BIO DATA- CAPTAIN WAHID HASAN KUTUBUDDIN 1. Rank and Name : Captain Wahid Hasan Kutubuddin, (N), ndc, afwc, psc, BN 2. Present Appointment and Address : Blue Economy Cell, EMRD 3. Date and Place of Birth : 16 September 1967, Dhaka 4. Date of Commission/ Recruitment : 01 July 1987__________________ 5. Service: BangladeshNavy Branch: Executive 6. Marital Status :Married 7. Number of Children : Son 02 Daughter 01 8. Father’s Name : Gaus Kutubuddin 9. Mother’s Name : Mrs Hasina Banu 10. Nationality: Bangladeshi Religion: ___Islam (Sunni)_______ 11. Highest Academic Qualification: Masters Degree 12. Important Military and Strategic Courses attended: Ser Name of the Course Institute / Organization 1. Joint Training with 15 BMA LC BMA 2. Basic Naval Training (1st Term) BNA 3. Basic Naval Course in Malaysia Officers Training School of Royal Malaysian Navy, Malaysia 4. Air Orientation Course Bangladesh Air Force Base ZAHUR 5. Junior Staff Course (1992) Bangladesh Naval Academy (BNA) 6. Long Navigation course INS VENDURUTHY, Kochin, India 7. Missile Command and Tactics Course FAC School, BNS ISSA KHAN 8. Torpedo Command and Tactics Course FAC School, BNS ISSA KHAN 9. Masters in Defence Studies (MDS) National University, Bangladesh 10. Global Maritime Distress and Safety Marine Academy, Chittagong System (GMDSS) 11. Practical Pilotage Training Mongla Port Authority, Bangladesh 12. Operational and Maintenance Training GEM Elettronica Training Center, Italy Course Radar LD 1510/6/M 13. Port Security Course At SMWT under United States Coast Guard 14. 20 th Naval Staff Course DSCSC, Mirpur, Bangladesh 15. 2nd Staff Course DSSC, Wellington, India 16. International Humanitarian Law At SMWT under Director of Naval Legal Services, Royal Navy 17. M.Sc Defence and Strategic Studies University of MADRAS, India 18. Executive Course (APCSS) USA (Hawaii) 19. Armed Forces War Course (AFWC) National Defence Collage, Bangladesh 20. Master in Wars Studies (MWS) National University, Bangladesh 21. Laws of Armed Conflict International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, Italy 22. National Defence Course National Defence Collage, Bangladesh 1 L/C- Document1 13. Passport Details: a. Passport Number : ___OC6226774____b. Date of Issue: _04 July 2017 c. Date of Expiry : _03 July 2022__ 14. Countries Visited : Australia, Afghanistan, Brunei, China, Italy, Indonesia, India, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, USA, UAE, and Uzbekistan etc. 15. Personal Preferences: a. Food and Drink : Sweet Dishes and Juice b. Dietary Restrictions : Nil c. Sports : Golf d. Hobbies : Angling 16. Permanent Address : DMC- 362, Flat No -5/E, South Kafrul, Dhaka Cantt, Dhaka-1206 17. Contact Details: a. Telephone: __ - __b. Cell:__01713425719____ c. E-mail:[email protected]____________________ 18. Pen-picture on Service Experience: Capt Kutubuddin joined Bangladesh Naval Academy as an Officer Cadet on 27 January 1985. After joining navy he was sent to BMA to attend joint basic military training with 15 BMA Long Course. In the 10 weeks course, he secured 08th position out of 120 Officer Cadets of the batch. On returning to BNA, he continued to excel and secured second position in his batch and selected to attend Basic Naval Training in Officers' Training School of Royal Malaysian Navy for three years. On successful completion of training, he was commissioned in the Executive Branch on 01 July 1987. At that period, he was commissioned as the Best Midshipman and received award for outstanding performance. He could also successfully obtain Ocean Navigation Certificate and attain huge practical experience to navigate in Malacca and Singapore Straits as well as circumnavigating Australia. The officer completed his post commission training after attaining Bridge Watch Keeping certificate in 09 months 22 days from BNS ALI HAIDER. Capt Kutubuddin was promoted to the present rank on 13 December 2013. He was in command of BNS SOMUDRA JOY from 26 December 2013 to 31 January 2015. He was the Executive Officer of the ship before assuming the Command. He was also the Deputy Project Officer for the transfer case of USCGC JERVIS to Bangladesh Navy, which was later named as BNS SOMUDRA JOY. Before that the officer was the Chief Staff Officer to Commodore Commanding Khulna. During his career in the Navy, he has commanded various other sea going ships that includes Offshore Patrol Vessel, Fleet Tanker, Mine Sweeper, Fast Patrol Boats including Missile and Torpedo Boats. As Staff Officer, He had served as Deputy Director of Naval Plans, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Staff Officer (Operations) to Commodore Commanding Bangladesh Navy Flotilla. As a specialized Navigator, he has navigated ships to Maldives, Saudi Arabia and India. He also served for the ‘United Nations’ during the period of 2008-2009 as ‘Military Observer’ in United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan. He has also served as Directing Staff in Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was an instructor in Bangladesh Naval Academy as well as Navigation and Direction School of Bangladesh Navy. He has served as Senior Instructor (Navy) in DSCSC in 2015 and completed National Defence Course in 2016. He was commanding BNS ULKA, a shore base of Bangladesh Navy, before joining Blue Economy Cell. Capt Kutubuddin is married to Mrs Samina Akter and is a proud father of one daughter and two sons. He loves to pass his leisure time in reading and angling. He plays golf in weekends. 2 L/C- Document1 .