Minister praises ICTA

Participating in the e-Swabhimani 2012 award ceremony recently, Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya commended Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) for its role in making ICT part and parcel of people's lives.

Telecommunication and IT Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya presents the award for 'WeServe' produced by Channelcert Solutions under category e-Business and Commerce.

The Minister said, "Sri Lanka's children or adults will do great things if properly guided.

Everyone, child or adult likes appreciation. It boosts everyone's spirit. That is why this e-Swabhimani event which recognises the best e-content and e-content developers, is so important."

He said, "Praise from the Opposition is a rare commodity. But the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka received even that towards the close of the 2013 Budget debate.

ICTA, CEO Reshan Dewapura said, "E-Swhabimani is not only another important and successful step in our journey of taking the benefits of ICT to all our citizens, it has also been the catalyst of the e-content industry in Sri Lanka."

"It is the government's policy to recognise and give prominence to local talent, skills and innovations. e-Swhabimani aims at doing just that and we are indeed proud to host this event, firmly establishing the future and the progression of the local e-content industry.

"We conceptualised and launched e-Swhabimani in 2009, to encourage and give an opportunity to local talent and skills to come up with innovative and pioneering digital content, especially for the benefit of rural communities," he said.