{"id":712,"date":"2021-12-21T05:18:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/?p=712"},"modified":"2021-12-21T05:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:26:52","slug":"winning-the-best-young-entrepreneur-award-at-the-jpura-employability-skills-awards-jesa-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/news\/winning-the-best-young-entrepreneur-award-at-the-jpura-employability-skills-awards-jesa-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning the Best Young Entrepreneur award at the J\u2019Pura Employability Skills Awards (JESA) 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chirantha Ranasinghe, a third year student who is concurrently engaged in his own entrepreneurial endeavours recently won the Best Young Entrepreneur award at the J\u2019Pura Employability Skills Awards (JESA) 2021 ceremony. He was also a semi finalist for the BESA award (Best Employability Skills Achiever).<\/p>\n<p>Chirantha\u2019s work is centred around creating CNC aided wooden crafts. Initially beginning with wooden souvenirs using CNC laser machines, he was able to upgrade them to produce many types of CNC aided wooden crafts. He is now expanding onto making clocks and 3D carvings. He will soon launch the website for his business and hopes to develop it further by moving onto to making aesthetic panels for architectural purposes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-715 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/1.jpg 1367w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/1-768x1151.jpg 768w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/1-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-716 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/2.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/2-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/2-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/2-1500x1000.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-717 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/3.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/3-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/3-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/eng.sjp.ac.lk\/mechanicaleng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/3-1500x1000.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chirantha Ranasinghe, a third year student who is concurrently engaged in his own entrepreneurial endeavours recently won the Best Young Entrepreneur award at the J\u2019Pura Employability Skills Awards (JESA) 2021 ceremony. He was also a semi finalist for the BESA award (Best Employability Skills Achiever). Chirantha\u2019s work is centred around creating CNC aided wooden crafts. 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