26th May 2025
Major General T.C Peiris RSP USP was invited to the Office of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, on 26 May 2025, prior to his retirement from the Sri Lanka Army after completing a distinguished career spanning 34 years.
Brief profile of the retiring Senior Officer:
Major General T.C. Peiris RSP USP enlisted in the Regular Force of the Sri Lanka Army as an Officer Cadet on 03 November 1990. Upon successful completion of military training at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy, Ratmalana and the Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa, he was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers on 14 November 1992. After being steadily elevated to subsequent ranks during his service in the Army, he was promoted to the rank of Major General on 31 March 2024.
The Senior Officer will retire from the Regular Force of the Sri Lanka Army with effect from 30 May 2025 upon reaching 55 years of age. At the time of his retirement, he held the appointment of Chief Field Engineer at Army Headquarters.
Major General T.C. Peiris RSP USP held the following appointments during his tenure: Troop Commander of 7 Field Engineer Regiment and 1 Field Engineer Regiment, Officer Commanding of Independent Workshop in Vavuniya and 1 Field Engineer Regiment of the Sri Lanka Engineers, General Staff Officer 3 (Operations) at Headquarters 56 Infantry Division, Officer Commanding of the Independent Workshop Regiment, Officer Commanding of the Sri Lanka Battalion under the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and 1 Field Engineer Regiment of the Sri Lanka Engineers, Acting Second-in-Command of 8 Field Engineer Regiment of the Sri Lanka Engineers, Officer Commanding of Headquarters Squadron, 8 Field Engineer Regiment of the Sri Lanka Engineers, Staff Officer 2 (Administration) at Regimental Centre of the Sri Lanka Engineers, General Staff Officer 1 (Coordinating) at Headquarters 57 Infantry Division, Commanding Officer of 12 Field Engineer Regiment (Reinforcement (RFT)) of the Sri Lanka Engineers, Commanding Officer of 6 Field Engineer Regiment of the Sri Lanka Engineers, Senior Project Coordinator at the Ministry of Defence & Urban Development, Staff Officer 1 (Planning) of the Research Analysis Projection & Development (RAP&D) Branch, Officiating Colonel (Coordinating) of the RAP&D Branch, Deputy Centre Commandant at Regimental Centre of the Sri Lanka Engineers, Officiating Commander of 222 Infantry Brigade, Commander of 242 Infantry Brigade, Commander of the General Engineer Brigade, Deputy General Officer Commanding at Headquarters 14 Infantry Division, Director of the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Inspection at Army Headquarters, Director General of the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Inspection, General Officer Commanding of the Engineer Division and Chief Field Engineer at Army Headquarters.
The Senior Officer has been awarded the Rana Sura Padakkama and the Utthama Seva Padakkama in appreciation of his dedicated service rendered during his tenure in the Sri Lanka Army.
He completed numerous local and foreign military courses throughout his career. These include Field Engineer Class 1 Course, Unit Accounts Officers Course, Unit Administration Course, United Nations Peacekeeping Pre-deployment Training Course, United Nations Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CIMIC) Officers Course, and the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Response (Level II) Course.
In addition, the Senior Officer has followed overseas courses including the Engineer Officers Basic Course in Bangladesh and the Combined Officers Bomb Disposal Course in India.
The Senior Officer has obtained a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from the University of Moratuwa.
He has also participated in several international training programmes, such as the United Nations Protection of Citizens Training of Trainers Programme in Indonesia in 2016, the Training Programme on Mainstreaming Gender into Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in Kenya in 2016 and the Advanced Training Programme for Talents from Maritime Silk Road Countries in China in 2018.
