National Defence College, Sri Lanka
This college provides strategic leadership to the Government of Sri Lanka in national and international security matters and also acts as a think tank.With the limited number scholarships available to these institutes, the Ministry of Defense announced that national defence college will be established in Colombo in 2020.The British-era building known as Mumtaz Mahal designed by Homi Billimoria was built in 1928 and served during World War II as the residence of Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton in his role as Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon the first unified command for British military, naval and air units in an area of operation.[2] The National Defence and Strategic Study Course will span for 11 months consisting of 2 semesters, covering nine subjects and include local and overseas visits.On completion of the course, the participants can use the post nominal letters ndc and be awarded a MSc degree from the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.