Sri Lanka Army Seva Vanitha Unit

Inaugurated on 12 July 1984, the Sri Lanka Army Seva Vanitha Unit ( ) functions with the main objective of providing welfare facilities to the family and relatives of service personnel who died, went missing in action or were injured whilst serving in the army in addition to empowering the families of the serving army personnel. Traditionally the organisation functions under the leadership of the wife of the serving Commander of the Army, and the members are the spouses of army officers as well as female officers. The organisation extends to 24 regimental branches functioning under the patronage of the wives of the respective regimental commanders.

Projects The Sri Lanka Army Seva Vanitha Unit conducts various welfare projects such as Viru Kekulu pre-schools, daycare centres, welfare shops, bakeries and salons, with the committed contribution of the dedicated membership. Construction of houses, endowment of educational scholarships and assisting in times of natural disasters, are done at both organisational and regimental levels. The volunteer service extended by the spouses of the army officers whilst multitasking at their roles as wives, mothers and professionals, is an immense strength to Sri Lanka Army.

Branches All 24 regiments of the Sri Lanka Army have a Seva Vanitha branch. Those branches are led by the wives of respective regimental commanders. The society of the wives of respective regimental commanders are also known as Regimental Ladies' Clubs.

List of presidents +NameSpouse (Commander of the Army)Took officeLeft officeSonia WeeratungeGeneral Tissa Weeratunga VSV12 July 198411 Feb 1985Mala SeneviratneGeneral Nalin Seneviratne VSV12 Feb 198515 Aug 1988Ira WanasingheGeneral Hamilton Wanasinghe VSV16 Aug 198815 Nov 1991Thilaka WaidyarathnaGeneral Cecil Waidyaratne VSV16 Nov 199131 Dec 1993Lalitha De SilvaGeneral G. H. De Silva RWP, VSV, USP01 Jan 199430 Apr 1996Jayanthi DaluwattaGeneral Rohan Daluwatte RWP, RSP, VSV, USP1 May 199615 Dec 1998Dilhani WeerasooriyaGeneral C. S. Weerasooriya RWP, RSP, VSV, USP16 Dec 199824 Aug 2000Gnana BalagalleGeneral Lionel Balagalle RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, VSP25 Aug 200030 Jun 2004Sonia KottegodaGeneral Shantha Kottegoda WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, VSP1 July 200405 Dec 2005Anoma FonsekaGeneral Sarath Fonseka RWP, RSP, VSV, USP06 Dec 200515 July 2009Manjulika JayasuriyaGeneral Jagath Jayasuriya VSV, USP16 July 200916 July 2009Damayanthi RatnayakeGeneral Daya Ratnayake WWV, RWP, RSP, USP01 Aug 201321 February 2015Nayana De SilvaGeneral Crishantha de Silva RWP, USP22 Feb 201514 July 2017Chandrika SenanayakeGeneral Mahesh Senanayake RWP, RSP, VSV, USP14 July 201718 Aug 2019Sujeewa NelsonGeneral Shavendra Silva WWV, RWP, RSP, USP18 Aug 201931 May 2022Janaki LiyanageGeneral Vikum Liyanage RWP, RSP, ndu3 June 202230 December 2024Swendrini DissanayakeLieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP, ctf - ndu, psc, IG31 December 2024Incumbent

Sri Lanka Army Seva Vanitha Unit

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