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Beyond the Bay ...

Biography of the Writer

Commodore Syed Misbahuddin Ahmed, (C), NUP,
ndc, afwc, psc, BN was commissioned in the Executive
Branch of Bangladesh Navy on 01 July 1988. In his
early carrier, he served in various highly demanding
staff and teaching appointments and attended number
of professional educational courses and training both at
home and abroad. He successfully completed BN
Junior Staff Course in 1995 and attended
Communication and Electronic Warfare Specialization
Course in Pakistan in 1997. He did Staff Course at Defence Services
Command and Staff College, Mirpur in 2002. Commodore Misbah did his
second staff course in USA and became a top distinguished graduate from US
Navy War College (NWC) in 2003. He did war Course in 2008. Commodore
Misbah has served in different ships and establishments in various command,
operation and staff assignments. He has successfully commanded couple of
BN ships, namely, BNS SHAH AMANAT, BNS NIRBHOY and BNS SANGU
including one of the missile Corvette BNS DHALESHWARI. He also served as
secretary to the Chief of Naval Staff of BN. He attended UN Peace Keeping
Operation in Sudan as Military Observer in 2005 and 2006. The officer has
also been awarded with the Navy medal of excellence - NUP for his dedicated
service to the Navy. Prior to completing National Defence Course at NDC in
2016, he served as Directing Staff at the Armed Forces War Course Wing at
National Defence College for three consecutive academic years (2013-2015).
He received the best Individual Research Project (IRP) award in NDC 2016.
Commodore Misbah received Chancellor’s Gold Medal for his outstanding
Academic performance in 2017. The officer obtained his Bachelors and
Masters in Bachelor of Security Studies (BoSS) and Masters in Strategic and
Development Studies (MSDS) respectively from BUP. The officer is currently
pursuing his PhD from BUP. The officer visited a good number of countries for
education, training and other official purposes. Commodore Misbah is happily
married and blessed with two sons. He enjoys reading as a passion and
contributes to various defence journals and magazines regularly. He is a
resource person for Quality Education, Strategy, War Studies,
Communication, Military History and regularly conducts Workshops, Seminars
etc in different Universities and Military educational and training Institutions.
Commodore Misbah is presently serving as DA to Brazil.

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