ComBank donates 300th IT lab to Minuwangoda Nalanda

Commercial Bank Chairman Sharhan Muhseen, Deputy Chairman Raja Senanayake and Managing Director/CEO Sanath Manatunge at the formal opening of the 300th IT lab donated by the bank

Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s nationally-significant campaign to boost digital literacy in Sri Lanka has reached an impactful milestone with the completion of the 300th IT lab donation by the bank.

Commercial Bank Chairman Sharhan Muhseen, Deputy Chairman Raja Senanayake, Managing Director Sanath Manatunge, Chief Financial Officer Nandika Buddhipala and Deputy General Manager Retail Banking and Marketing Hasrath Munasinghe, who are Trustees of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility Trust, led the bank’s representation at the beneficiary school – Nalanda Boys Central College, Minuwangoda, at this momentous event.

Every IT lab donated by Commercial Bank is equipped with new computers and accessories and furniture and is maintained and upgraded by the bank periodically to ensure that the labs are used by multiple batches of students over many years. The bank estimates that the IT labs it has donated to schools have already benefitted more than 300,000 students.