CIPM wins three awards at National Business Excellence Awards 2022

From left: Chief Executive Office– C. Obeyesekere, President - Ken Vijayakumar, and Senior Manager of Quality Assurance & Compliance - Ruwani Senevirathne

CIPM Sri Lanka won 3 awards at the Business Excellence Awards Ceremony for the year 2022 organized by the National Chamber of Commerceand held at the Shangri-La Hotelin Colombo on 20th June.
CIPM was the Winner of theBusiness Excellence awards in the Education Sector, 1st Runner-up in the Medium-scale Enterprises category, and Merit Award winner for Capacity Building. CIPM Sri Lanka President – Ken Vijayakumar, CEO – U. A. C. Obeysekera, and Senior Manager, Quality Assurance & Compliance - Ruwani Seneviratne represented CIPM at the ceremony.

“We are delighted on being recognized for business excellence under 3 categories by the leading chamber for business and commerce in Sri Lanka. This is the highest number of awards won by CIPM in a single event. This amplifies CIPM’s standing asthe leader in human resource management in the nation,” said Ken Vijayakumar – President, CIPM Sri Lanka. The winners were selectedbased on the National Business Excellence Model which comprises 7 areasnamelystrategy and leadership, corporate governance, capacity building, performance management, local and global market reach,  and CSR. 

The selection process for the National Business Excellence Awards included evaluating applications based on the seven-point criteria and reviews in three stages: a desk review involving a technical panel, interviews of shortlisted candidates, and a final review of all preliminary evaluation reports and the outcome of the interviews by a panel of judges.
The National Business Excellence Awards ceremony is an annual event conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce which continues to maintain high standards thus strongly positioning itself as a dominant and progressive organization.