defence services institute of nursing and paramedical science defence services institute of nursing and paramedical science the defence services nursing and paramedical academy (minp) (burmese: တပ်မတော် သူနာပြု နှင့် ဆေးဘက် ပညာသည် တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced ), located in mingaladon, yangon, is one of military-run institutes of higher learning in myanmar. the university offers bachelor's, master's and ph.d degree programs in nursing, a bachelor's degree program in pharmacy, a bachelor's degree program in paramedical science. defence services nursing and paramedical academy ( dsnpa )တပ်မတော် သူနာပြု နှင့် ဆေးဘက် ပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်mottovalour, knowledge, skilltypepublicestablished2000 (2000)locationmingaladon 11201, yangonyangon division, myanmar history dsinwas founded in 2000 by the burmese military as the defence services institute of nursing with assistance from the yangon institute of nursing and the mandalay institute of nursing. in 2002, the institute added paramedical science and pharmacy degree programs, and became the defence services nursing and paramedical academy. in 2003, the institute assumed its present name.