Ismail Faruque Chowdhury

Major General Md. Ismail Faruque Chowdhury (born 25 July 1953) is a former engineer-in-chief of the Bangladesh Army.

Ismail Faruque Chowdhury
Born (1953-07-25) 25 July 1953
Maulvibazar District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materDhaka College
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Occupationmilitary engineer

Early life and education

Chowdhury was born on 25 July 1953 in the Maulvibazar District of Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. He passed his HSC examination from Dhaka College in the year 1970. During service in the army, he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka.

Career

Chowdhury was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers of the Bangladesh Army on 25 December 1977 after completing his training at the Bangladesh Military Academy. He served in the UN Peacekeeping Force UNTAET in East Timor as Commander of the Bangladesh Engineer Battalion from March 2000 to March 2001. He commanded an Independent Engineer Brigade in Dhaka. He was the 4th Commandant of the Military Institute of Science and Technology in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] In February 2006, he was appointed as Engineer-in-Chief (E-in-C) of the Bangladesh Army. As E-in-C, he was also the head of the Military Engineer Services of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. Maj Gen Ismail Faruque was a participant of the Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC)-2006 at the Defense Resource Management Institute (DRMI), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California. After attaining 55 years of age he qualified for obtaining normal retirement from military service and proceeded on Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR) on 24 July 2008. Thereafter in June 2009 he joined on contract service with Mirpur Ceramic Works Ltd and Khadim Ceramics Ltd as Executive Director.

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References
  1. "IT to strengthen good governance : Moyeen tells seminar". The Daily Star. 13 September 2005. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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