Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan, SBP, SGP, ndc, afwc, psc, PhD joined as commandant at National Defence College (NDC) on Monday (Nov 30), says a statement.
Respected Chief of Army Staff adorned him with the rank of Lieutenant General on 0915 hours in CAS Secretariat of Army Headquarters on the same day.
Quarter Master General of Bangladesh Army and other senior officers of the Army Headquarters were also present on the occasion.
Before joining as the commandant, Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan was the Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals.
He is the pioneer in Bangladesh for introducing comprehensive learning management system including remote proctoring and plagiarism checker of the world's highest standard for public university.
General Hasan was commissioned in the Corps of Infantry on 21 December 1984.
He holds a PhD degree on security studies from Jahangirnagar University.
He has obtained three master's degrees- in Defence Studies (National University), War Studies (Bangladesh University of Professionals) and Security Studies (BOP).
He is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College of Bangladesh and Brazil Staff College as well.
He completed Portuguese Language Course from Language Institute of Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil.
He completed Armed Forces War Course in 2004 and National Defence Course in 2013.
The general has a long and illustrious command experience at various echelons in the Army which includes Commanding Officer of an infantry battalion, Commander of two infantry brigades.
He was founding GOC of 10 Infantry Division in Ramu, Cox's Bazar.
As GOC he also commanded Logistics Area, Dhaka Cantonment and 55 Infantry Division, Jashore Area.
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