Ganlaths venture into overseas education
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Mr. D.L.H Ganlath Chairman
Ganlaths, a reputed law firm for over 30 years and registered migration agents for Australia and New Zealand has begun a new venture facilitating student placements for reputed overseas universities.
The Sunday Times Education met up with Chairman Lalith Ganlath , Managing Director David Ganlath and General Manager Jagath Alvis on behalf of our readers who are interested in overseas education.
Ganlaths Migration Facilitators, Managing Director, David Ganlath stated, “Given a choice for Sri Lanka students to complete their further studies in Sri Lanka or move overseas, the majority would choose to study abroad.”
Mr. David Ganlath Managing Director
“The reason for Ganlaths to venture into overseas education was that there were many enquiries from students requesting us to get offer letters from recognized universities and colleges, apart from our services in facilitating visas. My father Don Lalith Hilary (Don) Ganlath, is the founder of Ganlath Migration, a renowned law firm he floated over 30 years ago through which he successfully managed, and still manages, skilled migration programmes into Australia and New Zealand. The trust gained by the company is so great that its reputation has been cultivated through a constant flow of skilled immigrants.Although we did not facilitate this service before, we have decided to tie up with reputed universities to cater to the huge demand,” he said.
“The University of Delaware in the USA has 150+ Majors and 100+ Minors. The percentage of graduates who are employed or furthering their education is over 95%. According to Forbes, the University of Delaware is among America’s Best Value Colleges Rankings,” he stated.
He further said, “The University offers programmes that are extremely realistic as students would be granted a scholarship including a specified percentage of course fees together with free meals and accommodation. An automatic two year work visa is assured after graduating from the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Programme,” he elaborated.
“Ninety nine point four percent (99.4%) of the class of 2019 of Trine University in the USA was employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation, which has 30 majors. According to U.S. News & World Report, Trine University has achieved consistent ranking among the Midwest’s Best Universities,” said Ganlaths Immigration, GeneralManager, JagathAlvis.
He continued, “Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) is a private liberal arts university in Delaware, Ohio. It was founded in 1842, and is a member of the Ohio Five – a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges. It is also affordable and maintains a nice balance between athletics and academics,”Alvis said.
“We are also affiliated with MI College of Contemporary Music, one of the world’s top colleges seeking a career in the music industry, which is located in Hollywood, heart of the entertainment industry. The MI College of Contemporary Music offers students the opportunity to study music with some of the best working musicians of the world,” stated David Ganlath.
“Crandall University of Canada is another university we are affiliated with, was founded in 1949 by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada (CBAC) which continues to support the University and to elect and ratify appointments to its Board of Governors,” he said.
“Then, we have the University of Ireland, which is located in the heart of Ireland, Dublin. 50% scholarships for MSc in Entrepreneurship are available for the first five confirmed applicants,” stated David Ganlath.
He further said, “We are also affiliated with the University of Latvia, which consistently retains the position of the national, leading and most influential higher education institute in Latvia. The University of Latvia is also the largest university in the country in terms of total number of students and it is ranked among the top 800 universities in the world.”
Mr. Jagath Alvis General Manager
“We generally endeavour to have a 100% success rate. We do not undertake any student who may not meet the threshold qualifications. The prospective students are vetted by an initial vetting process to ensure their financial viability so they do not drop out of their university programmes halfway due financial or other constraints,” he said.
“The verification of documents, a matter of concern that has which had been prevalent over the past few decades and Ganlaths Migration has had vast experience in documentation as well as being staffed with Notaries Public, Sworn Translators and other such relevant officials. From skilled immigration, it was an easy step to overseas education” said Lalith Ganlath in conclusion.