OUR TRAINING
DATS follows the latest learner centered training concepts. An industry first in Sri Lanka. Students learn how to become their own learning managers and adapt the training process to their own particular learning style.
DATS employs instructors with a high level of industry knowledge and experience, who are qualified according to german standards.
DIMO is one of the leading engineering companies in Sri Lanka, representing over 80 world class brands ranging from Automotive, Construction, Building Management, Medical Engineering, Energy, Retail and Agriculture.
Our courses expose you to the latest technology offered by global brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Jeep, TATA, KOMATSU, Siemens, Thyssenkrupp, KSB and MTU.
OUR SUPPORT
DATS provides outstanding training to selected students every year without any charge or obligation on their part. During the training, trainees will receive meals, uniforms and footwear at the cost of DIMO.
DATS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Since 1990 over 550 have graduated from DATS, Sri Lanka’s most exclusive VET Academy.
Many DATS Alumni lead successful careers within the DIMO group itself.
Many have sought international career opportunities, working for the world’s topmost Automobile Brands as well as setting up their own businesses overseas. DATS Alumnis are in high demand in Europe, Australia, Middle east and North America.
The DATS Alumni Association has branches in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
The entrepreneurial spirit of DIMO’s founding fathers live on in the many successful entrepreneurs both in Sri Lanka and Overseas.
DATS BOARD OF STUDY MEMBERS
A.R. Pandithage
Appointments at DIMO
Appointed as Joint Managing Director in November 1984 and as Managing Director in 1986. Appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer in 1994. Appointed as the Chairman/Managing Director and CEO in July 2004 and continues as the Chairman/Managing Director from April 2012 to date.
Qualifications and Titles
Dip. Ing. (Germany), Member of the Institute of Engineers, Germany (VDI). Recipient of Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Expertise
Engineering and leadership
A.G. Pandithage
Appointments at DIMO
Joined the Company in September 1986 and appointed to the Board in December 1995. Appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 2006 and as Group Chief Executive Officer from April 2012 to date.
Qualifications and Titles
Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (CIMA). Alumni of Harvard Business School Advance Management Programme (AMP).
Expertise
Finance and leadership
B.C.S.A.P. Gooneratne
Appointments at DIMO
Joined the Company in January 2001 and appointed to the Board in April 2006.
Qualifications and Titles
Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL). MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri jayawardenepura.
Expertise
Finance
A.N. Ranasinghe
Appointments at DIMO
Appointed to Board in July 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and appointed as an Executive Director in August 2018.
Qualifications and Titles
Chartered Marketer, FCIM (UK), A Chemistry Special Hons graduate from University of Colombo, MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri jayawardenepura and a Professional Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing (DipM MCIM) from The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.
Expertise
Strategy, marketing and sales.
D.N.K. Kurukulasuriya
Appointments At DIMO
Joined the Company in 2008. Currently serving in the capacity of Chief Human Resources Officer. Instrumental in driving Human Resources Management of the organization to great heights and in winning many prestigious national & international awards for Human Resources Management Excellence including DIMO being recognized as a Great Place To Work in Sri Lanka for 6 consecutive years.
Qualifications and Titles
Attorney-at-Law, Diploma in Human Resources Development, a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law.
Certified for Gender Studies by the Gender Academy ILO International Training Centre, Turin.
Recipient of the Top 50 Women Award for Human Resources by “Women in Management” in 2017.
Recipient of the 100 Top Global HR Minds by the World HRD Congress.
Vimukthi Randeny
Appointments At DIMO
Joined the Company in 2015 as a Training Engineer.
Qualifications and Titles
BSc Mechanical Engineering (Hons) from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, AMIAESL, Certified German Vocational Trainer (AdA).
Chairman of the VET Council of the German Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka
Nandun Amarasinghe
Joined DATS in 1996 as a trainee. Instructor since 1998.
Among the foremost experts in Automobile Mechatronics in Sri Lanka.
Qualifications and titles
Technial Teacher qualification Manheim Germany (Internationales Institut für Berufsausbildung Mannhem)
MIAEASL.
Prof. K.K.C.K Perera
Kapila Perera is the Vice Chancellor, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Kapila joined UOM in 1995 as a professor and also served as a Lieutenant Commander of the regular force of the Sri Lanka Navy prior to joining university of Moratuwa.
He obtained a Masters Degree from University of California Davis in 1989 in Mechanical Engineering, followed by Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1993 from the same University. Prof. Perera’s research interests include Turbulent Heat Transfer and Combustion Modeling, Energy Sources, Renewable Energy Technologies and Co-generation.
Renuka Rodrigo
Renuka has studied in West Berlin,
Germany; has obtained Allgemeine Abitur at Robert Koch Oberschule Berlin, and has
completed her Degree – Ing. Grad. Electronics & Telecommunication Eng..at the Fachhochschule der Deutschen Bundespost Berlin. She holds a MSc. at University of Moratuwa. She has over 15 years of experience in project management with national and international organization; such
as GTZ (GIZ), GOPA Germany, MDF Netherlands, JAICA, KOICA, UNESCAP, IFC – World Bank, SMED of FCCISL and ADB projects etc. Her recent
GIZ TVET Pakistan
projects were to conceptualise and establish 05 Centers of Excellence for students and
TVET practitioners as per Pakistan National Skills Strategy in partnership with
National Vocational &Technical Training Commission and TVET authorities and implementing organisation development processes..
She has over 30 years of experience in the Education & TVET interventions in the public and private sector in Sri Lanka and overseas.
Josef Tschoep
Josef is experienced in managing industry-driven TVET activities and projects; with a focus on the German dual training system and its international transfer and a special interest in vocational training against the backdrop of international cooperation and development.
He has worked in education and training in Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Baltic states and is now head of vocational training in Sri Lanka.
Jobst Th. Ferber
Senior Training Manager at Daimler AG for over 40 years. Management of the Daimler Technical Training Center in Bremen/Germany with more than 500 vocational Trainees and 3,000 course participants p.a.
Management of Daimler/Juffali Training Center in Saudi-Arabia including the Training of Management staff and after-sales personnel. Worldwide manpower development assignments for Daimler AG in Nigeria, South Africa and Malaysia.
Has worked in various deployments in production departments of Daimler factories to improve quality (TQM) and cost effectiveness.
Senior Advisor for manpower development initiatives at Daimler AG, Germany.
Head of Department Industrial Technology GIZ, Abu Dhabi.
He was General Manager – Technical Competency Development at DIMO from 2015 to 2018.
