{"id":264,"date":"2025-04-29T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/?p=264"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:53:43","slug":"actuarial-career-talk-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/actuarial-career-talk-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Actuarial Career Talk &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Actuarial and Data Science Society (ADSS)<\/strong> successfully hosted the <strong>Actuarial Career Talk<\/strong> on 11\/09\/2024 at Computer Science Auditorium of University of Ruhuna, providing students with valuable insights into the world of actuarial science and career opportunities within the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This engaging session was designed to connect undergraduates with experienced professionals, helping them explore the real-world applications of actuarial work, industry trends, and essential skills needed for career advancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1715783684429.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:174px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1715783684429.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1715783684429-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1715783684429-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1715783684429-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Mrs. Saroja Gunatilleke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultant in Actuarial and Risk Management<br>and the Managing Director of SG Actuarial Academy in Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Key highlights from the session included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Real-life experiences and career journeys shared by distinguished actuarial professionals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussion on exams, qualifications, and pathways for becoming an actuary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploration of actuarial roles across insurance, risk management, finance, and data analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An open Q&amp;A session, where students actively engaged with the speakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event sparked curiosity, inspired new ambitions, and encouraged many to seriously consider pursuing actuarial careers. We thank all the guest speakers, participants, and organizers for making this event a success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This talk was one step forward in our mission to <strong>empower the future with actuarial and data science excellence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Actuarial and Data Science Society (ADSS) successfully hosted the Actuarial Career Talk on 11\/09\/2024 at Computer Science Auditorium of University of Ruhuna, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.math.ruh.ac.lk\/adss\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}