Navy bids adieu to Rear Admiral Janaka Gunaseela

The Sri Lanka Navy today (18 Dec 25) bade farewell to Rear Admiral Janaka Gunaseela, as he relinquished his duties to which he was committed over the past 35 years in the Sri Lanka Navy.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda, along with the members of the Board of Management and Area Authorities of the Sri Lanka Navy, extended best wishes to the retiring officer celebrating his 55th birthday today. Thereupon, Rear Admiral Gunaseela was accorded a Guard of Honour in accordance with time-honoured naval traditions. As the customary event drew to a close, fellow naval officers made their formal farewells to the retiring senior officer, before he was sent off in a motorcade amidst the cheers of naval personnel.

Rear Admiral Janaka Gunaseela joined the Sri Lanka Navy as an Officer Cadet of the 08th intake of then General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy in 1990. Throughout his distinguished naval career, the flag rank officer had the privilege of holding prestigious appointments, which include Captain Electrical Department (North), Dean Faculty of Computing at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Commodore Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department (East), Commodore Superintendent Dockyard (East), Director Naval Electrical Utility and Biomedical Engineering, Director Naval Electrical Fleet and Weapon Engineering, Director Naval Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, Director General of Centre for Defence Research and Development and Director General Electrical and Electronic Engineering.