The Diploma Awarding Ceremony of Diploma in People Skills (DPS) and Diploma in Enterprise Resource Planning (DERP) offered by Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya was held on 9th September 2020 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies. DERP and DPS are offered to the undergraduates of the Department of Marketing Management parallel to the degree programme. Prime objective of this innovative initiation is to make the graduates readily employable in the right employment. Specifically, DPS aims at inculcating the right attitude in undergraduates and Nestle Lanka PLC and Unilever Sri Lanka are the main strategic partners in this programme. DERP is a result of the SAP University Alliance Partnership of the Department of Marketing Management which aims at developing IT skills of the undergraduates and attune Consulting is the main delivery partner.

Diploma awarding ceremony was graced by invitees from both academia and the industry including Dr. P. N. D. Fernando - Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, Dr. Ravi Dissanayake - Head of the Department of Marketing Management, Mr. S. Uditha Bandara -Coordinator of Diploma in People Skills, Ms. Shanika Wijenayake - Coordinator of Diploma in Enterprise Resource Planning, heads of the other Departments, faculty members, Mr. Fabrice Cavallin - Managing Director of Nestle Lanka PLC, Mr. Deepal Kanchana – Operations Director of the Global Development Centre of attune Consulting and members of the external resource panel. In the ceremony, the strategic partners and the resource panel of both diplomas were recognized for their generous contribution in uplifting the quality of undergraduates.