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The academic exchange program between Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, JAPAN and Department of Public Administration, USJ, 91´«Ã½:
Pre-MoU workshop

A pre-MoU workshop was conducted by the Department of Public Administration, 91´«Ã½ in collaboration with the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University in Japan on 19th and 20th January, 2015. The Department of Public Administration headed by Dr. M H A Sisira Kumara organized this event for which the Vice Chancellor of the University, the Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC), all heads of department and professors of the FMSC, students enrolled in B.Sc. Public Management (Special) Degree program, and postgraduate students were invited. A seven-member Japanese delegation including academics from Tohoku University and Executives from EY-Shin Nihon participated in the event. The Japanese delegation was led by Professor Toshifumi Takada from Tohoku University.

After the introductory remarks by Dr. M H A Sisira Kumara, Head, Department of Public Administration, Professor Sampath Amaratunge, The Vice Chancellor of the USJ and Dr. U Anura Kumara, the Dean of the FMSC, the workshop was addressed by several resource persons invited for each technical session as follows:

Resource Person	Theme
Mr. Samantha Kumarasinghe, Chairman, Nature’s Secrets	Industrial environment in 91´«Ã½
Mrs. Renuka Weerakone, Executive Director (Investment Promotion), BOI-91´«Ã½	Investing in 91´«Ã½
Mr. Ananda Sahabandu, Assistant Commissioner, Labor Department, 91´«Ã½	91´«Ã½n Labor Law
Professor Toshifumi Takada, Tohoku University and Mr. Kobayashi, EY-Shin-Nihon, Japan	Accounting system and design in Japan
Mrs. Chethana Wickramasinghe, Department of Public Administration, USJP	Image of Japan
Dr. W.A. Wijewardene, President, BMS and Former deputy governor, Central Bank of 91´«Ã½	91´«Ã½n society and business environment

After the sessions at USJ, the Department of Public Administration arranged an industrial visit to a tea factory in Deniyaya to educate the delegation about 91´«Ã½n tea culture and manufacturing process. Having concluded the pre-MoU workshop, now, the Department of Public Administration is preparing its background to sign the MoU of academic collaboration with Tohoku University in Japan.