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APIIT’s 4th Carom Tournament was held at the top floor Cafeteria of the
City Campus in November 2017. 17 Singles players, 11 Doubles players
and 5 Mixed Doubles teams took part in the event. Rashmal Perera won
the Singles Championship while Zaheer Abbas was the Runner-up in the
same category. Naveen Pamodya and Avinda Shamilka emerged
Champions in the Doubles category and Rashmal Perera and Meranda
Fernando were Runners-up. Finally, Rashmal Perera and Lakmi
Perera were the winners in the Mixed Doubles category with Naveen
Pamodya and Yasodha Sooriyakeethi being Runners-up.
Extravaganza 2017

Inter-University Sports
The annual extravaganza of sports events was held this year too, in the
month of November, where many State and Private University teams
participated in the true spirit of sportsmanship. Swimming, Cricket,
Badminton, Rugby, Basketball and Football featured prominently in the
list of sports events that were organized by APIIT.
The Swimming competitions took place in November 2017 at the
NCC Swimming Complex where NSBM became the winners while
APIIT was the 1st Runners-up.
The Extravaganza Cricket Tournament was held at the Air Force
Grounds in November 2017. The APIIT ‘A’ team emerged victorious
while the CINEC ‘A’ team was the Runners-up in this tournament.
Rawshan Razik was judged the Best Batsman, while Kasun
Maduranga and Uma Pragash were pronounced Best Bowler and
Player of the Tournament respectively.
The Extravaganza Badminton Tournament was held in November
2017. The NSBM team ‘A’ won the tournament while the NSBM
team ‘B’ came in as 1st Runners-up.

A Day of Fun at APIIT
APIIT Funday is a day dedicated for a lot of fun in July 2017. Students
have the freedom to be attired in casual clothing, much unlike a regular
day at APIIT where a more formal dress code is observed. The day was
chock-full of games and other activities which the students could
participate in. The day came to a close with an evening of DJ music and
dancing. “Electro Doctors” kept the beat going at the 2017 Funday which
was thoroughly enjoyed by one and all.
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APRIL 2018
TOASTMASTERS Alumni Featured
APIIT Toastmasters at the SLMUN Dimitra Abeysekara
Going beyond the boundaries of the Toastmasters (TM) club, this year, Unconventional compared to the
APIIT Toastmasters conducted leadership skills development majority of students who have joined
workshops on 4 consecutive weekends for 50 school children from APIIT, Dimitra joined the Law School
across the country. This was part of APIIT’s collaboration with the Sri in 2013 with an exemption for the 1st
Lanka Model United Nations (SLMUN). The workshops explored the year of coursework, already holding a
techniques of improving public speaking abilities and provided tips and Diploma in Law from the University of
tricks which would aid in mastering leadership skills. Following the London. He graduated
success of these workshops, the TM club looks forward to collaborating magna-cum-laude with LLB (Hons)
from Staffordshire University in 2015.
with SLMUN next year as well.
In line with his interest in Investment Banking, Corporate Financing,
APIIT Speaks at the Achievers Lanka Corporate turnarounds, Intellectual Property, Digital Media and
Content Management, he worked in capital markets, investment
Business School Banking, exports and Media and Multimedia related investments prior
to completing his degree. Thereafter, his field of interests widened
The APIIT Toastmasters were invited to conduct two sessions for the further, to include the areas of Human Rights, International Criminal
Rotaract Club of Achievers Lanka Business School last September. Of Law and Corporate Law, and began work at as a Legal Analyst at
the two sessions, one was on the tips that ensure that a first class Simon & Associates. Today, Dimitra is apprenticing in the chambers
speech is delivered, while the other was on structuring and adding of the Attorney General, Hon. Jayantha Jayasuriya. At the AG’s
Department, he overseas the legal interests of diversified
colour when speaking in public. The Rotaractors found the art of
multinational companies whose head offices are overseas, but have
speech craft interesting and enjoyable, and many expressed interest to
registered offices in Sri Lanka. He is also involved in advising
join Toastmasters clubs in the future.
corporate entities that seek streamlined new-age legal solutions in
today’s growing commercial markets.
Best Speakers Selected for the Next Dimitra played a key role in the digitalization of Sri Lankan Cinema
Level of Humorous & Evaluation and in the introduction of Non-linear media distribution systems to Sri
Speech Contests Lanka. He has also addressed many regional and international
platforms including being one of the youngest speakers to address
The club’s best speakers clashed in September where the winners the Trans Asian Chamber of Commerce on the Social, Geo-political,
went on to compete in the Area Contest where they go head on with 4 Economic and Intellectual wealth of Post War Sri Lanka.
other clubs. They are; Sivapiriya Vithyatharan and Yerushi de Silva who While at APIIT, Dimitra presided over the APIIT Debate Team and
won 1st and 2nd place respectively in the Humorous Speech contest was Captain of the Moot Team, which represented Sri Lanka at the
and Mazin Hussain and Sivapiriya Vithyatharan who won 1st and 2nd Regional Round of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court held in
place respectively in the Evaluation Speech contest. Tehran (Iran) in 2015. During his career at APIIT, he was able to
develop a skillset which he finds crucial to his chosen line of work.
Being actively involved in debating and mooting taught him how to
structure his arguments, and to deliver his opinions in any situation
that he is faced with. The research that he was expected to carry
out as an undergraduate student, along with the tacit teaching
methods employed by the law faculty brought forth his ability to
quantify qualitative material, which he has found useful in many
situations in his professional career.
Dimitra is currently reading for his LLM at the University of Colombo,
carrying out his research in Constitutional, Administrative and
International Humanitarian & Criminal Law.
The APIIT Toastmasters club celebrated its 8th anniversary in
September. The day was marked with a club meeting where the key In his spare time, Dimitra indulges in archery, fencing, painting, and
roles were taken up by the past members of the club, which allowed the ancient marshal art “Angampora”.
them to take a quick stroll down memory lane. Many of the past
Looking ahead, he says “I hope to run for public office in the next few
presidents and members attended this event, which also allowed the years, in the hope of strengthening cross border trade ties, unilateral
current m embership to glean valuable insights and tricks of the trade and bilateral relations and ensuring that the democratic principles of
from the experiences of the former club members. the rule of law are used to better Sri Lanka’s foreign relations”.

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