Chancellor General SHS Kottegoda (Retd) WWV RWP RSP VSV USP ndc

Board of Management

The management and administration of the university is governed by a Board of Management that consists of the following members appointed by His Excellency the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Chairman
Secretary, Ministry of Defence  General (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc MPhil (Chairman)
Members
Additional Secretary (Defence) Ministry of Defence Mr CSH Vithanaarachchi – Acting Additional Secretary (Defence)
Commander of the Army Lieutenant General HLVM Liyanage RWP RSP ndu
Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral UVMP Perera RSP & 2 Bars, USP, ndu, psc, MMaritimePol, MSc(DS) Mgt, MSc (MS & NSSS), BA (DS) Hons, PWO
Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal RAUP Rajapaksa RSP and two Bars, VSV, USP, MSc (MOA) USA, MSc (Def Stu) in Mgt, MA in IS&S (UK), BSc (Def Stu), MIM (SL), AMIE (SL), rcds, psc
Vice Chancellor, KDU Rear Admiral HGU Dammika Kumara, VSV, USP, psc, MMaritimePol, BSc (DS)
UGC Representative Prof. Sampath Amaratunge BA (Hons.) in Economics (USJP), MA in Economics (Colombo), MSc. in Economics of Rural Development (Saga National University), Ph.D. (Kogoshima National University in Japan) Chairman – University Grants Commission
Treasury Representative Mr. EA Rathnaseela Director General Department of Public Finance Ministry of Finance
Registrar – KDU (Secretary/Convener) Mr. VD Kithsiri (Secretary/Convener) E MBA (PIM – SJP), PGDM (SJP), BCom (Special) Hons, LICA & PI- CASL, Dip in English (Aquinas, SLIDA, ACHE)