FCCISL unveils Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 award

The single most sought-after event in the business and industrial circles in Sri Lanka – the choosing of the Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year conducted by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) is now on.
The launch of the event took place at Taj Samudra Hotel and at the press conference following the launch, Kosala Wickramanayake, President, FCCISL declared that the 14th Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year – 2008 will be held in December this year.
Wickramanayake said that the Entrepreneur Awards gathers importance and year by year getting stronger with wider acceptance as a unique national recognition of the entrepreneurial skills and achievements in Sri Lanka. The main purpose is to motivate entrepreneurs to reach the best level of excellence.
In addition to the normal awards, the special categories – Woman Entrepreneur of the Year and the Young Entrepreneur of the Year would also be adjudged.
The classification of the awards would be: Provincial, Sectoral –Agribusiness, Industry, Services and Trading and Size – Micro and Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. The total investment in Micro and Small has to be less than Rs two million; Medium between Rs 2 Mn and 20 Mn; Large between Rs 20 Mn and 50 Mn and Extra Large would have to be more than Rs 50 million.
Each category in the provincial competition would be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze and in the National Awards there would be Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze and total awards presented would be 25.
The evaluation of the best entrepreneur would be in four stages – Preliminary Screening and Elimination; Desk Review; Site Visits and Individual Interviews by the panel of judges. The applications could be obtained from the FCCISL Secretariat and the applications will be closed by August 31, 2009.