JKH hosts Jaffna university students on industrial tour of its facilities
View(s):The John Keells Group recently hosted Final Year undergraduates of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of the University of Jaffna to a tour of the conglomerate’s key businesses and operations.
At the Elephant House beverage plant.
The company said the tour was aimed at facilitating fourth year students reading for a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree to gain practical insights of key industries, functions and strategies of Sri Lanka’s biggest conglomerate and develop greater awareness of career opportunities in these industries.
Susantha Ratnayake, JKH Chairman, warmly welcomed the group of 94 undergraduates and four Faculty members at the start of the tour. Ms. Carmeline Jayasuriya, Head of Operations, CSR said, “We are very excited to host this historic tour. I hope that this will help you gain many practical insights into what you have learnt in theory and to decide on the career path that each of you wishes to pursue, whether within or outside the private sector.”
In the span of six days, the students toured Keells supermarkets, BPO operations (InfoMate), Elephant House soft drink and ice cream factories, the mega condominium construction site of OnThree20 at Union Place (John Keells Land), tea broking and tasting processes (John Keells PLC) and Sri Lanka’s premier five-star hotels, Cinnamon Grand and Cinnamon Lakeside. They also participated in interactive presentations on the Group’s software development operations (John Keells Computer Services), Resort operations (Keells Hotel Management Services) and Destination management services (Walkers Tours) and familiarized themselves with specialized operations of South Asia Gateway Terminals and Lanka Marine Services.
“I would like to thank John Keells for this very valuable tour,” said student K. Parameswaran. “This tour has helped me improve my life and taught me how to handle myself in the corporate world,” noted student K. Paranavan.
At the Cinnamon Grand, which hosted the group to lunch, General Manager, Rohan Karr shared his story of modest beginnings and the resolute pursuit and attainment of dreams and goals through hard work and determination. Student V. Sentharan said, “I felt truly motivated by Mr. Rohan Karr’s speech”.
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