The National Defence College (abbreviated as NDC) is a staff college for strategic training of civil and military officers of Bangladesh. It is located in the Mirpur Cantonment in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
History
The college was established on 7 December 1996 and started its operations on 10 January 1999. The college runs three courses: National Defence Course, Armed Forces War Course and Capstone Course.
The aim of the National Defence Course (ND Course) is to prepare selected senior officers of the armed forces, the civil services and the allied countries for taking on roles which are national security and development. Meanwhile, the Capstone Course on national security and strategic studies is designed to enhance knowledge, skills and networks of course members
Armed Forces War College
Armed Forces War College was established in 2001 under the National Defence College. It is headed by the Commandant of the National Defence College.
It offers the Armed Forces War Course (AFWC), which is a joint services course which focuses on operational level planning and conduct of war. The 44-weeks Course is divided into four terms. Each term is of 10 to 12 weeks.
List of Commandants +Sl No.NameTerm startTerm endUnit1Major GeneralAbul Muneem Mansur Ahmed10 January 199920 February 2000East Bengal Regiment2Major GeneralHasan Mashhud Chowdhury1 March 200031 December 2000Frontier Force Regiment (PA)3Major GeneralAbu Kaisar Fazlul Kabir14 January 200126 November 2001Corps of Engineers4Major GeneralJiban Kanai Das10 January 200216 January 2003East Bengal Regiment5Major GeneralAminul Karim4 February 20031 January 2004Regiment of Artillery6Lieutenant GeneralZahirul Alam4 January 200412 June 2008East Bengal Regiment7Lieutenant GeneralAminul Karim15 June 200812 March 2009Regiment of Artillery8Lieutenant GeneralSina Ibn Jamali14 May 200931 October 2009East Bengal Regiment9Major GeneralA. K. M. Muzahid Uddin1 November 200923 June 2011Corps of Engineers10Lieutenant GeneralMollah Fazle Akbar24 June 201116 February 2015Regiment of Artillery11Lieutenant GeneralChowdhury Hasan Sarwardy17 February 201531 May 2018East Bengal Regiment12Lieutenant GeneralSheikh Mamun Khaled11 August 201831 October 2020Corps of Signals13Lieutenant GeneralAtaul Hakim Sarwar Hasan30 November 202013 January 2021Bangladesh Infantry Regiment14Lieutenant GeneralAkbar Hossain14 January 202110 November 2023Regiment of Artillery15Lieutenant GeneralSaiful Alam11 February 20246 August 2024East Bengal Regiment16Lieutenant GeneralMohammad Shaheenul Haque6 August 202426 February 2026East Bengal Regiment17Lieutenant General Faizur Rahman26 February 2026IncumbentBangladesh Infantry Regiment
Notable alumni Lieutenant general Tukur Yusufu Buratai the Chief of Staff Nigerian Army (2015–2021). Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler VM, Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force. Colonel Ismaon Zainie, Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Headquarters of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Lieutenant General Alok Singh Kler, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Command, Indian Army
See also Defence Services Command and Staff College (Bangladesh) Bangladesh University of Professionals
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