(L-R): Vinesh Athukorala - Group Chief Executive Officer, Blue Mountain, Ridma Madawatte - Chief Executive Officer, Blue Mountain Apartments, Dr. Hiran Hettiarachchi - Group Chairman, Blue Mountain, Thilan Anuradha - Group Director, Blue Mountain, Praneetha Navaratne (Head of Research & Development-Blue Mountain)

Sri Lanka’s foremost real estate group, The Blue Mountain Group, has won five prestigious awards at the South Asian Partnership Summit & Business Awards hosted by World HRD Congress and endorsed by the Asian Confederation of Businesses. South Asian Business Awards recognise the prestige of the outstanding companies, organizations, and leaders in South Asian Region business world. The awards won by Blue Mountain are: Property Consultant of the Year – Residential; Emerging Developer of the year - Commercial – Luxury; Best Real Estate PR Company of the year; Luxury Project of the year; and Residential property of the year – Luxury. The prestigious award ceremony followed by a gala dinner was held at the Water’s Edge on the 13th October 2016.

Since its inception, Blue Mountain (Pvt) Ltd has revolutionized the local real estate market by infusing a professional ethos by leveraging on its expertise in conceiving and executing a profusion of urbane real estate projects encompassing luxury residential plots and commercial properties. The company is focused on delivering innovative design, exclusive standards of construction, superior customer service and deep community values. 

The South Asian Business Excellence Awards ceremony was attended by 200 senior leaders and bureaucrats from various countries in the South Asia. Senior officials from the Government of Sri Lanka were also part of this event. The Jury consisted of prominent senior leaders, researchers and academicians, namely, Dr. Arun Arora, Ex President and CEO, The Economic Times, Edvance Pre-schools Pvt. Ltd. & Emeritus Chairman - World HRD Congress; Dr. Harish Mehta, Chairman & MD - Onward Technologies Ltd, Emeritus Chairman - World HRD Congress & Founder Member – NASSCOM; Jack Jones, Global Chairman, World HRD Congress; Prof. Indira Parikh, Ex Dean of IIM Ahmedabad & President – Antardisha; Dr. R L Bhatia, Founder, World CSR Day and World Sustainability; and Nina E. Woodard, President & Chief "N" Sights Officer, Nina E. Woodard & Associates, a division of NDPendence Inc.