Faculty & Staff

1. Major General Ibne Fazal Shayekhuzzaman, BSP (BAR), SGP, afwc, psc has joined as the 27th Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Mirpur on 17 February 2022. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Engineer in Chief Bangladesh Army. The General was commissioned with 16th BMA Long Course in the year of 1987. In the long thirty five years of illustrious career, General Shayekh has a wonderful mix of command, instructional and staff appointments. Besides, he has attended number of courses both in home and abroad. The General is a graduate of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Civil Engineering.

2. Among the staff appointments, he served as the GSO-3 (Operation) of 66 Infantry Division, GSO-1 (Foreign Affairs and Protocol) in Armed Forces Division, GSO-1 (Operation) in Military Operation Directorate and finally as Colonel Staff of 9 Infantry Division in Savar. In the instructional capacity, He served as Platoon Commander in BMA, as instructor in School of Infantry and Tactics and School of Military Engineering. General Shayekh Commanded two Engineer units and 14 Independent Engineer Brigade. The General Served as Engineer in Chief of Bangladesh Army.

3. The General participated in The Gulf War in 1991. He was also closely knitted with the Rana Plaza Rescue Operation in 2013. The General has worked extensively on development of the riverine tactics and riverine capacity building for Bangladesh Army. He is also the founding director of National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), apex body for lawful interception. As Engineer in Chief he was the pivot of various national developments projects across the country.

4. Major General Shayekh is a widely travelled person. He is a keen and passionate reader. The General is a bonafide blood donor and donated blood for 59 (Fifty Nine) times. The general is happily married with Tanjina Sattar and a proud father of Raslaan and Nusaiba.

1. Commodore Arif Ahmed Mustafa joined as the Deputy Commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) on 29 Sep 2022. He was commissioned in the Executive Branch of Bangladesh Navy on 01 Jul 1992. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Science from Chattogram University and Masters of Science in Military Studies from BUP. He is an alumnus of DSCSC, Mirpur, National Defence College, Mirpur and National Defence College Nigeria. Having an illustrious career of 30 years, Commodore Arif brings with him an enormous amount of experience of holding several command, instructional, and staff appointments.

2. A veteran seafarer whose diversified command credential includes Commanding Officer of two frigates; BNS UMAR FAROOQ and BNS SAMUDRA JOY. He was the commissioning Commanding Officer of BNS DURJOY and decommissioning Commanding Officer of the last Salisbury Class British Frigate BNS UMAR FAROOQ. His command domain also includes commanding several other ships namely Patrol Craft FARID, TISTA, MEGHNA, LPC DURJOY, OPV S R AMIN and Naval Base BNS HAJI MOHSHIN.

3. He was a distinguished instructor in Bangladesh Naval Academy and Gunnery School of Bangladesh Navy. He served as Assistant Director of Special Security Force (SSF). He held various appointments at Naval Headquarters such as Staff Officer Naval Training Directorate, Staff Officer Naval Appointments and Drafting Authority amongst other. Commodore Arif completed two tours of duty under Blue Helmet, one in UNMISS and the other in UNIFIL. His last appointment was Director General of Civil Military Relations Directorate at Armed Forces Division where he also performed as ex-officio Member Secretary of ‘Bangladesh National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention’.

4. Commodore Arif is a widely traveled person who visited several countries. He has an experience of voyage at sea over 16000NM around the globe apart from sailing extensively in Bay of Bengal and Mediterranean for routine patrol duties. His is an avid reader who also likes to listen music. Commodore Arif is happily married with Sonia Hasan and blessed with three sons.

Brigadier General Abul Hasnat Mohammad Tariq, ndu, afwc, psc is the 25^th Chief Instructor of Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Mirpur. He has taken over the responsibility on 13 August 2020. Prior to his current assignment, he had been attending National War College Course 2019-20 in the United States.

He was born in the district of Netrokona on 31 December 1971 and had his childhood education in Dhaka till joining Mirzapur Cadet College. A dedicated military professional, Brigadier General Tariq was commissioned on 20 December 1992 in the corps of Infantry with 27^th BMA Long Course. He had commanded an infantry battalion, an infantry brigade, and a UN contingent. He had been the Brigade Major of an infantry brigade and Operations Officer in a UN sector headquarters. He has also served twice as a Directing Staff in Deffence Services Command and Staff Colleges, Mirpur.

Besides the regimental services, Brigadier General Tariq had served as Assistant Director in the Special Security Force (SSF), Bangladesh, Group Testing Officer (GTO) in the Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB), and Battalion Commander of Training Battalion in Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre. He has about four years of operational service in Chattogram Hill Tracts. Under the blue helmet, he had served as a UN military observer in UNAMSIL (Sierra Leone), Operations Officer in a Sector Headquarters in UNMIL (Liberia), and a Contingent Commander in the deadliest peacekeeping environment of MINUSMA (Mali).

He is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur and National War College, USA. He had also attended Armed Forces War Course from National Defence College, Bangladesh. Beside the training courses in Bangladesh, he had under gone International Post Blast Investigation Training in the United States, VVIP Protection Course in Thailand and Knowledge Management and Development Course in Turkey. He obtained Masters in Defence Studies from National University of Bangladesh and Masters in National Security Strategy from National Defense University, USA.

A traditional family man, Brigadier General Tariq is happily married to Mrs Sayma Khan and a proud father of two daughters. His areas of interest include golf and travelling.