Quiz contest at Kelaniya University

From a humble beginning as a unit under the Department of Commerce and Financial Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, the Department of Marketing Management (DMM) was established in 1998 and later upgraded as a separate department in 2005 in the University of Kelaniya. With marketing management as a discipline ever evolving and organisations requiring professionals with updated futuristic qualifications, DMM has realised the need of positioning itself as a dynamic innovative and market oriented academic body and has taken the responsibility of producing quality graduates to meet these challenges.

The DMM has taken a number of initiatives, for example from first year onwards having soft skills development course modules, making the students acquire a 100-day compulsory practical training in order to obtain their degree, comprehensive dissertation and simulation game at final year, to mention a few.

The University of Kelaniya proudly declared its flourishing fiftieth anniversary in year 2009 and organised a gentle series of programs. Arming the continuous positive intellectual growth of the Sri Lankan youth community, the faculties and departments of the University of Kelaniya are organising a three day exhibition starting on May 28, 2009 by exhibiting different academic and professional streams for Sri Lankans including schoolchildren, youth and the professionals.

The prime objective of the entire program is to disseminate the knowledge to the nation with the correct attitudes.DMM is proud to join as a part of this event with various activities. One among these is to organise a Quiz Competition among the Sri Lankan top rated schools including national and international schools targeting to build up the knowledge and the exposure as per the modern global, technological, social and economical principles.The Department has already invited 75 plus schools and the competition will be held on May 26 at the University of Kelaniya.In achieving the objectives of the compulsory course unit of "Entrepreneurial Skills for Marketers", a group of competent students in the final year, is co-ordinating the above competition as a part of the simulation game with the blessings of the Department of Marketing Management.

The organising committee invites all the interested schools in Sri Lanka to register for this event.