The eighth ‘Seeds for the Future’ program began in Sri Lanka on September 13, with four outstanding students from three state universities in Sri Lanka participating this year.
The students are from the Universities of Jaffna, Kelaniya and Colombo. The ceremony was held at the Huawei Sri Lanka office in Colombo 1 with the participation of State Minister of Higher Education Dr. Suren Raghavan as the chief guest.
Dr. Raghavan said, “Young talents come from areas where the 30-year war was waged, and now these opportunities are open for them, and they getting selected to such prominent program is something that I am personally happy about.”
While putting his faith in the four seeds who embarked on an ICT learning journey to China, he emphasized that Huawei is sowing these seeds for the future using the fine tone, and he anticipates that Huawei is investing in undergraduates to be involved in the state digitalisation program.
“Huawei’s involvement in upskilling local talent has been remarkable since 2016, and it is now time for us to extend our invitation to Huawei to collaborate with the government’s digitalisation plan,” the State Minister said.
This year’s Seeds for the Future launching ceremony was significant because Huawei invited two young Maldivians to collaborate with four Sri Lankan students to show the Asia Pacific Region and the world the talents that the two countries possess.
Huawei Sri Lanka CEO Tao Guangyao said, “We at Huawei are always committed to upskilling and improving the competitiveness of university youth, and more young talent means a brighter future for Sri Lanka, which makes me very happy.
What I would like to ask students who are about to embark on their journey to China is to view the opportunity to visit Huawei University, Research and Development base and other significant places related to Huawei as a golden opportunity. Visit the locations to gain knowledge, then return to Sri Lanka to put that knowledge to use in paving the way for Sri Lanka’s digital future.”
This year, the Seeds for the Future program provided an 8-day intensive training session, including cutting-edge ICT technologies, scientific and technological leadership, discussions on global topics and “Tech4Good” group projects.
