National Police Academy’s passing out parade on October 27; Amit Shah is chief guest

Hyderabad: A total of 175 officer trainees, including 155 IPS officer trainees and 20 foreign officer trainees will take part in the Dikshant Parade, scheduled to be held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad. The passing out parade of the 75 RR batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers is on October 27 (Friday).

Among the foreign officer trainees, six officers are from Bhutan, five from Maldives, five from Nepal and four from the Mauritius police. As many as 34 women officers – 32 IPS officer trainees and two foreign officer trainees – will be participating in the Dikshant Parade.

Addressing a press conference at the academy, SVPNPA director AS Rajan said that Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah will be the chief guest and he will review the parade.

Complementing the officer trainees for the successful completion of training, the SVPNPA director said the full 102 weeks of training involved 15 weeks of foundation course training at LBS NAA, Mussoorie and 49 weeks of phase-I basic course at SVPNPA, Hyderabad. This was followed by a 29-week district practical training at respective cadres/states and 9 weeks of phase-II basic course at the SVPNPA.

“The training emphasised the importance of attitudinal training, ethics and human rights which are very much needed in the changing world for officer trainees. We have changed the methodology of teaching and training to prepare the young officers for the modern-day requirements on the field like white collar offences and cybercrimes,” said the director.

“Pragmatic and hands-on approach has given more emphasis with a focus on best practices from different states across India,” he added.