Civil Talks - 2017 (Phase 02)

The second phase of the annual panel discussion was held on the 25^th of May 2017 at 4.30pm at the Civil auditorium. 

The discussion was titled “Civil Talks 2017”. The event was chaired by Engineer Ahilan Selladurai, the senior bridge engineer at T.Y.LIN international. 

The gathering was addressed on the topic “Bridging the gap - university to work”. 

The panel discussion was well attended by the lecturers and students in the Bachelor’s program of the department of civil engineering, in overall around 150 participants were presented for the discussion.

The panel discussion commenced by the welcome speech delivered by Anushka Dassanayake, the president of the civil engineering society(CES).As the topic implies the purpose of this discussion was to provide a complete guidance on the career development of the young civil engineers, various opportunities that are available and how the decision making should be carried out accordingly.

After the introductory speech on the panelist which was delivered by Osanda Muthuhewa, the chairman of the panel discussion committee of the civil engineering society (CES) the panelist went on discussing how targeting careers at specific companies can offer students strategic advantage. 

Also how internationally, in countries where local businesses and corporations sponsor higher education. Some students may want to choose a focus that they are passionate about but some may want to choose top companies with highly values. Building a career which includes both would be the winning combination as the panelist discussed.

The panelist also went on discussing about management credibility, overall job satisfaction, pay and benefit programs and a series of information about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs and diversity efforts.  

The layout of the discussion was about 90 minutes followed by a brief Q&A session to engage audience and panelist for about 10 minutes. In overall the discussion is highly appropriate and appreciated by the attendees as the knowledge gained by the discussion will be in greater assistance when providing consensus for projects that will come forth.

              

The attendees were served with refreshments as the discussion came to an end with the vote of thanks that was delivered by Achala Isuru, the secretary of the civil engineering society (CES).