Thiagarajar School of Management and University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in strategic venture
A delegation from the Thiagarajar School of Management,
Madurai (TSM), India, headed by its Director Prof. Gautam Ghosh, met with Prof.
Upul B Dissanayake, the Vice-Chancellor, University
of Peradeniya, to discuss potential academic collaborations between the two
institutions, earlier in 2017. The meeting ended up in a positive note and both
the esteemed institutions agreed to sign an MOU.
Subsequently, a student and staff exchange program
between two institutions was launched.
TSM organised a Rural Immersion programme as a part of
their collaboration with University of Peradeniya, and 22 students from Sri
Lankan visited Kannivadi in Dindigul district. Mr. Selvamukilan, scientist from
MS Swaminathan research foundation had helped in co-ordinating the event and in
the orientation of the students.
Prof. Gamini Pushpakumara, the Dean, Faculty of
Agriculture, Prof. Sarath S Kodithuwakku, Head, Department of Agricultural
Economics and Business Management, Dr. N. Manjula, Chairperson-admissions of
TMU, Prof. Jeevika Weerahewa and Dr. Dilini Hemachandra of the Department of
Agricultural Economics and Business Management were also present.
The University of Peradeniya, famous
for its natural beauty and picturesqueness, is a state university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants
Commission. It was established as the University of Ceylon in 1942 and spans nearly 700 hectares in the Mahaweli flood plain with most
of the area remaining afforested. In the year 2016, University of Peradeniya has been ranked by 1st
place for excellence. In Sri Lanka University of Peradeniya has been ranked in
2nd place for total evaluated rank. In 2013 University of Peradeniya was ranked
#1 in Sri Lanka in research by Research Gate.
Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai, one of the oldest business
management schools in India, has been built over five decades since its
inception in 1962. TSM is one of the very few institutes in India which offers both
PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) program and the MBA (Master of
Business Administration), two-year- full-time and fully residential programs
approved by AICTE and accredited by NBA. The UGC has conferred the autonomous
status on TSM. TSM endeavours to offer a bouquet of electives in the areas of
Finance, Marketing, Operations, Systems, Human Resources Management and General
Management.
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