Cadet Government Investiture Ceremony 2025

Cadet Government Investiture Ceremony 2025 of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University was held on 20^th March 2025 at the parade grounds of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. The ceremony was graced by Rear Admiral HGU Dammika Kumara, VSV, USP, psc, MMaritimePol, BSc (DS) the Vice Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Brig RKARP Rathnayake RSP USP psc The Deputy Vice Chancellor Defence and Administration, Deans of the Faculties, Senior Officers, Military Staff, Academic and Non-Academic Staff were present at the ceremony.

The aim of Cadet Government Investiture Ceremony was to uplift the standards of the Officer Cadets by appreciating the progress shown during the period of training. Further, this event is organized to motivate other Officer Cadets to reach high performance beyond the call of duty in their tenure as Officer Cadets. The appointments of Cadet Government Ranks approved by BOM for Officer Cadets were awarded for their performances in academics, physical fitness, Discipline, Club activities, Sports activities and Extra curricular activities throughout the past year.

The Cadet Government for the year 2025 was officially declared during the same ceremony where a total number of 148 Officer Cadets from Intake 39, 40 and 41 received appointments of Cadet Government.

The Cadet Government is appointed with a view of encouraging Officer Cadets to shoulder responsibilities, maintain discipline among Officer Cadets and Day Scholars and uplift their leadership qualities. The duties of the Cadet Government are implemented according to the standing orders given by KDU. The Cadet Government comprise the ranks of University Under Officer (UUO), Deputy University Under Officer (Dy UUO), Faculty Under Officer (FUO), Troop Under Officer (TUO), University Cadet Sergeant Major (UCSM), University Cadet Quarter Master Sergeant (UCQMS), Faculty Sergeant Major (FSM), Faculty Quarter Master Sergeant (FQMS), Cadet Sergeant (C/Sgt), Cadet Corporal (C/Cpl) and Cadet Lance Corporal (C/L/Cpl). Following Officer Cadets were selected as major appointment holders of the Cadet Government for the year 2025.

CADET GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT HOLDERS – 2025

INTAKE 39:

Ser	SVC No	Rank	Name	Tp	Faculty	Cdt Gov Appt	Appointed Faculty
1	6392	TUO	RMDS Harippriya	Alpha	FOC	UUO	UNI
2	6362	TUO	RARC Ranasinghe	Alpha	FOE	D/UUO	UNI
3	6384	C/SGT	LANL Deshan	Alpha	FOE	UCSM	UNI
4	6380	C/CPL	EAPR Jayantha	Alpha	FOE	UCQMS	UNI
5	6365	FUO	PSS Fernando	Alpha	FOE	FUO	FOE
6	6389	FUO	OPLN De Silva	Alpha	FOC	FUO	FOC
7	6318	TUO	BI Karunaratne	Charly	FOM	FUO	FOM
8	6368	TUO	GDP Jayathunga	Alpha	FOE	FUO	FOCJ
9	6387	TUO	IHAC Iddagoda	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOE
10	6508	FQSM	Mwita Mwita Charles	Alpha	FOC	TUO	FOC
11	6480	TUO	RADSS Abeysekara	Alpha	FOC	TUO	FOC
12	6298	TUO	KG Sathiamoorthie	Bravo	FOM	TUO	FOM
13	6301	FSM	RAN Abthullah	Bravo	FOM	TUO	FOM
14	6125	C/SGT	SDA Shavinda	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOE
15	6390	FSM	AHM Pushpakumara	Alpha	FOC	FSM	FOC
16	6320	FQMS	PAGA Chathuranga	Charly	FOM	FSM	FOM
17	6385	C/SGT	KMSY Rodrigo	Alpha	FOE	FSM	FOE
18	6391	O/C	UGD Prabodha	Alpha	FOC	FQMS	FOC
19	6314	C/CPL	GGLP Kumara	Charly	FOM	FQMS	FOM
20	6360	FQMS	DGMSB Dissanayake	Alpha	FOE	FQMS	FOE
21	6382	FQSM	DDPL Chandrasiri	Alpha	FOE	C/SGT	FOE
22	6500	C/SGT	Mohamed NDAO	Alpha	FOC	C/SGT	FOC
23	6335	C/L/CPL	GDR Sirithunga	Bravo	FOM	C/SGT	FOM
24	6336	C/CPL	PUM Perera	Bravo	FOM	C/SGT	FOM
25	6378	C/L/CPL	RRGSN Senarathna	Alpha	FOE	C/SGT	FOE
26	6370	FSM	PSR Dilshan	Alpha	FOE	C/CPL	FOE
27	6363	O/C	AMKGMRB Abeysinghe	Alpha	FOE	C/CPL	FOC
28	6290	C/L/CPL	AB Kuruppu Arachchi	Bravo	FOM	C/CPL	FOM
29	6296	C/L/CPL	SPD Waga Arachchi	Bravo	FOM	C/CPL	FOM
30	6367	C/L/CPL	WKD Fernando	Alpha	FOE	C/CPL	FOE
31	6374	C/L/CPL	IDS Dilshan	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
32	6361	C/SGT	OVW Liyanage	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
33	6383	C/CPL	KHKD Vidyamana	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
34	6376	FSM	S Saraf Ahamed	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
35	6379	O/C	HAT Dilshan	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
36	6381	O/C	HGD Nadiranga	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
37	6499	C/L/CPL	Mamadou Lamine	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOC
38	6377	C/L/CPL	CAS Sulochana	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOC
39	6502	C/L/CPL	Mugabo Raymond	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOC
40	6359	C/L/CPL	HKH Perera	Charly	FOM	C/L/CPL	FOM
41	6319	C/L/CPL	KLB Kaduwela	Charly	FOM	C/L/CPL	FOM
42	6322	C/SGT	KDAR De Silva	Charly	FOM	C/L/CPL	FOM
43	6300	O/C	PMSD Senevirathne	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FOM
44	6316	O/C	PK Paranaliyanage	Charly	FOM	C/L/CPL	FOM

INTAKE 40:

Ser	SVC No	Rank	Name	Troop	Faculty	Cdt Government Appt	Appointed Faculty
1	6510	C/CPL	MPN Abhishek	Alpha	FOE	FUO	FAHS
2	6691	TUO	ALHS Aruppola	Charlie	FMSH	FUO	FOL
3	6597	TUO	TS Kirindegamaarachchi	Charlie	FOC	FUO	FOT
4	6729	O/C	Anish Kumar Chaudhary	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOE
5	6509	O/C	WK Malshika	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOL
6	6545	C/LCPL	GGRMD Senavirathna	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOE
7	6518	O/C	NGWMAL Senavirathne	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOT
8	6529	O/C	ONS Uhanovita	Alpha	FOE	TUO	FOT
9	6549	TUO	MGN Nuwanidu	Bravo	FOM	TUO	FAHS
10	6550	C/SGT	VS Hiriyadeniya	Bravo	FOM	TUO	FAHS
11	6515	O/C	WMMD Bandara	Alpha	FOE	FSM	FOT
12	6740	O/C	JMMD Herath	Charlie	FMSH	FSM	FOL
13	6569	C/SGT	GBD Prabhashwara	Bravo	FOM	FSM	FAHS
14	6548	O/C	MPDN Pathirana	Bravo	FOM	FQSM	FAHS
15	6517	O/C	DLD Weerasekara	Alpha	FOE	FQSM	FOL
16	6516	O/C	PAM Tharaka	Alpha	FOE	FQSM	FOT
17	6520	O/C	RPS Ranathunga	Alpha	FOE	C/SGT	FOE
18	6591	C/L/CPL	WDS Weerakkodi	Bravo	FOM	C/SGT	FAHS
19	6727	O/C	Musinguzi Kelleb	Alpha	FOE	C/SGT	FOE
20	6570	C/CPL	NAOVV Nissanka	Bravo	FOM	C/SGT	FAHS
21	6695	L/O/C	RDNP Frenando	Charlie	FMSH	C/SGT	FOL
22	6731	C/L/CPL	Mbaye Ndiaye	Charlie	FOC	C/SGT	FOT
23	6511	C/LCPL	WKJPJ Kosgolla	Alpha	FOE	C/CPL	FOE
24	6728	O/C	Basudev Tamang	Alpha	FOE	C/CPL	FOE
25	6589	L/O/C	RMKUR Bandara	Bravo	FOM	C/CPL	FAHS
26	6565	C/L/CPL	KTSG Kaluarachchi	Bravo	FOM	C/CPL	FAHS
27	6690	L/O/C	MW Ranmini	Charlie	FMSH	C/CPL	FOL
28	6741	L/O/C	KMAN Perera	Charlie	FMSH	C/CPL	FOL
29	6519	TUO	KUTW Bandara	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
30	6689	O/C	AGHL Rajakaruna	Charlie	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOE
31	6537	O/C	MI Bizia	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
32	6536	O/C	DGSS Dahanayaka	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
33	6528	O/C	KLAU Induwara	Alpha	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
34	6523	O/C	DPSL Samarasekara	Alpha	FOE	C/L/Cpl	FOE
35	6551	O/C	WADAM Warnakula	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FAHS
36	6566	O/C	WWCE Senarath	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FAHS
37	6572	O/C	TM Ajmal	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FAHS
38	6568	C/L/CPL	HMJB Herath	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FAHS
39	6552	O/C	AHAS Weerakoon	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FAHS
40	6581	L/O/C	PG Jayathunga	Bravo	FOM	C/L/CPL	FAHS
41	6694	L/O/C	KTC Perera	Charlie	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOT
42	6693	L/O/C	SASW Subasinghe	Charlie	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOT

INTAKE 41:

Ser	SVC No	Rank	Name	Troop	Faculty	Cdt Government Appt	Appointed Faculty
1	6835	O/C	H.M.N.N.Bandara	Bravo	FMSH	FUO	FMSH
2	6898	O/C	SAHE Samarasinghe	Delta	FDSS	FUO	FDSS
3	6777	O/C	BLTI Wewelgomuwe	Charlie	FOE	TUO	FOE
4	6933	O/C	RH Vincent	Alpha	FMSH	TUO	FMSH
5	6886	O/C	MPD Sandaruwan	Echo	FOT	TUO	FDSS
6	6885	O/C	AW Nadeera	Echo	FOT	TUO	FOM
7	6802	O/C	HAKD Hettiarachchi	Echo	FMSH	TUO	FOCJ
8	6881	L/O/C	BNR Fernando	Echo	FOC	TUO	FOC
9	6897	F/O/C	Hubert Mucyo (Ruwanda)	Alpha	FOC	TUO	FMSH
10	6904	L/O/C	DMS Dawson	Charlie	FOM	TUO	FOM
11	6822	O/C	DDOKD Perera	Alpha	FMSH	FSM	FMSH
12	6834	O/C	DGBS Wijesinghe	Bravo	FMSH	FSM	FDSS
13	6798	O/C	KASL Wickramanayake	Delta	FOL	FSM	FOCJ
14	6887	O/C	HWLN Gunarathne	Echo	FOT	FQMS	FMSH
15	6888	O/C	PKAL Wijayarathne	Echo	FOT	FQMS	FOCJ
16	6878	O/C	MRM Ashan	Echo	FOC	FQMS	FDSS
17	6949	O/C	KDTI Edirisingha	Echo	FMSH	C/SGT	FOC
18	6825	L/O/C	TSV Perera	Alpha	FMSH	C/SGT	FMSH
19	6819	O/C	KDKG Priyawardana	Alpha	FMSH	C/SGT	FDSS
20	6781	O/C	N Sajaa Ahamed	Charlie	FOE	C/SGT	FOE
21	6857	L/O/C	KRD Kavindya	Alpha	FMSH	C/SGT	FOM
22	6838	L/O/C	TMNN Weerakoon	Bravo	FMSH	C/SGT	FOM
23	6915	O/C	MHS Sasmitha	Echo	FMSH	C/SGT	FOCJ
24	6844	L/O/C	DTYWTMB Thalawinna	Bravo	FMSH	C/SGT	FMSH
25	6876	O/C	MHKP Pushpakumara	Alpha	FOC	C/SGT	FOC
26	6855	L/O/C	KMN Anthony	Alpha	FMSH	C/CPL	FMSH
27	6890	O/C	HNSP Fernando	Delta	FOCJ	C/CPL	FOCJ
28	6837	O/C	AAN Nirmal Athauda	Bravo	FMSH	C/CPL	FMSH
29	6808	O/C	RMRA Rathnayake	Echo	FMSH	C/CPL	FOM
30	6951	O/C	LGMJ Anuradha	Alpha	FMSH	C/CPL	FDSS
31	6505	F/L/O/C	R Makadawire	Alpha	FMSH	C/CPL	FOM
32	6803	O/C	KBYS Basnayake	Echo	FMSH	C/CPL	FOE
33	6941	O/C	MBK Monaravila	Bravo	FMSH	C/CPL	FOC
34	6889	O/C	AKDN Vindiya	Echo	FOT	C/L/CPL	FDSS
35	6788	L/O/C	MMUN Bandara	Charlie	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
36	6936	O/C	RMTD Rathnayake	Delta	FOCJ	C/L/CPL	FOCJ
37	6787	L/O/C	PDDW Amarasinghe	Charlie	FOE	C/L/CPL	FMSH
38	6807	L/O/C	AAID Arachchige	Echo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FMSH
39	6759	O/C	JRSA Panaluwa	Delta	FDSS	C/L/CPL	FDSS
40	6907	O/C	KAK Apoorwa	Charlie	FOE	C/L/CPL	FOE
41	6920	O/C	WACD Wanigasooriya	Alpha	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FMSH
42	6929	O/C	B.S.Liyanage	Bravo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FMSH
43	6833	O/C	WMDS Weerasinghe	Alpha	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOM
44	6959	O/C	HLVP Karunarathna	Bravo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOM
45	6919	O/C	MGY Kavinda	Echo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOM
46	6815	O/C	NDCM Wijerathne	Echo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOM
47	6924	O/C	MACL Maddumage	Bravo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOM
48	6879	O/C	WCS Fernando	Echo	FOC	C/L/CPL	FOC
49	6813	O/C	WARN Silva	Echo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FOM
50	6923	O/C	WMUK Sri Bandara	Bravo	FMSH	C/L/CPL	FMSH