Exercise SAMPRITI is a bilateral defense cooperation between India and Bangladesh, hosted alternately by both countries.
This year’s SAMPRITI, 2016 is hosted in the semi-mountainous and jungle terrain of Bangabandhu Senanibas in Tangail of Bangladesh.
Here are the key points of this exercise:
- SAMPRITI 2016 is the sixth edition of this exercise. It is being held at Shaheed Salauddin Cantonment in Dhaka.
- The Indian Army contingent is represented by a company of the Mahar Regiment, led by Col P S Sandhi. It consists of a troop strength of 120 soldiers.
- The joint exercise SAMPRITI 2016 will simulate a scenario where both nations are working together in a counter insurgency and counter terrorism environment under the UN Charter.
- The exercise curriculum is progressively planned where the participants will initially get familiar with each other’s organizational structure and tactical drills.
- Subsequently, the training will advance to joint tactical exercises wherein the battle drills of both the armies will be practiced.
- The training will culminate with a final validation exercise in which troops of both armies will jointly practice a Counter-Terrorist Operation in a controlled and simulated environment.
- This 14-day long engagement will go on from November 5 to 18.
The first edition of the exercise in this series was held at Jorhat in Assam in 2010. Last year’s exercise, SAMPRITI 2015 was held at Binnaguri in north Bengal.
