Janaka Walgama

Major General Janaka Walgama RSP,VSV, USP,ndu, psc
Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service/branch	Sri Lankan Army
Years of service	1980 –
Rank	Major General
Commands held	General Officer Commanding 22 Division Trincomalee General Officer Commanding 65 Division Thunukkai General Officer Commanding 51 Division in Jaffna
Battles/wars	Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	RSP, USP and psc
Other work	Director General Defence Intelligence

Major General Janaka Walgama RSP,VSV, USP,ndu, psc is the Commander Security Forces - East in Sri Lanka.^[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Janaka received his education from Nalanda College Colombo. Contemporaries of Janaka at Nalanda are the present Air Chief, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala, Major General Milinda Peiris, Major General Ubaya Madawela, Consultant Neurologist Udaya Ranawaka & former Sri Lanka test cricketer Sanath Kaluperuma.^[4]

Army career

During the war times he was the General Officer Commanding 22 Division in Trincomalee and Commander for 65 Division in Thunukkai (Kilinochchi).

Prior to the present appointment he held the appointments as the Commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff College, Director General Operations at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff. He was the General Officer Commanding 51 Division in Jaffna and Director General of Defence Intelligence also at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff earlier.^[5]

He has also been the Commandant of the Sri Lanka Military Academy at Diyatalawa thus been the only serving Sri Lankan Army Officer to hold both appointments as the Commandant of the Military Academy and the Staff College respectively. He was also the former Colonel Military Secretary at the Army Headquarters.

References

1. Defence Services Command and Staff College
2. Bid Farewell to Commandant
3. Articles - Maj Gen N J Walgama RSP USP ndu psc Assumed Duties as The Commandant of DSCSC
4. මම ඉපදුණේ ගුවන් යානයකද කියලා බොහෝ දෙනෙක් අහනවා
5. Royalists Donate Sports & School Items to Kulamangal R.C. School Students

• "National flags fly in Jaffna on 63rd Independence day". Ministry of Defence - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

• "Major shuffle in the Army after poll victory". Sunday Times. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

• "Army joins Jaffna cricket fans to greet Sri Lankan team". Crisanto Global. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

• "In the east, a fragile peace". Living Media India Limited. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2011.