CSE shines at IPM Great HR Quiz 2016

From left: Nushara Fonseka, Dulani Warnakulasooriya, Arfath Saleem, Ashan Thareendra, Kusal Nissanka, IPM Treasurer Ajith Bopitiya, Ruchira Jayasinghe, Maleesha De Silva, Kaushal Siriwardena, Nishantha Hewavithana and Nadeera Athukorale

Two teams representing the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) were placed as the winner and runner-up under the Special category at the Great HR Quiz organised by the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM).

2016 marks the second occasion a team representing the CSE has excelled in the competition following a win in the Special category in 2015. 
The Great HR Quiz was organised for the third consecutive year and attracted the participation of 53 corporates from around the country and South Asian region. The quiz offered a unique opportunity for private and public sector employees to showcase knowledge and an understanding on the field of human resource management and beyond. 

Conducted as a team-based event, the quiz saw the participation of organisations categorized under Banking/Finance/Insurance, IT/Software/Telecom/BPO, Travel and Hospitality/Leisure, Apparel and Textile, Manufacturing/FMCG, Food and Beverage along with an additional Special category, through which the CSE was granted the opportunity 
to compete.  
The two teams submitted by the CSE performed remarkably well to win the Special category and were placed fifth and eighth in the overall competition. The competition format included two rounds on human resource management followed by further rounds on organisational behaviour, current affairs, sports and a final round on contemporary human 
resources management. 

The CSE teams were represented by Kusal Nissanka, Nishantha Hewavithana, Kaushal Siriwardena, Nadeera Athukorale, Ruchira Jayasinghe, Dulani Warnakulasooriya, Ashan Thareendra, Arfath Saleem, Nushara Fonseka and Maleesha 
De Silva.