‘SAMPRITI-2017’ is a joint military exercise between armed forces of India and Bangladesh. It was conducted at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte in Mizoram. It was the seventh edition of the Exercise. Exercise SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India and Bangladesh. The exercise is aimed at strengthening and broadening the aspects of interoperability and cooperation between the Indian and Bangladesh Armies while working together in a counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism environment under the UN mandate.