June 28, 2011, Colombo, Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, today proudly announced the Platinum sponsorship of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2011. The Summit, which is the foremost business forum in Sri Lanka, is organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for the 12th consecutive year. This is Airtel’s 3rd consecutive year as Platinum Sponsor of the event. Scheduled for July 04 to 05, at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, the conference will focus on “Driving Growth through Fast Track Implementation”.

Amali Nanayakkara, CEO & MD Bharti Airtel Lanka ( Pvt) Ltd said, “As Sri Lanka steadily surges ahead towards an era of excellence, the strides already taken to become a key force in Asia are very encouraging. Given the prevalent opportunity for growth, we believe that a healthy public-private sector dialogue to accelerate the development of multi-dimensional socio economic platforms will undoubtedly enhance the quality of national development further. We are delighted therefore, to be able to facilitate the meeting of some of the best minds in Sri Lanka through the support extended to the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2011.”

To stimulate debate and arrive at far reaching initiatives to drive multi sector growth opportunity, a number of eminent public and private sector personalities will participate in the summit. Among them are Dr. P B Jayasundara, Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Planning, who will deliver a key note address at the inauguration, Mr Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Former Director, Economic Affairs, Commonwealth Secretariat, Mr. Malik Cader, Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourism and a host of other distinguished personalities.

Dr. Anura Ekanayake, Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said, that “As opportunity for development enhances, so is the need to accelerate its pace in line with the national vision to become yet another vibrant Asian community. The Sri Lanka Economic Summit will facilitate the commendable intention of charting an accelerated approach to the rational course for progress in Sri Lanka. We would like to thank Airtel for partnering with us and enabling the gathering of Sri Lanka’s elite intellectual resources to actively participate and address challenges and emerging issues that lay ahead in the path of driving enhanced growth for development.”
The Summit will present topics on Attracting Investments – The Ease of Doing Business, Financial Sector Challenges, Growth Opportunities in Tourism, ICT/ BPO, Higher Education and Skills, and host a number of breakout sessions ranging from Logistics (Ports, Shipping & Aviation), Agriculture, Plantations and Food Security, Health care and Health Insurance, Construction, and a special session on Breaking the Bottlenecks in development.