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 Hathurusinghe 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.
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| Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe receiving his award from Philippine Defence Undersecretary Antonio Santos |
The one - year course was followed by 32 students with 5 allied military officers from Malaysia (2), India (1), Nigeria (1) and Sri Lanka (1) in addition to other military, government and private sector students.
Each student was required to submit a 30,000 word thesis on a topic decided by the faculty of the college.
Academics from the University of the Philippines and other academic institutes supervise the thesis before graduation is awarded.
Major General Hathurusinghe received his tutorial guidance and assistance from the former Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Lieutenant General Rodolfo Garcia.
The largely circulated English daily "Manila Times" on its September 2 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". |
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