Nayana Dehigama wins Asia-Pacific Young Entrepreneur Award |
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| Ambassador Benedicto V Yujuico, the newly elected President of CACCI handing over the 3rd Asia-Pacific Young Entrepreneur Award to Nayana Dehigama, Chairman/Managing Director of Epic Lanka Group at the 24th CACCI Conference on July 6, 2010 at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo |
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| Nayana Dehigama, Chairman/Managing Director of Epic Lanka Group won the 3rd Asia Pacific Young Entrepreneur Award, an achievement all Sri Lankan professionals and entrepreneurs can be proud of. The event organized by the Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) was held at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo on July 6, 2010 as a part of the 24th CACCI Conference and Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2010. |
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| At a time Sri Lanka is trying to boost economic development through knowledge based industries, winning the Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Award by a techno-entrepreneur who has created Sri Lanka’s premier ICT Company provides ample evidence for local talents and justifies the direction we have taken as a nation. |
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| Epic Lanka won an unprecedented number of 33 local and international accolades during 2008 and 2009. The awards include the National Business Excellence Award in ICT for two consecutive years and the first ever Gold Award for Sri Lanka for a commercial software at Asia Pacific ICT Awards in 2008. Proving the technology dominance in the software industry, Epic Lanka also won the highest number of awards at the National Best Quality Software Awards for the past 3 consecutive years. |
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| Nayana Dehigama won the Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the year 2008 – Silver Award and also the Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 – Silver Award for Western Province in the Extra Large category. He is currently reading for his doctoral degree at the School of Management of the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and a MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. As a member of COYLE (Chamber of Young Lanka Entrepreneurs), he has proved that Sri Lankan capabilities in terms of product excellence and entrepreneurial talents are second to no other nation in our region. |
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| DailyFT – Thursday July 8, 2010 |
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