Name: Major Sameera Samarasinghe Lsc, MBA, BSc, JP (WI)
Profession: Commissioned Officer – Sri Lanka Army
Appointment: Staff Officer 2 – FDSS
Contact Details: Mobile: 094710219296
E-Mail: sameerasamarasinghe9@gmail.com
Major Sameera Samarasinghe is member of the Gemunu Watch, SL Army. He is a proud product of Kingswood College, Kandy. He joined the Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet on 14 July 2006 to the Intake 64 of Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA). Upon completion of basic military/academic training from SLMA and University of Sabaragamuwa (SUSL) he was Commissioned on 20 Dec 2008 and posted to the Gemunu Watch, one of the Infantry Outfits of Sri Lanka Army.
During his tour of duty, he has held many important Command, Staff and Instructional appointments in the Sri Lanka Army.:
Command Appointments
- Platoon Commander -8th Battalion The Gemunu Watch.
- Officer Commanding – 8th Battalion The Gemunu Watch.
- Officer Commanding (Comd and Admin ) – 5th Battalion The Gemunu Watch
- Second In Command (Overlooking) – 5th Battalion The Gemunu Watch
- Platoon Commander – UN Peace Keeping Mission in Haiti
Staff Appointments
- Intelligence Officer – 8th Battalion The Gemunu Watch .
- Adjutant – 8th Battalion The Gemunu Watch
- Staff Officer III (coordinating) – Office of the Chief of Defence Staff
- Staff Officer II – President Security Division
- Staff Officer II – KDU
Instructor Appointments
- Directing Staff – Army School of Logistics
In recognition of his valuable and unblemished service rendered to the Army/ Country and UN umbrella, he has awarded with following medals:
- North Humanitarian operation
- East Humanitarian Operation
- Uturu Nagenahira medal
- Poornaboomi medal
- Deeraga Seva medal
- 75th Anniversary of Independence Medal.
- Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal.
- Sewabhimani Medal.
- Service Medal.
- Videasa Seva medal
- UN Peace Keeping Medal
- Bachelor of Science in Military Studies – University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka. (Second Class )
- MBA in Logistics Management -KDU
- MSc in Strategic Studies and International Relations ( R ) -KDU
- Dip in Electrical Study (Ireland)
- Dip in Material Management (Pakistan)
Major Sameera Samarasinghe has qualified in following local and overseas courses:
Local Courses such as:
- Officer Cadet Course- Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa (2006)
- Young Officers Course- CRTS/ATS/ITC. (2008)
- Junior Staff Course- SLMA (2010)
- Unit Admin Officer Course.-Log Comd (2010)
- Battalion Support Weapon Course -ITC (2012)
- Air Mobile Course – Air Mobile Training School (2017)
- Logistics Staff Course -ASL (2018)
Foreign Courses such as:
- Platoon Commander Course -Malaysia
- Basic Tactics & Military Ethos Course- India.
- Logistics Staff Course -Pakistan
- Air Liaison Officer Course -Haiti
Major Sameera Samarasinghe has attended for following Seminars, Visits, Conferences and Workshops:
- Logistics Staff Course Delegation (2019)-Pakistan
- Logistics Staff Course Delegation (2020)-Pakistan
- Logistics Staff Course Delegation (2021)-India
- Defence Chief Dialog 2015 .
- The Victory Dictation on Great Patriotic War conducted at Russian House, Colombo 07 (27 April 2023)
- Student Research Forum 2023 (Strategic Futures of an Emerging World Order) organized by Faculty of Defence and Strategic Studies at Kotelawala Defence University. (15 August 2023).
- International Research Conference 2023(Achieving Resilience through Digitalization, Sustainability and Sectoral Transformation) of Kotelawala Defence University. (07 and 08 September 2023).
- Workshop on Applied Research conducted by ISG -USA (17 and 18 Oct 2023)
The areas of interest of the Senior Officer are as follows.
- Co -Author of paper (Resilient future by adopting sustainable practices) published on International Research Conference 2023 held on 07 and 08 September 2023 at Kotelawala Defence University.
- Interest on “Strategic Studies” , “International Relations and Supply Chain Management .
- Instructor in Leadership, Management, Customs and Etiquette.