Commodore Prasanna Alahakoon, USP, psc, SLN is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

naval officer and engineer. He is the current Deputy Superintendent of the

SLN Dockyard Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dockyard is the largest naval base of the Sri Lanka Navy and a major shipyard located in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Established by the British as the Royal Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee, it was home to the East Indies Station of th ...

and former Deputy Director Naval Projects and Plans as well as the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.Indian Ocean Naval Symposium:'Strategies needed to enhance maritime security'
/ref> Educated at the prestiges

Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

, entered the

University of Moratuwa (''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'') , motto_lang = Sanskrit , mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth , established = , type = Public , chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera , vice_chancellor = N. ...

to study engineering. However he left to join the Sri Lanka Navy without graduating and gained a BTech in engineering from the Naval College of Engineering, Lonavla (INS Shivaji) and specialized in electrical engineering at

INS Valsura INS ''Valsura'' is a "stone frigate" (shore establishment) of the Indian Navy in Jamnagar, Gujarat. A premier technological training institution, it houses the Electrical school of the Indian Navy. History During World War II, a need was felt to ...

Jamnagar Jamnagar () is a city located on the western coast of India in the state of Gujarat of Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra region. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jamnagar district and the fifth largest city in Gujarat. The city lies ...

. He is a graduate of the Naval War College, with a

BSc A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

in War Studies and holds an MBA in Management of Technology from the

. Alahakoon has served in the Engineering Branch of the Sri Lanka Navy serving as the Deputy Director Naval Projects and Plans at SLNS Parakrama the naval headquarter. He has also served as the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. Commodore Alahakoon has been awarded the service medals Uttama Seva Padakkama,

Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal __NOTOC__ The Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සන්නද්ධ සේවා දීර්ඝ සේවා පදක්කම ''Śrī Laṃkā ārakśaka sēvā dhīrgha sēvā padakkama'') i ...

and the campaign medal Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alahakoon, Prasanna Sinhalese engineers Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Naval War College alumni Academics of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Sri Lankan commodores

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