Sri Lanka’s SNU graduate SiGo selected by ANOC to present his DTM Journey at its General Assembly
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SiGo (R) with his supervisor and DTM Director Prof. Joon-ho Kang at the Graduation Ceremony
Gobinath Sivarajah known as SiGo, who is currently working as Marketing and Media Manager at National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka is selected by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) for an interview on his experience as an ANOC Scholarship holder from Seoul National University Dream Together Master Program. This shall be presented during the ANOC General Assembly 2021 to be taken place in Crete, Greece end of October.
SiGo is one of the ANOC Scholarship holders in 2017 for the Dream Together Master (DTM) programme at Seoul National University and graduated in 2019. NOC Sri Lanka counts hisopportunity as very remarkable and proud moment for Sri Lanka because this is the very first occasion a DTM graduate is invited to share his journeyduring the ANOC General Assembly. The General Assembly will be held with the participation of delegates from 206 National Olympic Committees around the globe.
The DTM programme was initiated in 2013. Since then211 students from 55 countries enrolledin the programme until now. SiGo was recommended to follow the DTM programme by NOC Sri Lanka and awarded the scholarship by the ANOC in 2017. He studied together with 24classmates from 23 countries and won the best thesis award in his graduation. His research was on ‘Perceptions of Service Quality and Satisfaction among the Spectators in a Mega-Sport Event: PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games’ which is now nominated for the Presidential Award 2019 in Sri Lanka.Moreover, he proposed ‘A Sustainability and Legacy Plan for Pyeong Chang 2018 Facilities’ to the president of Republic of Korea. During his stay in South Korea, he was selected as a Peace Ambassador for Unification of Korea in 2018. SiGo was selected as one of the panelists for the Dream Together Seoul Forum 2018 on ‘Sport for Peace’ with the IOC member HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein and some leading international speakers.Based on his great achievement during his DTM journey, he was recruited by World Taekwondo as an intern in 2019. During his internship, SiGo established a programme – ‘Road to Champion’to empower homeless young girls and boys from Colombo and Kegalle. For the launch of the programme, Dr. Chungwon Choue, the president of World Taekwondo visited Sri Lanka in 2020.
After his internship, he returned Sri Lanka and joined NOC Sri Lanka as Marketing and Media Manager. He is not only managing the social media but also, he is actively involved in many ongoing projects. He is also a member of the Women’s Committee of NOC Sri Lanka. SiGo is one of the Provisional National Course Directors of the Sport Administrators Programme by Olympic Solidarity. Recently, he was awarded a scholarship by the Olympic Solidarity to follow IOC Safeguarding Officer Certificate course by the IOC.
SiGo won the first place in the DTM Alumni best practice competition in 2020 for his contribution of the initiation of the Teqball Federation of Sri Lanka and second place in 2021 for his involvement in the Harassment is No Game campaign by NOC Sri Lanka. He has contributed his writing to many sport blogs as well as invited as a guest speaker by many sport institutions in many countries.
Hence, SiGo is selected by ANOC to share his valuable experience of studying at Seoul National University.Also, he is expected to share his learning outcomes, how he is sharing his learnings within the sports industries in Sri Lanka, and his advice to the candidates who are thinking of applying to study at Seoul National University.