Surado Campus honoured as South Asia’s Best Vocational Education Institute
–Three major awards at South Asian Business Excellence Awards recognizes Sri Lanka’s leading healthcare education provider as an industry trailblazer–
Surado Campus of Business Management, a leading, privately-led vocational training institution for local and foreign employment in Sri Lanka, was recently honored as South Asia’s best vocational education institute at the coveted South Asian Business Excellence Awards 2022. The awards ceremony, held in Dhaka on 22 September, bestowed Surado Campus with three accolades −‘Best Vocational Institute’, ‘Best education institute in Healthcare’ and ‘Best Women Leadership Excellence Award in Education Sector’−for pioneering a new model of higher education for Sri Lankan students. The awards were received by Disani Adihetti, Director – Surado Campus, Eranga Thennakoon – Branch Manager and Gerald Fernando, Head of Marketing at Surado Campus.
Celebrating the best of South Asia, South Asian Business Excellence Awards 2022 honored organizations of all types and sizes, and the people behind their success, from private to public, for profit to nonprofit. The awards acknowledge and reward the exceptional work and the results gained by the trailblazers of the corporate domain, in the face of an ever-increasing competitive market. Beating some of the biggest brands in the region, Surado Campus was conferred with the prestigious awards under the Education and Learning Development category for proving its mettle through adaptation, innovation, and perspiration in challenging times.
Surado Campus has been winning multiple awards since 2019, starting with the coveted Nirmana Abinandhana Award at the Sharamabimana Awards Ceremony for Surado’s unique employment-centered education programs. In 2020, the organisation won two important awards— Asia’s Best Vocational Training Institute and Exceptional Women of Excellence awards—at the Asia Awards 2020 presented by RULA Awards.
Commenting on the remarkable achievement, P.S.R.Buddhika, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Surado Campus of Business Management, said, “We are extremely honored to be recognized with three key achievements at the South Asian Business Excellence Awards 2022, including the Best Vocational Institute in South Asia. Over the years, we have become a beacon of learning, collaboration, and community, fueled by a pioneering and innovative spirit in the country. We are a distinctive vocational training institution in Sri Lanka for the mere reason of unwaveringly catering to the professional caregiving industry demand. I congratulate everyone at Surado for this exceptional achievement.”
About Surado Campus of Business Management
The only Campus in Sri Lanka providing foreign placement for caregivers, through its wide network of foreign partners, Surado Campus of Business Management offers a specialised 6-month Diploma in Healthcare inclusive of practical first aid courses, ultramodern physical therapy treatment initiations and specialized lectures by an eminent panel of lecturers. Surado is also quality certified by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka. The Institute offers a wide range of internationally acclaimed Training Programmes, and caters to the demand for professional caregiving in the health sector industry. Caregiving has become one of the most lucrative avenues within the health care industry. Many individuals in Sri Lanka, regardless of their background or exposure, are known to recognize this industry as stereotypical job roles as domestic maids/workers under harsh conditions due to the lack of awareness of the newer. Thus, Surado aims to address this gap by providing such individuals with formal training and the basic skills needed to excel in this field. For more information, visit www.surado.lk