Major General Sumith Balasuriya, VSV, USP, ndc, IG, SLA is a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Vice Chancellor/Commandant, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and GOC, 23 Division. Educated at Royal College, Colombo, Balasuriya joined the army in 1974 after leaving school and was commissioned in to the Sri Lanka Artillery in 1975 as a Second Lieutenant. He went to become the head of the Sri Lanka Artillery, its Colonel-Commandant. He was the General Officer Commanding of the 23 Division.