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