 Maj Gen Ismail Faruque was a participant of the Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC)-2006 at the Defense Resource Management Institute (DRMI), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California.After attaining 55 years of age he qualified for obtaining normal retirement from military service and proceeded on Leave Preparatory to Retirement (LPR) on 24 July 2008.Thereafter in June 2009 he joined on contract service with Mirpur Ceramic Works Ltd and Khadim Ceramics Ltd as Executive Director.