Ravi Senanayake

National Institute of Business Management (NIBM - Sri Lanka)

The National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) was established in 1968. The Institute was incorporated as the National Institute of Business Management by an Act of Parliament on 1, June 1976. Since its establishment, the NIBM has aimed at achieving excellence in the programmes it offers to clients drawn from both the public and private sectors of Sri Lanka, as well as those from overseas who availed themselves of its services. Today NIBM falls under the purview of the Ministry of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training & Skills Development and is a self-sustained, internationally accepted, UGC approved degree awarding institute. In 2009 NIBM won the Merit Award of National Quality Award (NQA) and ISO-9001-2008 certificates in recognition of its excellent service. It attempts to take Management and Computer education to the provinces in Sri Lanka, the NIBM has set up four regional centres in Kurunegala, Kandy, Galle and Matara which offer various high end diploma and certificate courses. The NIBM aims to be the best education institute where knowledge workers are produced and updated with the latest layer of knowledge in the universe, which will result in creating a lot of employment opportunities for its students in worldwide. To achieve this objective two internal divisions have been established namely, the Productivity and Management Development Division and the Management Information Systems Division. Each division is managed by professional staff and headed by a functional director. Our Mission "We are in the business of developing competencies in people and organizations through training and consultancy" Our Vision "To be the best business education institute in Sri Lanka" Our Values We are customer driven and aspire to delight them. We care and respect people. We invest in continuous improvement and strive to be the best. We create win-win partnerships.