Siddiqur Rahman Sarker SGP, BGBM, PBGM, hdmc, psc is a retired major general,

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officer in the

Bangladesh Army The Bangladesh Army () is the land warfare branch, and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to defend the land of Bangladesh from any external attack. Control of personnel and operations is ad ...

and a former engineer-in-chief at the Bangladesh Army headquarters. He is former chairman of

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (, RAJUK) is a Bangladeshi public agency responsible for coordinating urban development in Dhaka. RAJUK is composed of various public officials, city planners, urban administrators, engineers, and architects. It i ...

. He has also served as the commandant of

Military Institute of Science and Technology Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) is a public engineering university in Bangladesh, located at Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka. MIST is a government engineering and technological research institution under The Ministry of Defence. ...

. He commanded the 14 independent Engineer Brigade.

Early life and education

Sarkar was born 10 August 1963 in

Narsingdi Narsingdi () is a city and headquarters of Narsingdi District and the Narsingdi Sadar Upazila in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. The Dhaka–Sylhet highway connects Narsingdi with the capital and other major cities. Narsingdi is one of the most impor ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

. On 22 January 1982 he joined Bangladesh Military Academy. He was commissioned on 23 December 1983 in the corps of Engineers of Bangladesh Army. He did his undergraduate and graduate in civil engineering from

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology () commonly known by its acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School and gaining univer ...

. He also graduated from

Defence Services Command and Staff College The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) is situated at Batalanda, Makola (South) 12 Kilometers away from Colombo and its aim to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of experienced officers of the Sri Lanka Army, Sr ...

National University of Bangladesh National University (NU; ) is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through ...

and Osmania University of India.

Career

He was commissioned in 1983 from 9th BMA long course. Sarkar held a number of command posts in Bangladesh Army. He commanded the 16 Engineer Construction Battalion, a battalion of Bangladesh Border Guards and He has also served as the commander of 14 Independent Engineer Brigade with effect from January 2011 to 31 December 2012 and area commander, Logistics Area from 1 January 2013 to June 2013. He was promoted to major general on 1 January 2013. He was made commandant of

in June 2013 and Engineer-in-Chief of Bangladesh Army in August 2015. After retirement from Bangladesh Army, he was appointed as the chairman of

(RAJUK) for 2 years from 4 April 2024.

Awards

Sarkar has received two notable awards. * President Border Guard Medal for role as sector commander after the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. * Sena Gourab Padak from Bangladesh Army for his service from 2011 to 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarker, Siddiqur Rahman Living people Bangladesh Army generals Engineers in Chief of the Bangladesh Army 1963 births Osmania University alumni Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi military personnel 21st-century Bangladeshi military personnel