Chancellor	General Gerard Hector de Silva (Retired) RWP VSV USP ndc
Board of Management
The management and administration of the university is governed by a Board of Management that consists of the following members appointed by His Excellency the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Chairman
Secretary, Ministry of Defence	Major General (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne WWV RWP RSP USP ndc psc (Chairman)
Members
Additional Secretary (Defence) Ministry of Defence	Mr. PBSC Nonis B.Sc. (Business Admin) SP. Hons, Master of Public Administration, Australia, LICA
Commander of the Army	Lieutenant General LHSC Silva WWV RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc
Commander of the Navy	Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne RSP & Bar, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, Mphil (D&SS), MA (DC), MMaritimePol, PG Dip in SM
Commander of the Air Force	Air Marshal DLS Dias RSP and three Bars, VSV, USP, MSc (Def & Strat Stu), ndc, psc
Vice Chancellor, KDU	Major General Milinda Peiris RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc MPhil (Ind) PGDM
UGC Representative	Prof. Sampath Amaratunge BA (Hons.) in Economics (USJP), MA in Economics (Colombo), MSc. in Economics of Rural Development (Saga National University), Ph.D. (Kogoshima National University in Japan) Chairman – University Grants Commission
Treasury Representative	Mr. PASA Kumara Director General Department of Public Enterprises Ministry of Finance, Economy & Policy Development
Registrar – KDU (Secretary/Convener)	Mr. VD Kithsiri E MBA (PIM – SJP), PGDM (SJP), BCom (Special) Hons, LICA & PI- CASL, Dip in English (Aquinas, SLIDA, ACHE)