Inauguration Ceremony of 4th Defence Attache Orientation Course in Defence and Diplomacy

The inauguration ceremony of 4th Defence Attache Orientation Course in Defence and Diplomacy was held on 06th December 2021 at Faculty of Graduate Studies, Kotelawala Defence University.

The inaugural session was graced by Major General Milinda Peiris RWP RSP VSV USP, Vice Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.

This course will be conducted from 06th to 10th December 2021 at Faculty of Graduate Studies. Below mentioned twenty-six (26) local and foreign participants engaged for this course.

  1. Capt (CDO) Liyana Arachchige Dumindu Windya Abeywickrama, Deputy Director Naval Welfare, Directorate of Welfare, Sri Lanka Navy
  2. Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Amir, Principal Director, Plans, Policy and Resource Management, Maldives National Defence Force
  3. Colonel MMT Bandara, Sri Lanka Army
  4. Colonel Maxim Bykov, Division Head, Troop Service and Military Service Safety Directorate, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
  5. Captain (C) HRD de Zoysa, Commanding Officer, Sri Lanka Navy
  6. Ms Scahini Sewwandi Dias Dissanayake, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka
  7. Colonel MN Gunawardana, Sri Lanka Army
  8. Lieutenant Colonel MMAJJ Gunawardhana, Sri Lanka Army
  9. Group Captain AV Jayasekera, Sri Lanka Air Force
  10. Captain (N) Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Buddhika S.B. Jayaweera, Director Operation, Sri Lanka Navy
  11. Colonel Ronaldo Juan, Defence Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in the Republic of India
  12. Major Roland Kandutsch, Country Panel Expert, Military Diplomacy Division, Ministry of National Defence and Sport of the Republic of Austria
  13. Captain (G) Amarasinghe Arachchillage Chaminda Karunasena , Sri Lanka Nany
  14. Captain (N) Jakarin Khowrat, Defence and Naval Attache, Royal Thai Embassy in the Republic of India
  15. Colonel MWS Millagala, Commissioned Officer, MS BR, Sri Lanka Army
  16. Ms Mayuri Perera, Senior Assistant Secretary (Defence IV), Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka
  17. Major Markus Pichler, Country Panel Expert, Military Diplomacy Division, Ministry of National Defence and Sport of the Republic of Austria
  18. Group Captain GPNC Piyasena, Sri Lanka Air Force
  19. Colonel KA Pushpakumara, Sri Lanka Army
  20. Captain (N) Nimal Ranasinghe, Deputy Director Naval Projects and Plans, Sri Lanka Navy
  21. Commander Naoki Saito, Oversea Exercise Planner, Operational and Support Division, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
  22. Commodore Mohammed Rashed Sattar, Officer, Ministry of Defence of Bangladesh
  23. Colonel DKRN Silva, Sri Lanka Army
  24. Major Andrew Teruya, Foreign Area Officer, Defence Attache Office
  25. Group Captain Weerasekara Arachchilage Samantha Bandara Weerasekara, Officer Commanding Personal Services, Sri Lanka Air Force
  26. Colonel SP Wickramasekara, Sri Lanka Army