their goal to regain at least five contacts signed with companies which
have the potential to contain foreign internship opportunities. Moreover, the highlight of the function’s
activity so far is the blueprint laid out to facilitate a research & development team where the initial selec-
tion process to identify its potential team members is meticulously finalized. These new implementations
altogether are a promising collective effort to uplift the sales skills of the function’s membership body. It is
apparent that the new appearance given to the function would carefully address its pain points in order to
deliver an optimum level of performance.

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Incoming Global
Volunteer
Functional News

iGV induction was done in a grand way under the theme “Hakuna Matata” of the
Lion King. It was held on 7th June and the whole membership of Incoming
Global Volunteer function took part in it. The specialty of it was that there were
many interesting sessions. The session done by Member Committee Vice President
elect iGV 21/22 - Mr.Sachin Dematapitiya, the session done by the Local Commit-
tee Vice Presidents iGV & iCX IR & Matching, The session done by LCVP iGV
16/17 - Ms.Randika Dulanthi, The guest performance done by Mr.Dinesh Gamage
were the most interesting parts of it. Apart from those sessions, the fun fact about
the session lies where they had a scavenger hunt. Also, the guest performer was
gifted by “Cakize”, a partner of the iGV induction. Moreover the membership got
gift vouchers from the partners of the iGV induction, Vittorio, Kolour Fix, Rossano
Charlotte.The induction organized by iGV leadership body, which was conducted
as a welcome to the membership to the function for the term 21/22 concluded as a
huge success as the first big event of the function. Furthermore,the LB training was
done in order to groom the leadership body of iGV within the span of two days by
Member Committee Vice President elect for iGV 21/22 - Sachin Dematapitiya and
by the Member Committee Vice President for iGV 20/21,Avantha Dissanayake.

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CN INSIDER Moreover, due to the constant inputs provided
by recognized and veteran resource persons to
Partnership Development the team, coupled with the dedicated team expe-
and Public Relations rience of the members, it is with great pleasure
Functional News that we announce the recognition of a Partner-
ship Development team member as the “spirit of
The Partnership Development and Public Re- the month” for the month of June by AIESEC Sri
lations team of AIESEC in Colombo North has Lanka. Similarly, a practical “pitching & Negoti-
introduced new initiatives and project ideas ating workshop” was conducted by Miss. Hasini
throughout the month of June in order to ex- Balasuriya, Former Local Committee Vice Presi-
emplify the entity’s presence among its external dent for Business Development of the entity and it
stakeholders. First, the most remarkable initiative addressed many concerns of the team and there-
put forward by the team, project “Fashionista”, as fore was concluded successfully. Furthermore, as
a collective effort of all its members, was recog- the initiatives that are anticipated to be executed
nized for its contemporary relevance and unique- in the upcoming month, they would propel the
ness as a fashion related adaptation to COVID team’s resources towards realizing pre-set Partner-
19. However, what exceeds the team’s potential ship Development goals and new Public Rela-
to efficiently network with corporate profession- tions initiative implementations. In conclusion,
als is the CN Insider magazine itself as it gives AIESEC in University of Kelaniya perceives the
the spotlight to the AIESEC alumni as a way of team as one of its many capable assets that secures
strengthening the bond with the LCs’ predeces- its existence within many other entities and there-
sors. Moreover, true to the job descriptions that fore further embellishes its reputation as a space
specify the Partnership Development team, the of innovation and invention.
team could secure sustainable partnerships to the
entity as an additional contribution to Sparkles
Organizing Committee’s process of raising part-
nerships. The Local Committee Vice President for
PD & PR, Shehani Fernando has executed plans
that create an equally important bond within and
among the team members through effective and
intuitive reward and recognition methods. The
weekly unions are intended as a portal of uphold-
ing team experience to the fullest while reviewing
its performance within a week’s duration.

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Functional News
Finance and Legal
Functional News

In the financial and legal function, the main
focus was laid upon the LEAD Program. Cre-
ating Awareness about LEAD Program among
potential customers, raising partners and custom-
ers for LEAD Program were some of the main
activities. The purposeful partnership with Stern-
berg is one of the highlights of the LEAD program
that is led under the guidance of Local Committee
Vice President, Dumindi Wimalasiri. Also, re-
viewing of the Sparkles-2021 and 300-Minutes
budgets was done to ensure sustainability of the
events in the local committee.

The people management function is laying Marketing Functional
the base strongly by infusing PM Process News
Knowledge to the PM Team and with
inspiring training sessions before starting-off the During the month of June, the Marketing
functional operations. The PM training conducted team which is popularly known as the
by Mr. Disnaka Ranasinghe, Member Committee Creative Regiment has been working
Vice President of AIESEC Sri Lanka for Talent pretty hard and quickly grabbing everything and
Management & Organizational Development learning a lot. The name itself explains the level of
20.21, aimed to inspire and guide the people creativity of this amazing team which is capable
management team of AIESEC in University of of grabbing the attention of the audience through
Kelaniya. The experience sharing conducted in eye-catching designs and content in many dif-
the local committee meeting inspired and boosted ferent functions, events, conferences and even in
up the motivational level of members. The people Local Committee Meetings. In addition to that,
management team aims to implement the Local the marketing team is further sharpening their
Education Cycle and EduCN session series in an skills through the project ‘100 Storytellers’ which
innovative way to give the best to the members in is organized by AIESEC Sri Lanka to enhance the
AIESEC in University of Kelaniya. digital marketing capabilities of young AIESE-
Cers. It is very obvious that they will be able to
showcase the entity on a whole different level
pretty soon.

The Creative Regiment is planning to do a cam-
paign targeting the entire membership of Colom-
bo North and they are hoping to establish effective
communication through the Local Committee’s
Facebook group and Instagram page in near
future.

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CN INSIDER Further, Ms.Nevindee Amarasinghe, the founder of
Good PR Ltd and Ms.Piyumani Ranasinghe, who is
events a temporary lecturer in University of Peradeniya and
a professional development trainer conducted 2 ses-
sions to inspire and educate the young contestants.
Also, the veteran judge panel consisting Mr.Saman
Wanasinghe, a senior lecturer in the University of
Colombo, Ms.Piyumani Ranasinghe, a lecturer at the
University of Peradeniya, Ms.Michelle Gunasekara,
the founder and director of Chokolaate Magazine,
Ms.Nevindee Amarasinghe, the founder of Good
PR pvt limited, Ms.Sachini Galagoda and Ms.Lihini
Boteju who are both lecturers at the University of
Kelaniya assisted the Quill It Organizing committee
by selecting the winners of the competition.
Also, we encourage the readers to go through the
impact report created by the organizing committee
to see the impact created by the QUILL IT blogging
competition;
https://bit.ly/Quill-It_ImpactReport

quill it

QUILL IT, the blogging competition organized by
AIESEC in University of Kelaniya in collaboration
with Imperial College of Business Studies, among
the school students of Colombo and Gampaha
Districts of grade 09 and above, concluded on the
10th of June. The awarding ceremony of QUILL
IT was done in a grand scale to reveal the part-
ners and the winners of the competition along
with a guest celebrity performance by Ms.Adithya
Weliwatta.Apart from facilitating a platform and
an opportunity for teenagers to showcase and gain
recognition for their writing skills and creative
mind-set, the QUILL IT OC managed to plan 02
workshops and the Award Ceremony for the con-
testants and conduct the competition in 3 phases
of collecting articles from the contestants. QUILL
IT being the first event of the term 21/22, man-
aged to raise gift partners,event partners while
generating an enormous publicity in a number of
local websites. Further, featuring the competition
on a newspaper article was one of the greatest
achievements accomplished by the Organizing
Committee of QUILL IT.

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Article by Taleetha Wambeck of
Methodist College

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sparklesparkles 2021 which is the annual award-
ing ceremony is conducted with the aim to

Sreward and recognize the performance of

membership of AIESEC in university of Kelaniya.
Currently, the organizing committee is focusing
on external relations to raise partnerships to
deliver a memorable Sparkles 2021. It is conduct-
ed with the Underwater Theme. The AIESEC
journey is compared to the deep blue sea. Deep-
sea is limitless such as AIESEC journey, knowl-
edge , experiences are limitless. CNers are the ex-
plorers of that blue sea. Through Sparkles, we find
the best explorers who have been exploring their
true potential by leveling up themselves through-
out the year. This means “we are finding precious
pearls under the water and describing their value
and crowning their talent.”

3300 MINutes00 Minutes is a project which is mainly
focused on developing the leadership skills
of the CN Leadership body. This will be a
huge platform that will enhance the knowledge of
the leadership body and develop their experienc-
es. They will get a chance to get advice from the
experts, engage in team activities to develop their
personality as well as leadership qualities. Theme
of the event is FIRST SIX AVENGERS. The theme
was selected since the society can learn multiple
leadership qualities from Avengers and they are
very impactful. And also, the majority prefer that
topic as it is interesting. Stay tuned for an amaz-
ing and interactive space to build your leadership
skills and enhance your network.

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May LCM being the first Local Commit- Rev it up in 90
tee Meeting (LCM) of the term 21/22 minutes
was held on 31st of May with more than
86 enthusiastic members of AIESEC in university “Rev it up in 90 minutes” was the first session
of Kelaniya. The very interactive meeting aligned of the Experience sharing session series in the
with the AIESEC value of living diversity com- Incoming Global Volunteer Function. The first
prised of fun and diverse icebreakers, an inspiring session was done by Local Committee Vice Pres-
discussion round named, ‘Our Voice’ to show- ident for IR & Matching in the Incoming Global
case how living with diversity has the power to Volunteer Function 20/21, Ms.Sachi Wijesinghe.
disperse societal friendship and harmony. It was a motivational session for the whole mem-
Further, the experience sharing space for Punsisi bership that was held on 17th june from 5.00 p.m
Liyanage, the elected Member Committee onwards. The session was very interactive and
Director for International Relations of AIESEC members spoke up at the end of the session to
in the United States who is a proud oGTer of CN, share their gratitude towards her for motivating
inspired the membership with his wonderful them.
experiences in both national and global level.
The ‘Find It If You Can’ word search puzzle
allowed members from different functions to
network and enjoy their time. The LCM ended
with a thoughtful gesture of the whole member-
ship wishing the May born CNers a very happy
birthday.

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vlead LEAD program is a short-term feasible industry
readiness program which develops digital, profes-
VLead started off as an Outgoing Global Volun- sional and leadership skills in youth to add value
teer function’s initiative, the VLead programme is to their career and their profession. AIESEC in
now extended as an event that requires the par- University of Kelaniya has decided to deliver the
ticipation of the whole membership body of the undergraduates, a corporate sector experience in
entity due to its capacity to motivate the AIESEC regard to Digital Marketing and Human Resourc-
members. As a result, the programme could es. The main focus of this program is to reduce
encourage a participation of 50+ members where unemployment and empower youth leadership,
Mr.Nassim Medjahed, the Member Committee which is a core value of AIESEC. The target audi-
President of AIESEC in France was introduced ence is school leavers and undergraduates.
as the guest speaker of the session. The event The LEAD Introductory Webinar was held on
was hosted by Raveen Jayasinghe, the Business 29th May to create awareness about LEAD Pro-
to Business coordinator for Outgoing Exchang- gram with the participation of Mr. Sisitha Hew-
es function as it opened up the opportunity to age, the country director of AIESEC Sri Lanka
showcase the unique talents of the members and and Mr. Shan Yahampath, CEO of BrainHR (Pvt)
network with foreign entities within a virtual set- Ltd.The members of the team are very active and
ting with limited networking initiatives. responsive. The Business to Business team which
is known as the “Legal Eagles” has been working
hard on getting companies on board. The Business
to Customer team, also known as the “Support
Squad” is doing a great job by coordinating things
with the audience and keeping them interested in
the program. Last but not least, their marketing
team, also known as “Marketing Magic” is doing
an amazing job by creating eye-catching content.
During the month of June, the plan is to get on
board with the applicants who are willing to take
part in this event and to conduct an introductory
session on perfecting their CVs. In the previous
month, the team was able to successfully hold a
webinar amidst the challenges they faced. Cheers
to the team on that achievement as the members’
interest to learn new things and the team bond is
commendable.

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The LEAD team has been able to raise a
non-monetary partnership with STERNBERG
Creative Agency, a firm operating in the Market-
ing and Advertising industry. Sternberg provides
their services to companies in and around Sri
Lanka to make their brands available in the digital
platform increasing the sales volumes by creating
effective brand awareness and a solid brand image
in the industry than their competitors.
AIESEC and Sternberg Creative Agency have a
shared interest in empowering youth. The com-
pany is interested in providing a project of a good
standard that will give valuable experience to the
students. On AIESEC’s behalf, LEAD members
will be providing the company a set of competent
and efficient undergraduates.

Mr. Sisitha Hewage, Message from Mr. Sohan Wijegunawardana
Country Director of AIESEC Sri Lanka AIESEC Sri Lanka President in the term
2017/2018
Mentor for the LEAD program

Manager (Digital Marketing)- eMarketingEye

“Coming back and giving back to where I started
is something that I love to do. So being a mentor
for the LEAD program in AIESEC in University
of Kelaniya, brings me back so many memories
.With experience in the corporate world, I want
to raise awareness as to what kind of skills and
competencies the corporate is interested in among
the mentees.”

Mr. Shan Yahampath,
CEO of BrainHR (Pvt) Ltd.

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suwa

Project SUWA is an initiative by the Incoming
Global Volunteer function of AIESEC in Universi-
ty of Kelaniya under the SDG 14; Clean Water and
Sanitation. The project aims to make a remarkable
impact on the society by helping people who are
struggling with soil transmitted helminth infec-
tions. The project SUWA will expand the coverage
of improved water supply and will aim to provide
better urban sanitation under the guidance of the
organizing committee president Timeshi Herath.

upcoming
events

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Fashionista is a street fashion event organized by AIESEC in University of Kelaniya
with the theme of “Street Fashion with Covid Wear”, where the intention is to advo-
cate covid wear as a stylish and fun experience rather than a necessity and thereby

ultimately advocate for protection against Covid.
It is one of the latest and greatest initiatives by the Partnership Development & Public

Relations AKA the Team Quadron which is under the Local Committee Vice Pres-
ident Shehani Fernando. The Organizing Committee President Raveen Jayasinghe
and his Organizing Committee Vice Presidents who are proud members of AIESEC
in University of Kelaniya, are planning to hold the event in Semi-Virtual type for a

crowd of 18 to 24 years of age.
The event therefore will make a huge impact and provide opportunity for the industry
and the fashion-oriented youth to discover and showcase new fashionable wear that

brings up new trends.

The first ever collaborative Organizing Committee of AIESEC in University of Kelaniya
University of Kelaniya x IIT

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CN Excellence
Ms. Umayangana Alawatte,
currently a lecturer at NIBM And afterwards, I enrolled as with a purpose. What I learnt
Galle, is a valued alumni that a lecturer at the NIBM Galle from AIESEC is also the role of
has upheld the entity’s repu- campus. So now I’m a lecturer multi-tasking.
tation with resilient contribu- over there. 3. Did AIESEC help you in life
tion and acknowledgement of 2. According to you, what is and if yes how?
her potential. It is with great your passion and purpose in I developed a lot from AIESEC
pleasure that we got the unique life? and I played different roles in
opportunity to have a humble The purpose of my life is actu- AIESEC. I became the LCVP
conversation with her upon ally to achieve greater things after 6 months of being a
getting to know her AIESEC in a very quick time. I like to member. And also became a
experience and further on. The get the harvest of whatever team leader. My journey was
CN Insider magazine therefore the things that I’m doing in a also a very fast one. I don’t have
allocates the following space to very short term. Even at the much AIESEC experience. I
showcase Miss. Umayangana’s university, I was doing a three- have around 3 or 4 years in
experience sharing session to year degree. And right now, AIESEC as my experience. But
its treasured readership. I’m enrolled in two masters I have gained a lot including
1. How are you doing these days? degrees. So, I like to do things leadership, conducting, facil-
I’m doing well these days. But at a faster pace. That’s how I’m itating sessions. I was also the
working from home can be getting motivated. And at the chair for a conference in SLIIT.
difficult at times because we are same time, I’m a multi-tasker.
used to a certain lifestyle. So I’ll If I only engage in 1 thing at a
start with my AIESEC journey.I time, that would make me so
started AIESEC as a member of bored. Even when I was in uni-
the Outgoing Volunteer func- versity, I was doing AIESEC.
tion. Then I became the team Even now, I’m teaching as a
leader of the Outgoing Global full-time lecturer and at the
Volunteer function (oGV). Then same time, I’m studying as well.
in the 18/19 term I was the Local I’m not doing all of the things
Committee Vice President for halfway. I’m achieving them.
Outgoing Global Talent and So, I think I’m driven
Outgoing Global Entrepreneur
. Also the Member Committee
Vice President for Outgoing
Global Entrepreneur for the
term 19/20. My last AIESEC
role was the Member Commit-
tee Vice President in 19/20 for
Outgoing Global Entrepreneur.
Afterwards,I ended my AIESEC
journey in July 2020. Then I was
still studying and I graduated last
year. Later I first joined as an HR
executive at a startup.

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4. What were the initiatives you introduced in CN 5. How was your MCVP experience?
and what is the impact that it has created? It was a very different and a very nice experience.
For CN actually, when I was an LCVP we got all I encourage everyone to take part in it. Because
the national awards for the function that I was in it is when we got the MC that we see the larger
charge of. It was an Outgoing Entrepreneur and picture. It’s always hard work, stress, and fun. We
Outgoing Talent program. If I’m not mistaken 5 were building so many good initiatives as well. My
realizations were done in term 18/19. That was role in MC was a very challenging one. Because
the first-ever time AIESEC Sri Lanka performed I was appointed as the first Member Committee
in oGT. We got the award at NLDS in 2018. Also, Vice President for Outgoing Global Entrepreneur.
we won another international award. That was Back then we were not operating Outgoing Global
in APC 2019 we got the limitless award. It was Entrepreneur. It was after my appointment, AIESEC
the first time CN got an international award for Sri Lanka started Outgoing Global Entrepreneur. It
the Outgoing Talent program and also the first was a very hard and challenging job. And also from
time for AIESEC Sri Lanka to get an international some entities we only had one Vice President to car-
award in Outgoing Talent. So we were performing ry out both the Outgoing Global Entrepreneur and
so well. the Outgoing Global Talent. So the Vice Presidents
Regarding the initiatives, we had to work a lot in were kind of demotivated to focus on the Outgo-
Outgoing Talent. We had good partnerships in ing Global Entrepreneur Function as well. So I had
terms of external entities. Out of the 5 realizations to create a product strategy. Back then people did
3 were realized from SPECTRUM institute. And not know what Outgoing Global Entrepreneur and
after that, we were advertising in the internal Outgoing Global Talent were. Even right now you
market and the external market. And we were don’t find one anymore. Those two things were two
carrying out informative sessions in university different things and Vice Presidents were not con-
premises. But not outside because we were lack- fident about those two concepts. So I had to do the
ing some human resources and we did not have groundwork first and categorize the main difference
enough members compared to Incoming Global between both products and what kind of a market
Volunteer and Outgoing Global Volunteer func- that we can have on both separately. We couldn’t
tions. So, it was very hard for us to keep our team focus on a common market. So it was a very crucial
together. However, we performed like that. job. However, I managed to do the training sessions
and also when it comes to the Member Committee
planning sessions, I was carrying on so many ses-
sions to give this idea for the Local Committee Vice
Presidents. And it was only then that they started to
perform.

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6. Can you tell us about your achievements in 7. Who is your role model in life?
AIESEC and your favorite memory in AIESEC? My parents. Because I have achieved everything
It was the first time I chaired a conference. It was from my parents. Especially my father, who taught
the SLIIT induction and it was my first experience me everything so far. When it comes to AIESEC,
as a chair. It was a very good experience. I was the many parents are against it. But my parents be-
center of attraction and everything you show to lieved in me and they gave me all the opportuni-
the members is going to have a long-lasting effect. ties to spend my university life in a very effective
In all the conferences, the chair plays a greater manner. I was doing academics well and I was
role. And the chair is very knowledgeable and balancing AIESEC as well because in my final year
also a very interesting person. So I had to make I was a Member Committee Vice President. I had
sure that I gave that thing to the members. so they to go to Maharagama to the Member Committee
learned from all the experiences that I have had so office almost every day to cover the things at the
far. Member Committee office. It was all so hard. But
Also, there are so many achievements. I have a I enjoyed it.
pile of awards. I have 5 awards. The first one was
the international award that I won as the LCVP.
It was not just my effort but a team effort. Then
I won two awards in Sparkles for the Best Team
Leader and the Best Member. In NLDS 2018
we won the award for growing disruptively and
Excellence in oGT. In 2019, I got an award for
striving for excellence for oGT at a national con-
ference. In the 2019 Asia Pacific Conference held
in Thailand. We won a limitless GT award. Those
were the team awards that I won. And I have
the 2 awards at sparkles. All the knowledge I got
from AIESEC helped me and the team to achieve
all this. So everything is an achievement and I’m
celebrating everything in AIESEC.

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8. What are the challenges that in academic field 9. Did you have any hardships in life and if so,
undergraduates should definitely know? how did you stay motivated?
I’m in the academic field right now being a lec- Everything is hard. Even two days back I was do-
turer. So I see that a lot of students lack leader- ing a video for my masters and we were supposed
ship qualities and confidence and also they are to record a 20 minute Youtube recording and up-
not very outgoing. For those students, they don’t load it on Youtube. We had to get comments from
have enough motivation to engage in their activ- external parties. So life is always about constant
ities apart from higher education because they learning. There’s no end to hardships and every-
don’t have such opportunities. They don’t get any thing is a challenge.
enjoyment or entertainment either. They don’t get
to professionally develop themselves. They are a
little bit backward. Students are only focusing on
passing their exams and not on the soft skills that
they have to develop. That is the major drawback I
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ates regarding careers?
10. What is one quote that inspired you? Post-pandemic world is going to be something
“Be the change that you wanted to see in the different and a very challenging one. We are no
world”. more complaining about the pandemic. So, the
Mahatma Gandhi time we complain about the pandemic is almost
That was one thing that always inspired me. If we over. We have to plan for the post-pandemic
want to change the world then we have to be that world. So for the undergraduates, you are going
change. Now we are complaining about what is to come to university in the post-pandemic time
going on in the country and we are complaining period. I’m asking students not to take any typical
about the leaders and everything. But life is not a or ordinary subjects, but to choose something
blame game. We don’t want to blame anyone. We inspiring and something that is going to be rele-
have to be the change rather than complaining. vant in the future. Post-pandemic world is based
We have to play our part. That is what we do in on technology, innovations, entrepreneurship,
AIESEC. We are creating inspiring leaders. We and new concepts. Everyone should try to be an
share our stories to make sure others also follow entrepreneur or an innovator. So, in my opinion
us. So rather than complaining about life or com- the role of HR or HR department will not last af-
plaining about someone else you have to be that ter the next 30 years. That is considered as one of
change you want to see in the world. the oldest jobs in the world. So, if you consider all
those concepts, I think you would have to think
about the future and post-pandemic world and
you have to target that. Whatever the field you are
going to take up in the future you have to consider
the opportunities that are going to be available in
the post-pandemic world.

12. One Word to express your AIESEC life?
“Abracadabra”- Marvelous magical game changer

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Hashini’s Story

Local Committee Vice President
Outgoing Global Volunteer 21/22

It was a calm evening back in 2019 when my friend Hasanjale dropped me a message asking,
“Hachcha, shall we go abroad?”.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the
ones you did do. So throw off the bow-lines! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds
in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover!”
These were the very words which came to my mind when I heard her question. And with full
excitement, I replied saying “Yesssss!”
Back then, the only thing I knew about AIESEC was that it’s just an organization where people
can volunteer abroad. Stepping onto my AIESEC journey with my beautiful exchange to Hun-
gary, I always say that it’s the best decision that I’ve made in my life. People think you just visit
a country and volunteer, but the 6 weeks in Europe were full of surprises and amusement. It
taught me many important lessons that I’ll never regret sharing. The beauty of cultural
diversity, the true meaning of poverty and why zero hunger is important were the best ones
out of them. While volunteering in Hungary, I could experience the beauty of 9 countries
while making thousands of memories to cherish throughout my lifetime.
As soon as I got back to Sri Lanka, I joined AIESEC not knowing this journey is going to be
a part of my life. Day by day in AIESEC, I found that I’m meeting many new people and the
beauty of it was, they were just not people to me, they were people who never failed to in-
spire me every single day. Time passed and I learned AIESEC is a place where we can grow.

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Since I joined AIESEC as a member of the
Outgoing Global Volunteer function, one
day I was asked to join an IR meeting. I was
nervous but excited since these were the
things that I’ve never done before. Remem-
bering the very first IR meeting in my life,
I felt so strange and had the fear of public
speaking. But now, after many experiences,
I feel very normal to talk with a foreigner or
even in public not only virtually, but also
physically thanks to AIESEC. Time did fly
and I found that AIESEC is the place where I
could find my true potential.

Climbing up the AIESEC ladder, today I 300 Minutes was blessed with a fabulous
proudly say that I’m a member of the Exec- Organizing Committee with team spirit and
utive Board. The reason why I applied to this honest commitment. Every experience in
position is to make many more life stories my AIESEC journey has taught me one thing
beautiful and to help people to understand and what 300 Minutes taught me was not
their true potential. Working with people to rely only on people who have already
now as a Local Committee Vice President, developed but to have faith in people who
it really empowers me everyday to see the are developing and help them find their
improvement of my members. Being the true potential. That is because some people
Event Manager of 300 Minutes was one of develop themselves in leaps and bounds
the best opportunities I gained during my while others take small continuous steps to
AIESEC journey as a Local Committee Vice discover their true potential.
President.
To be an inspiring leader, potential is not
enough if you don’t have humanity in
yourself. Build up the passion for AIESEC
and you will start to count the days of the
proudest experiences of your lifetime.

Learn appreciation! It would take just two
to three minutes to appreciate someone,
but for the person who is being
appreciated, it might be the world to
them.

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Message from Spirit

of the month
JUNE

“Spirit of the month, achieving this in my first month at AIESEC makes
me confident that no matter who you are, AIESEC serves you the same. All
thanks to the wonderful teams I’m part of CN Quadron and oGX for being
the backbone for this achievement. This victory is ours! And I’m thankful for

being the safe-keeper of it.”
-Raveen Jayasinghe-

Appreciation for calibre of may

• Enthusiasm and dedication showed • Consistent motivation, willingness
throughout the time period. to learn and engage in functional
activities passionately while giving
• Willingness to explore new things. her fullest support.

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Recognition for Zest of the national scale
may
AIESEC in University of Kelaniya is really
• Best performer in the oGT Team appreciative about the inspiring members who are
• Passion and motivation towards work performing well and contributing to national level
• Organizing Committee President of 300 Mins organizing committees.

100 StoryTellers

Congratulations to Chamodi Rathnayaka and
Yenuli Amaratunga from CN for getting selected
to the 100 StoryTellers organizing committee!

• Best performer in the PR Team
• Most contribution to the CN Magazine

• Best performer in the PD Team 100 StoryTellers delegates
• Brought in a Rs.50 000 decoration partner Congratulations to these aspiring CN marketers
• 300 Minutes OC Member for becoming a part of the First and the Largest
Marketing Project Organized by AIESEC Sri
Lanka.

• Smooth handling of all the partnerships
• Podcast Head in National Showcasing Team
• National Expansion Board member

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Congratulations to Sithmi De Silva and Chan- Congratulations to Chandrasekaran Sadhurshan
drasekaran Sadhurshan from CN for conducting from CN on being selected as the Best 10 Market-
sessions on marketing tools and for getting select- ers among 100+ delegates!
ed as the most interactive delegates.

AIECon’21

Congratulations to Hiruni Udumulla Arachchi
from CN for getting selected to the AIECon’21
organizing committee which was held on 25th of
June to 27th of June.

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A CNer talks

“It all started on a random day in the month of When I got quite conscious about the fact that
June 2018. They called it an Induction, and I anyone can go on an exchange regardless of the
called it an Introduction. By then, I was that ig- function we belong to, it was like a great revela-
norant. I was seated in the plenary with my small tion for me. I did apply and got selected for a proj-
group of friends surrounded by a bigger group ect in Italy, which I would say was an eye opening
of STRANGERS. A session full of Inputs but my experience. I got the chance to spend the best 6
brain was not ready to grab all of them. I did ev- weeks with the best people. I worked in 2 different
erything possible to understand what those were. schools with kids of different ages. The kids were
Google helped me a lot. All of a sudden, I got a simply adorable. And being with them for quite a
text saying that I was allocated to the iGV (incom- long time, it struck me that we are all human be-
ing Global Volunteer) Function. Taking a deep ings regardless of the geographical location we are
breath, I knew that it is not the function where in, or the skin color we possess or the language we
I could go abroad. That is what I knew by then. speak. I came back and decided to join the oGV
That was my primary motive for joining this or- Function since I felt that my potential lies there.
ganization. I got the chance to work with amazing So it has been an amazing journey with great peo-
people from the local committee and the foriegn ple from. Fast forward to another great exchange,
volunteers from different countries including marking my second GV Exchange ( Global Volun-
Asia, Africa and Europe. Being a team member, I teering ). in Poland and which was a great expe-
learnt a lot. I was literally not giving up the pas- rience indeed. I met a lot of amazing individuals
sion of working with the iGV(Incoming Global throughout the journey. Fast forwarding the time,
Volunteer) Function where I decided to work in I had been in numerous organizing committees
3 Projects as a team member. Then I applied to and had been handling multiple functional roles
become a team leader in iGV and did a project as well. (Organizing Committee Vice President,
related to Environmental Conservation with a set Organizing Committee President, and Coordina-
of foreign volunteers and a very supportive Team. tor) Overall, whenever opportunities knock at my
The challenges faced were innumerable whereas door, I never ever say no to them.And I would
the knowledge grabbed was life changing. never do that in the future as well.

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Soon after, I applied for an International Opportunity as an EST (Entity Support Team) for AIESEC UK.
After that I have been a part of a lot of International Conferences as a part of the Organizing Committee
(LEAD 2021 and RELOAD 2021 from AIESEC in France) . In the next semester I worked with 4 differ-
ent Entities as EST including AIESEC in France, Germany, Hungary and the US. All those experiences in
different Entities did let me see the AIESEC Reality in different perspectives. That was indeed an eye-open-
ing journey. Then I was also working in a congress committee in TLC (The Leadership Congress) for Asia
Pacific. And here I am right now working as the MCD IR for AIESEC in the US and as well as EST in
AIESEC in Denmark.The learnings, the people I met most importantly will remain in my memory forever.
The impact made locally and internationally through these experiences will be remembered forever and
I am really proud about it as an AIESECer. I did everything with a passion and it made me achieve many
things in life. Just being myself was the most comforting thing that I can cherish forever. When I look
back, and see the transformation I have made, I am humbly proud of myself and forever grateful for the
AIESEC as a platform for giving me the opportunity to be who I am today.”

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partner
space

Testimonials from
QUILL IT partners

“Recently we completed an amazing inter school
competition named Quill IT, a blogging compe-
tition which was held for the purpose of devel-
oping their writing ability and giving them an
opportunity to take a new career in this industry.
It was organised by AIESEC and the entity at
University Of Kelaniya. We ICBS as an organ-
isation, we were very happy with the way they
conducted the competition,the way they commu-
nicated everything and planning and the execu-
tion. I would like to wish the entire team behind
this success. This is one of the best competitions,
one of the best organising committees that I have
seen personally and an organisation on behalf of
ICBS, I can vouch that this was one of the best
events that we have sponsored.”
- Mr.Sampath Soysa
Head of marketing at Imperial College of Busi-
ness Studies
It’s with utmost pleasure that we state that the
purposeful partnership with ICBS and AIESEC
in University of Kelaniya, for QUILL IT will be
continued annually and that they are looking for-
ward to partner up next year for QUILL IT 2022.

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Naturals Lanka Grooming Pvt Ltd - Official Self Event Partner - BISEKA
Care Partner “Partnering up with AIESEC gave me an oppor-
“We hope as we did in the past, we will be able to tunity to use my brand not only to create social
create more value to youth in our nation together impact but also to contribute to empower youth
with AIESEC and help them to develop discover leadership.”
and develop themselves “ - Charaka Ruwanpathirana Co-Founder BISEKA
- Hasini Gunasekara
Director of Naturals

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Indi_Li - Gift Partner ArtHub - Gift Partner
“As the founder and co-owner of IndiLi, I would “Recently we completed a wonderful inter school
like to extend my special thanks to AIESEC of competition named Quill IT.It was organised by
University of Kelaniya for giving my handmade AIESEC and University Of Kelaniya. We Ar-
jewelry business an opportunity to expand and tHub as a small business, were very happy with
reach out to talented youth. Their inclusion of the competition,the way they communicated,
us in their promotional material had a positive planned and executed.It helped us immensely
impact on IndiLi.” to expand our business. I would like to wish the
Ayesha Liyanagama entire team behind this success the very best.”
-ArtHub-

Makeitbakeit - Gift Partner Kolour Fix - Gift Partner
“We have partnered with AIESEC in University “I consider collaborating with AIESEC in Uni-
of Kelaniya as an official partner for the blogging versity of Kelaniya for the ‘QUILL IT’ Blogging
competition QUILL IT. It has opened doors to competition was indeed a great opportunity for
expand our business immensely. We congratulate my business. My business got a lot of exposure
AIESEC in University of Kelaniya on their Entity after the event commenced and also there was a
Magazine and wish to continue our partnership drastic increase in the instagram followers. Also,
in the future” I got a lot of inquiries as a result of the promo-
tional activities carried out along with ‘QUILL
-Love Makeit Bakeit IT’. I’m really grateful for the opportunity and
hope to collaborate with AIESEC in University
of Kelaniya in the future as well.”
Kaveesha Dodanwala

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D’s cakes and Desserts. - Gift Partner Brownies by Nik - Gift Partner
“I am Shanika Chandrasekera, the owner of D’s “Recently AIESEC in University of Kelaniya
Cakes & Desserts. I’d like to show my thanks and completed an amazing inter school competition
appreciation to AIESEC in University of named QUILL IT, a blogging competition which
Kelaniya for allowing us to be a part of their inter was held for the purpose of developing their
school blogging competition ‘QUILL IT’. writing ability and giving them an opportunity to
Not only were we given the opportunity to pres- take a new career in this industry.We the brown-
ent the winners of the competition with one of ies by Nik business were very happy with the way
our D’s specialties, our infamous Iced Coffee but they conducted the competition. Then I would
we were also introduced to the interesting field of like to wish the entire team behind the event.We
blogging which in today’s day and age plays a key were very honored as a small business to be one
role in marketing and advertising various brands of the gift partners for this event.I wish you all
and their products. The partnership with AIESEC the best for the future endeavors.”
has brought great exposure and attention to D’s - Owner of the Brownies by Nik -
through their promotional content.”

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Partnership announcements of
Sparkles

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Quote of
the month

“People Who Are Crazy Enough to Think They
Can Change the World, Are the Ones Who Do.”

– Rob Siltanen

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team behind

Shehani Fernando Sudheera Fernando
Local Committee Vice President Local Committee Vice President
Partnership Development and Marketing (Branding & Showcasing)

Public Relations

Hiruni Udumulla Arachchi Nawoda Jayasinghe
Public Relations Manager Public Relations Coordinator

Dilshan Hettiarachchi Dilsha Ranaweera
Public Relations Coordinator Public Relations Coordinator

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