Serendib Flour Mills, a trusted wheat flour manufacturers in Sri Lanka, celebrated success on the global stage as one of its team members won international acclaim in Milling Technology.
Sanjeewa Dharmaratne, Assistant Miller, successfully bagged the Gold Medal for the Highest Achiever by securing first place and also won the “Best Student of the Year 2019” award in the International Flour Milling Technology course (ISMT) at the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) in Mysore, India. Sanjeewa outperformed over 30 Indian and international students during the one-year full-time course.
Serendib Flour Mills employees have a history of excelling in this reputed international course with Saheed Mohamed Shafrin, Assistant Miller, also winning the Gold Medal in 2016. The award win by Sanjeewa continues a winning trend of Serendib Flour Mills employees in 2019. At the recently-concluded National Sales Congress (NASCO) 2019 organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), the company’s employees bagged 3 awards – 2 Golds and 1 Bronze.
Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is a pioneering organization in Research and Development in the area of Food Science and Technology and Human Resource Development. In 1981, the International School of Milling Technology (ISMT) was formed as a joint Indo-Swiss venture and Roller Flour Millers’ Federation of India project to serve the needs of flour milling industry in India and other developing countries with regard to training in flour milling technology.
Sharing his thoughts on Sanjeewa’s achievement, Mohamed Hamza Khan Chief Technical Officer of Serendib Flour Millsstated, “The entire Serendib Flour Mills family offers our congratulations to Sanjeewa on his outstanding achievement in the ICFMT Flour Milling Technology course. He has brought glory to both the company as well as the country through this win. This is a tough 1-year course that trains students on the latest technologies in milling.
He was up against some tough competition with over 30 Indian and international students also following the course. Through sheer hard work, determination and commitment, Sanjeewa has been able to outshine all of them and come out on top of the batch. That is indeed a great achievement and we are all very proud of him.”
Serendib Flour Mills (Pvt) Ltd. is a BOI approved Flagship project funded by a renowned Dubai investor, the Al Ghurair Group.
The company provides high quality, nutritious and a wide variety of wheat flour products to bakers, eateries, hotels, households, industries and consumers across Sri Lanka. Operating from a state-of-the-art milling facility at the Colombo Port, Serendib
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