Ravindra Wijegunaratne
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Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne |
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| Nickname(s) | Ravi |
| Allegiance |
 Sri Lanka
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| Service/branch |
 Sri Lanka Navy
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| Years of service | 1980 – present |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Unit | Special Boat Squadron |
| Commands held |
Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Chief of Staff Director General Coast Guard Eastern Naval Command Northern Naval Area Western Naval Command Southern Naval Command |
| Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Awards |
 Weerodara Vibhushanaya Rana Wickrama Padakkama (twice) Rana Sura Padakkama Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya Uttama Seva Padakkama Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal
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| Other work | First Secretary/Defense Attache, Sri Lanka High Commission in New Delhi |
Vice Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne, WV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, ndu, psc, MNI is a Sri Lankan admiral, and the current Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy. Prior to his current appointment, he has served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, the Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and held, at various times, four of the seven Naval Commands of the SLN . Wijegunaratne has also served as Director Naval Operations, and is a recipient of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya.
Born in 1962, Wijegunaratne was educated at the Royal College, Colombo from 1969. At Royal College, he was a President's Scout, Lance sergeant of the Herman Loos Cadet Platoon and a School Prefect in addition to representing the school in both hockey and basketball, as well as being an All-Island Junior Athletics Champion. He is the fourth Royalist to be appointed Commander of the SLN.
Graduating in the same year, he enlisted in the Sri Lanka Navy on 1 November 1980 as an officer cadet as part of the 9th Intake at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee. He completed officer training as a Midshipman at both Trincomalee and Dartmouth (where he was awarded 'Best International Midshipman, 1982') in 1982. He would go on to follow a Sub-lieutenant technical course and specialize in anti-submarine warfare in India, and followed a staff course at the Pakistan Navy War College. In 1996 he gained a BSc in War Studies from the University of Karachi, and later graduated from the National Defense University (NESA) and National Defence College, India (50th NDC Course - 2010). In 2010, he obtained an MPhil in Defence and Strategic Studies at the University of Madras. He is a Member of the Nautical Institute.
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