Formation 1999 Official language Bengali | Region served Bangladesh | |
Headquarters Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur, Bangladesh Website Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training | ||
Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training or BIPSOT is a military owned and operated institution that trains Bangladesh Military and police personal on peacekeeping in UN missions and is located in Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur, Bangladesh. It also trains military personal of friendly nations.
The current Commandant of BIPSOT is Major General Enayat,ndc,psc
History
The institute was formed on June 1999 by the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League Government. In 2011 Ban Ki Moon, Secretary general of the UN visited the institue and noted the role of Bangladeshi Peacekeepers in UN Missions. In 2016 The Royal Thai Army expressed interest to use the institute. The language lab of the institute provides training in Foreign languages such as French. It has trained more than 10,000 Bangladeshi peacekeepers.