AAP celebrates seventh anniversary

The Academy for Administrative Professionals (AAP) celebrated its seventh anniversary, commemorating the International Administrative Professionals week followed by a seminar and workshop recently at Hotel Galadari.

Chief Guest, Col. (Dr) Udula Krishnaratne, speaking on 'Skills-Opportunities-Success', spoke of the need to be skillful and professional to stabilise in one's chosen career. Being fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady and being competent, pooling resources and working as a team will demolish individual performers. Never give up when faced with failure. Compete against the situation - not against a rival. It is only then, that anyone will achieve success through skills and opportunities", she said.

Executive Director of the Academy, Ms Sunethra Jayaratne, said that SOS is the personal ISO of any employee to stand out. AAP was created to serve administrative professionals. Nurturing and protecting the institution was the responsibility of all of us", she said. "The AAP team was proud of the achievements, particularly the outstanding results in examinations, thus marking its place internationally by securing the status of only Recognised Training Centre of the London Chamber of Commerce for secretarial studies" , she said.

Students who completed the Diploma and the Higher Diploma of Secretarial/Administrative Practice and London Chamber Secretarial Studies received their certificates. Ms Sumudu Gunatialke won the "Best Student" award of Higher Diploma, Ms Shifana Abdeen was the "Batch Top" of in the Diploma and Ms Anjula Weerasinghe received the "Best Project Book" certificate.

The resource panel consisted of Director Administration of the Air Force, Air Commodore Sanjaka Wijemanna,Country Manager Hemas Pharmaceuticals, T Sayandhan-and Chief Editor-The Nation, Malinda Seneviratne-