Harnessing human resources for development depends on the skills of a country's people. And that in turn requires a robust and effective higher education system in place as the only mechanism that can produce and sustain these skills. An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. Your Education is the ‘Passport to your future’ which helps you to reach your career destination of choice.

Seated from left to right: Mr. D.G. Jayasuriya, Head of Academic Affairs, Auston Institute of Management Ceylon (Silver Sponsor – Colombo) Vidya Jothi Prof. A.P.R. Aluwihare, Department of Surgery, University of Peradeniya  Mr. Arjun Dharmadasa, Managing Director - South Asia Exhibition & Conference Services  Pvt. Ltd.  Brig. Udaya Ariyarathne, Principal, Trinity College Kandy Mr. W.B. Ganegala (Chief Guest), Secretary, Ministry of Mass Media & Information Brig. J.P.A. Jayawardena, President, OBA , Trinity College, Kandy, Mr. Imran Hassan, Director, Lanka Exhibition & Conference Services (Pvt) Ltd.,  Mr. Nishan Sembacuttiaratchy, General Manager, ESOFT Computer Studies (Pvt) Ltd., (Gold Sponsor – Colombo) Ms. Prashanthi Rajaratnam, Corporate Service Manager, Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (Silver Sponsor, Colombo)

And this October again Sri Lanka’s most focused higher education and career exhibition, themed as "Passport to your future..." ADYAPANA 2010 is yet to create many opportunities to the country’s high school graduates to map their collegiate and future career paths.

The three-day exhibition will be held for the fifth consecutive year at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre, BMICH from October 15 – 17. For the first time this will be followed by ADYAPANA KANDY on October 22, 23 and 24 hosted at the Main Hall of Trinity College, Kandy, a leading school which is at the forefront of education in the Central Province. The Jaffna Show is scheduled for January 8 and 9 2011 at the Jaffna Central College. ADYAPANA is organized by the 2nd consecutive Presidential Award Winning Company Lanka Exhibition & Conference Services (Pvt) Ltd. (LECS).

Speaking on ADYAPANA success, Director LECS, Imran Hassan said that the three exhibitions will attract a significant population of students from all over the country as there are three consecutive events taking place. “With success and achievements that we brought into the local students and higher education bodies at large we intend to organize an ‘ADYAPANA International’ exclusively for International higher education institutes.

This in turn will enable local students to seek more international and local higher education opportunities after their O/Ls and A/Ls,” added Mr. Hassan highlighting that ADYAPANA has created a space to offer higher education options for more than 180,000 students who have not been able to gain access to local university entrance. "Responding to the plight of the students who are deprived of entering universities and are searching to further their qualifications in graduate and post graduate studies in Kandy, ADYAPANA KANDY will ensure the best platform to suit their needs during the most appropriate period of the year," said Sudesh Lenadora, Project Manager of ADYAPANA 2010.

A gateway to pursue higher education opportunities, ADYAPANA 2010 sets the platform to meet thousands of prospective students/institutes all under one roof. Since inception the previous ADYAPANA Exhibitions have attracted leading overseas educational institutes and universities from UK, USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, U.A.E, India and Nepal making ADYAPANA the biggest ever gathering of overseas educational institutions in Sri Lanka attracting over 150 stalls both locally and internationally.

The exhibition expected to outperform the previous event with a wider array of educational institutes attracting universities from Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, India, New Zealand, USA, and UK. The exhibition will feature the entire spectrum of what is on offer with a full range of numerous higher educational institutes both local and international dealing with business, airlines, secretarial, IT, finance, marketing, medical & nursing, aviation & maritime, architecture, hotel management, etc covering all educational areas that will help the students in order to choose their career paths for a better tomorrow.

More than 15,000 prospective visitors alone are expected to attend this grand three-day event in Colombo while a larger student community is expected from Kandy and Jaffna as both events are being held in collaboration with Trinity College, Kandy and Jaffna Central College. ADYAPANA is a tremendous opportunity for those seeking top-quality education at affordable prices. Further information on the ADYAPANA 2010 exhibition could be obtained via visiting www.saexhibitions.com/adyapana