Colombo Conclave 2020

As the premier National Security Think Tank of Sri Lanka, the comprehensive and thought- provoking security studies conducted by the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) have been the cornerstones for identifying the modern security developments of concern and providing the vital information required for the National Security policy formulation. [...] He is currently serving as the Chairperson of the expert committee on prisoner rehabilitation programme appointed by the State Ministry of prison reforms and prisoner’s rehabilitation and member of the Board of the National Authority on Alcohol and Tobacco (NATA). [...] Due to the strategic location, formerly known as “ The Pearl of the Indian Ocean”, Sri Lanka has been played a pivotal role in the Indian Ocean as a naval, commercial, aviation, energy and knowledge Hub since in the beginning of the history serving as a key link between East and West and has been attracted as economic centre of the World. [...] Following the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2002, he headed the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) and functioned as one of the four members of the government negotiating team with the LTTE. [...] Major General Sumedha Perera was one of the pioneers of the Air Mobile Brigade of the Sri Lanka Army and Commanded the 1st battalion of the Gajaba Regiment.