30th August 2018 10:12:40 Hours
The General Officer Commanding 56 Division, Brigadier DAPN Dematanpitiya ndu psc of Sri Lanka Signal Corps was promoted to the rank of Major General by His Excellency the President on 28 August 2018 for his dedicated service rendered and sheer commitment towards the best interest of the nation throughout his 33 years long illustrated military career. He wore his new ranks in a brief ceremony held after paying homage at Madukanda Temple on 29 August 2018.
Major General Prabath Dematanpitiya joined the Sri Lanka Army on 07 October 1985 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 24 July 1986 having completed his Basic Military Training at Sri Lanka Military Academy and Officers Training School Pakistan. He was then posted to the Sri Lanka Signal Corps as a Young Officer and he was subsequently promoted to the ranks of Lieutenant on 07 October 1988, Captain on 11 January 1990, Major on 01 November 1994, Lieutenant Colonel on 10 May 2005, Colonel on 31 January 2008 and Brigadier on 05 October 2010.
Major General Prabath Dematanpitiya has held Command, Staff and Instructional appointments both in the Army and Regimental levels during his 33 years of service in the Army. Some of the key appointments held at the regimental level are Adjutant Regimental Centre, Commandant School of Signals, Staff Officer 1 at Signal Brigade, Commanding Officer 3 SLSC and Commander Signal Brigade. Some of the key appointments held at the Army level are Senior Instructor Sri Lanka Military Academy, Colonel General Staff at 23 Infantry Division, Directing Staff at Defence Services Command and Staff College Batalanda, Commander 523 and 552 Infantry Brigades and Brigadier Coordinator at Defence Services Command and Staff College Batalanda. He was the Director Information Technology before he was appointed as the General Officer Commanding of 56 Division.
Major General Prabath Dematanpitiya is a graduate of the Sri Lanka Army Command and Staff College Batalanda and he won the Commandant’s Golden Pen for producing the best research paper in the year 2001. Moreover, he is a proud alumna of National Defence University Pakistan. Further he holds MSc Dgree in National Security and War Studies earned from the National Defence University Pakistan and presently reading for MBA in Supply Chain Management at Kotelawala Defence University. Major General DAPN Dematanpitiya ndu psc is an old boy of prestigious Nalanda College Colombo.
