Friday, October 2, 2009

එන්න අපේ අඩවියට...

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තක්ෂිලානුවන්ගේ බ්ලොග් එක වෙත එවන්න.

Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe graduated with flying colours in Philippines Defence College

ආදි තක්ෂිලානුවකු වන මේජර් ජෙනරාල් මහින්ද හතුරුසිංහ මහතාට තක්ෂිලානුවන්ගේ උණුසුම් සුබ පැතුම්...

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The photograph of receiving the gold medal from Defence Under Secretary General A Santos




















Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe was awarded the prestigious Gold Medal - 2009 for his thesis "Strategic Military Victory over LTTE" during his master's degree course in the National Defence College of the Philippines.

Major General Hathurusinghe who followed the Master in National Security Administration course at this Defence College recently received his Gold Medal from Defence Undersecretary Antonio Santos during the graduation ceremony of the 44th Regular Course - Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) in Manila.

Geared toward preparing future defense and security leaders for command and other high positions in the armed forces, the intensive course requires its participants to undertake strategic research and special studies as the basis for the formation of policies to enhance national defense and the security programs of their respective countries.

The course was attended by several military officers from the Philippines and overseas, including India, Malaysia and Nigeria and in addition to other military, government and private sector students. General Hathurusinghe's erudite thesis entitled "Strategic military victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam" bested the other 32 thesis presented in the class of 2009 and took the prestigious gold medal.

Emerging top of the class and winning the gilded prize was no easy task, since all the students were required to submit a 30,000 word thesis on a topic decided by the Faculty of the College. Each dissertation then had to undergo a rigorous defence with academics from various educational institutions including the University of the Philippines.

That General Hathurusinghe (who was assigned former Armed Forces of the Philippines Vice Chief of Staff Lt. General Rodolfo Garcia, as his thesis advisor) was able to generate such a commendable impression with his thesis should hardly come as any surprise.

The largely circulated English daily "Manila Times" on its September 2nd issue prominently carried a news story about his graduation with flying colours under the caption "Sri Lankan General gains top award at the National Defense College".