Prof. E. A. Weerasinghe, the Founding Vice Chancellor of NSBM Green University, was honored with the prestigious Most Visionary Leader Award – 2025 at the Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year (SLEOTY) Awards 2025 by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL).

Prof. Weerasinghe was also conferred two Gold Awards for NSBM Green University: Gold Award in the National Extra-Large Category and Gold Award in the Western Province Extra-Large Category.

These recognitions were conferred at the Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year (SLEOTY) Awards 2025, held on 29th August at Cinnamon Life. Organized annually by FCCISL, SLEOTY is regarded as Sri Lanka’s most prestigious national-level recognition for leaders who demonstrate entrepreneurial excellence in productivity, innovation, financial strength, management, employment generation, technological advancement, competitiveness, and sustainability.

Prof. Weerasinghe’s recognition as Most Visionary Leader Award – 2025 stands as a powerful tribute to his visionary leadership in bridging the critical gap in higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka. Through the establishment of NSBM Green University, he pioneered a transformative educational model that has reshaped the nation’s higher education landscape and continues to make a profound contribution to Sri Lanka’s education sector and economy.

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The EDEX Expo is the ideal platform for the youth to take the first step in a long and fruitful journey to reach the pinnacle of success, making the right decision with full knowledge of all the options available to them. EDEX Careers offers free psychometric testing facilities, conducted by professional career guidance counsellors, helping the participants determine the best career paths suited specifically for them, based on their individual personalities and character traits. Additionally, the Career Guidance Seminars conducted by leading professionals and subject experts, covering key trending topics, will help participants gain knowledge and insights in to the respective areas, fields and industries.

The EDEX Expo Job Fair offers participants the chance to get a first-hand look at the job opportunities available in the market, while also having the possibility of on the spot interviews and even immediate recruitment. In addition, the youth (school leavers & first time job seekers), could get valuable guidance on the qualifications and experience etc. required to get a job in their chosen field in specific organisations and insights on what it’s like to work in these organisations.

The EDEX Expo thus offers a complete, comprehensive offering, staying with the youth of the country as they transition from School Leavers to Undergraduates and then on to launch their careers, joining the corporate sector ready to take on any task or responsibility given to them, going from strength to strength, to reach the pinnacle of success in their careers. Therefore it is very crucial that the youth, especially those immediately after their O/L or A/L examinations, looking to start their higher studies or step in to the corporate sector, visit the EDEX Expo first, so they’re certain they’ve made the right decision, with all options available being taken into consideration.

In addition, the EDEX brand is not limited to the Expo., but also extends to other areas of importance, namely; EDEX ThinkGreen, which initiates and encourages ‘Green’ Initiatives, one of it’s main, currently ongoing projects being handing out potted plants to students entering Royal, encouraging them to care for and maintain the plant, which grows along with them as they progress through their time in College | EDEX Sithuwam, which holds an Art Competition for kids (all those under 18), throughout the country, which has become a household name, eagerly awaited in many homes having kids with artistic capabilities all over the island | EDEX Entrepreneur, encouraging and guiding budding entrepreneurs to achieve their goals and realise their dreams, which also results in more employment for the citizens of the country.

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