Type | Defence Service Training Institute |
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Established | 2021 |
Commandant | Major General Sujeewa Senarath Yapa |
Location | , |
Website | www.ndc.ac.lk |
The National Defence College, located in Colombo, is the defence service training institute and highest seat of strategic learning for officers of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Sri Lanka Police and the Public Services. This is a very prestigious course attended only by selected officers of One-Star rank and public servants of the senior grade of class 1. Foreign course participants from friendly foreign countries including India are also invited to attend. This college provides strategic leadership to the Government of Sri Lanka in national and international security matters and also acts as a think tank.[1]