Eranjan Tharindu De Silva received the Epic Excellence Award at the annual convocation of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) held on February 15, 2011.

Eranjan Tharindu De Silva (left) receiving the Epic Excellence Award at the SLIIT Convocation on February 15, 2011 from Shanta R Yapa, Vice President of Epic Lanka and a visiting faculty member

Sri Lanka's premier software solutions company, Epic Lanka offered this award to the best BSc IT student for the third consecutive year. The winner also received a cash award. Epic Excellence award includes an opportunity for training or employment at Epic Lanka, on need basis.

As part of our social responsibility we help universities to produce and recognize the best talents who can contribute to develop our nation, Shanta R Yapa, Vice President of Epic Lanka said. The ICT industry can help the country in expediting the economic growth and SLIIT plays a vital role in bringing up the human capital for the vibrant IT industry he added.

Epic Lanka who won the National Business Excellence Award in the ICT Sector for the third consecutive year has collected an unprecedented number of 38 National and International accolades during 2008 to 2010. With an array of innovative ICT solutions in secure electronic payments and information security domains Epic now operates in Malaysia and Australia as well.