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The institutions under the Army Training Command that train officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army are: . Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA)(Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්යාපීඨය) [1] - The Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa provides initial training for all regular army officers.
The Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) a corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The corps carries out much of the administrative work of the army. The role of the Corps is to provide logistic backing to Regular and Volunteer units by performing Financial/ Accounting Services, pay duties, legal services, running of agriculture projects and farms etc.
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a ranking methodology released annually by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The framework was approved by the former Ministry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education) and launched by the Minister on 29 ...
The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force undergo academic training together ...
The Indian Armament Studies, later renamed as the Institute of Armament Technology (now Defence Institute of Advanced Technology - DIAT) was founded by Patrick Blackett (Nobel Laureate-Physics-1948) and Daulat Singh Kothari (Padma Bushan & Padma Vibhushan) in 1952.
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.
In the recent years, the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers have been deployed in many parts of the country in support of military operations against terrorists. Since its conception in 1951 the corps has taken part in many development projects carried out in Sri Lanka by the government and has assisted during several natural disasters.
Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Active: 12 December 1949 - Present: Country Sri Lanka: Branch Sri Lanka Army: Type: Engineering: Role: Combat Support: Size: 6000 in 6 Units: Regimental Centre: Slave Island, Colombo: Motto(s) Skill to Battle: Colors March: Quick:Lillibullero: Anniversaries: 12 December (Regimental day) Engagements ...