Lankan Maj. Gen. gains top award

Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe was awarded the prestigious gold medal 2009 for his thesis "Strategic Military Victory over LTTE" during his Master's Degree Course in the National Defence College of the Philippines.

Major General Hathursinghe who followed the Master in National Security Administration Course at this Defence College recently received his gold medal from Defence Undersecretary Antonio Santos during the graduation ceremony of the 44th Regular Course - Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) in Manila.

The one-year long course was followed by 32 students with 5 allied military officers from Malaysia , India , Nigeria and Sri Lanka. In addition to other military, government and private sector students. Each students was required to submit a 30,000 word thesis on a topic decided by the faculty of the college.

Major General Hathurusinghe received his tutorial guidance and assistance from the former Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Phillipines Lt. General Rodolfo Garcia.

The largely circulated English daily Manila Times on its September 2nd issue prominently carried a news story about his graduation with flying colours under the caption "Sri Lankan General gains top award at the National Defence College".