{"id":153553,"date":"2025-12-08T17:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=153553"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:12:40","slug":"pathfinder-edtech-institute-opens-new-colombo-campus-to-strengthen-sri-lankas-digital-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/12\/08\/pathfinder-edtech-institute-opens-new-colombo-campus-to-strengthen-sri-lankas-digital-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathfinder EdTech Institute Opens New Colombo Campus to Strengthen Sri Lanka\u2019s Digital Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Press Release <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Pathfinder EdTech Institute officially opened its new Colombo campus located at No. 34, Sanchi Arachchi Gardens, Colombo 12, marking a significant step forward in its mission to support Sri Lanka\u2019s digital upskilling and workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremonial opening was led by former Ambassador <strong>Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>Chairman of the Pathfinder Foundation, and <strong>Mr. K. Balasundaram<\/strong>, Group Director\/CEO of MMBL Pathfinder along with<strong>Mr. Dilan Perera<\/strong>, Associate Director at HCLTech. Joining virtually from India, <strong>Ms. Srimathi Shivashankar<\/strong>, CVP &amp; Business Head \u2013 EdTech Services at HCLTech, praised the initiative and reaffirmed HCLTech\u2019s commitment to advancing digital skills training and employability in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event brought together industry leaders, academic partners, and well-wishers, reflecting the growing national importance of structured digital education and talent development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release Pathfinder EdTech Institute officially opened its new Colombo campus located at No. 34, Sanchi Arachchi Gardens, Colombo 12, marking a significant step forward in its mission to support Sri Lanka\u2019s digital upskilling and workforce development. The ceremonial opening was led by former Ambassador Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke, Chairman of the Pathfinder Foundation, and Mr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153554,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153553\/revisions\/153554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}