Short CV

Lieutenant Colonel Janaka Menik Achchi studied at Tholangamuwa Central College and he started my military career by enlisting to the Intake 50 on 06th July 1999. After completion of basic military training at the SLMA, he was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to the Gajaba Regiment. Later on, He voluntarily joined Special Forces in the year 2001 and successfully completed Special Forces Basic Course Number 29 in the year 2002. Since 2002, he has played a vital role in being an extraordinary member of the Sri Lanka Army Special Forces. In addition to that he has followed many local and foreign courses few of them are, the Young Officers’ course in Sri Lanka, Balance style joint Exercise at Commando Regiment Training School, Combat Diving Course at Sri Lanka Navy Diving Training School, intelligence officers’ course – Military intelligence training school, Missile course at Infantry training school, He also followed, Gathak Commando Course in India, Young Officer Course in India, Basic Parachute Course in India, Unit Chief Diving Officer course in china. He also participated in many workshops and seminars in Sri Lanka and Overseas such as AAST (Army to Army Staff Talks) visit in India, Logistics staff course visit in India, and He served as Battalion contingent commander in Lebanon to provide protection to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). He followed many academic related courses and sharpened his knowledge in various subject areas such as IHL & HR course at the Institute of Peace Support Operations Training Sri Lanka, Potential Observer and Staff Officer Course, Logistics Staff Course Number – 05 at Army School of Logistics Trincomalee in year 2019. He pursued MBA in Logistics Management at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. He has held the key appointments of Group Commander 2nd Regiment Special Forces, Intelligence Officer 2nd Regiment Special Forces, Adjutant 2nd Regiment Special Forces, Officer Commanding K – SQN 4th Regiment Special Forces, Operation and Training Officer 2nd Regiment Special Forces, Instructor – Sri Lanka Military Academy Diyathalawa, Senior Diving Officer and Chief Diving Officer at Special Forces Combat Diving Training School, 2nd In Command 3rd Regiment Special Forces, Brigade Major SFBDE and Commanding Officer 4th Regiment Special. At present he is holding the appointment of Research Coordinator – Faculty of Defence and Strategic Studies, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. For his dedicated service to eliminate terrorism during the period of war and his participation in several significant military campaigns he has been awarded with the gallantry awards Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP) twice, Rana Sura Padakkma (RSP) twice and Uththama Sewa Padakkma (USP). Moreover, He got married to Mrs Inoka Sudharshani Premathilaka in year 2010.