Commodore Kosala Warnakulasooriya assumes duties as Chief Hydrographer

Commodore Kosala Warnakulasooriya, who was appointed as the Chief Hydrographer of the Sri Lanka Navy Hydrographic Service (SLNHS), assumed duties at the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) on Thursday (10).

Among its wide-ranging services rendered, the Sri Lanka Navy Hydrographic Service (SLNHS) produces nautical charts and delivers services to Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Coast Guard and other defence organisations enabling them to undertake their operational tasks. It also conducts hydrographic surveys to determine the physical features of an underwater area, assuring safe passage for the vessels in Sri Lanka’s waters. Apart from that, it plays a key role in providing assistance to stakeholder governmental institutions to meet national demands as well.

In addition to his present appointment as Naval Assistant to the Commander of the Navy, Commodore Warnakulasooriya will steer SLNHS to achieve its goals and objectives.