Daya Ratnayake
General R. M. Daya Ratnayake, WWV, RWP, RSP, USP is a retired Sri Lanka Army general. He was the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2013 to 2015 and is the current Secretary to the Ministry of Industries and former Chairman, Sri Lanka Ports Authority. Education He was educated at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. Military career He started his military career as an officer cadet in 1980 and received his basic training at the Sri Lanka Military Academy. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1981 in the Sri Lanka Light Infantry. He thereafter completed the Commando Officers Course, Infantry Young Officers Course and the Battalion Support Weapon Course. He had completed the Junior Command and Senior Command Courses at the Army War College, Mhow. From January 1993 to January 1996, Ratnayake served as commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, Sri Lanka Light Infantry. He attended the graduated from Defence Service Command and Staff College, Bangladesh; the National Defence University, China and the Army Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca. He has followed the Governance and Management of Defence Course at Cranfield University, UK, Higher Level Security Studies Diploma Course and Advanced Communication Skills Course in Asia-Pacific Centre for Security