CMA Lanka and all India Management Assn. sign Mou

The Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) entered into a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the All India Management Association (AIMA) for the conduct of business Management Program by the CMA Business Management School. The MoU was signed at the Taj Samudra Hotel.

Karu Jayasuriya, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs was the Chief guest. The Guest of Honour was A. Manickam, Actg. Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka. Prema Cooray, Secretary General/CEO Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Priyantha Serasinghe, Group Director of the capital Maharaja Organisation, Col. S. C. Mohan Executive Director AIMA, Prof. D. N. Rao Director Centre for Management Education AIMA, Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala, President CMA, H. A. Wehalle, Secretary CMA and Bashir Ismail, Treasurer CMA were present.

The All India Management Association was set up in 1957 as the national apex body of management profession with the support of the Government of India and the Indian industry.

AIMA is upheld by a broadbase of 58 local Management Associations and two Co-operating Associations abroad.

Its membership base includes over 30,000 professionals as individual members and over 3,000 corporate organisations and management institutions as institutional members.

The government of India is represented in the Council of Management of AIMA through the Ministry of Human Resource Development. AlMA held the presidency of the Asian Association of Management Organisation during 2005-2007.