The Federation of IT Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) felicitated Nayana Dehigama, Chairman/Managing Director of Epic Lanka Group for winning the most coveted Asia-Pacific Young Entrepreneur Award 2010. Epic Lanka is a member of the Software Chapter of FITIS formerly known as SLASI. The memento was handed over to Nayana by Senior Minister of Technology and Research Prof Tissa Witharana at the Infotel Forum 2010 held at the BMICH Auditorium recently.

EPIC Lanka is a technology leader in providing e-security and e-payment solutions to corporate organizations in Sri Lanka and the region. Established in 1998, Epic Lanka is committed to innovate, develop and implement world-class IT solutions in Secure Electronic Payments, Information Systems Security, Mobile Enterprise Automation and Secure Document Personalization. Epic Lanka is the pioneer in implementing some of the mission critical IT solutions for several state organizations and leading corporate firms.

The Sri Lanka ICT Industry Association, FITIS, the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka, which constitutes Sri Lanka Computer Vendors Association (SLCVA) - the Hardware chapter, Sri Lanka Association for the Software Industries (SLASI) - the Software chapter, Association of Computer Training Organizations (ACTOS) - the Training chapter, Lanka Internet Service Providers Association (LISPA)/ (TPA) - the Telecommunications chapter and Information Security Audit & Control (ISACA) - the Professional Chapter.

FITIS has been in operation for the last 15 years as the unified umbrella organization of the ICT industry in Sri Lanka. FITIS has been actively engaged in developing the ICT industry in Sri Lanka with many programmes which have been successfully implemented for the growth of ICT usage and consequently the growth of job opportunities in the ICT industry. It has also significantly contributed to the ICT awareness in all regions in the country.