Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) is the civil service training institution in India. The institute trains Indian Police Service (IPS) officers before they are sent to their respective state cadres to carry out their duties. The academy is in Shivrampalli, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.[1]

Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, delivering the 30th Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial lecture on "Reforming India's Economic Institutions", at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, in Hyderabad on October 23, 2015.[2]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy
AbbreviationSVPNPA
Formation15 September 1948 (1948-09-15)
TypeCivil Service Training Institute
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersMinistry of Home Affairs, New Delhi
Location
Region served
India
Director
A.S.Rajan , IPS
Parent organisation
Government of India
Staff
427
Websitewww.svpnpa.gov.in

History

The academy was established on 15 September 1948, as the Central Police Training College (CPTC). In 1967, the Institution was renamed as the National Police Academy (NPA). Later, in 1974, it was named after India's first Minister of Home Affairs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who was responsible for creating the All India Services and for establishing a training institution to train IPS officers. In 1975, the Academy attained its current shape which once was the biggest police training grounds of Nizam of Hyderabad at Hyderabad.[3]

Campus

The 277 acre campus is located in Hyderabad on the National Highway 44.[4]

Training

It trains officers of the Indian Police Service, who have been selected through the All-India Civil Services Examination. The trained officers will be posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in their respective states under whom the other sub-ranks of police force will be working.[5] The recruitment of sub-ranks such as constables, sub-inspectors, inspectors, Deputy Superintendent of Police is each state's prerogative and will be done by respective state director generals of police. The IPS cadre is controlled by the Home Ministry of the Government of India and the officer of this service can only be appointed or removed by an order of the President of India.

Apart from the Basic Training Course for IPS officers the Academy conducts three In-service Management Development Programmes for officers of Superintendent of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police and Inspector General levels of the Indian Police Service; 'Training of Trainers' Courses for the trainers of police training institutions in the country; IPS Induction Training Course for State Police Service Officers; and short specialised thematic courses, seminars and workshops on professional subjects for all levels of police officers. Foreign police officers and other officers belonging to IRS/IAS/IFS/Judiciary/CAPF, public sector undertakings, nationalised banks, insurance companies etc. also attend specialised courses conducted here from time to time. The academy is affiliated to Osmania University for conducting courses on police subjects for IPS officers.

Central IPS Mess
View of the Rajasthan Bhavan situated within the Academy

President's colours
A 2008 stamp dedicated to Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

In recognition of the outstanding achievements of the academy and its service to the nation, the academy received the President's Colours on its 40th anniversary on 15 September 1988.[6]

Organisation

The Academy is headed by a Director, an IPS officer of the rank of Director General of Police (3-star rank) and assisted by 2 Joint Directors of the rank of Inspector General of Police, 3 Deputy Directors of the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police, and 20 Assistant Directors. The Assistant Directors include 8 IPS/SPS officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police from state cadres, a Forensic Scientist, a Judicial Service Officer, a specialist each in Training Methodology, Computers and Wireless. The sanctioned strength of the faculty includes management professors, reader in Behavioural Sciences, reader in Teaching Methodology, medical officers, junior scientific officer, Hindi instructor, photographic officer and chief drill instructor. The supporting staff include administrative, ministerial and medical staff and other Group D employees.

List of directors
S.No. Name Cadre & batch Appointment date Left office
1P L Mehta, IPWest Bengal15 September 194831 January 1954
2Waryam Singh, IPPunjab, 194111 February 19545 November 1956
3A R Jayavant, IPMadhya Pradesh8 March 195716 May 1958
4G K Handoo, IPUnited Provinces17 May 195830 October 1960
5B B Banerji, IPBihar, 193414 March 196128 February 1962
6S C Misra, IPUnited Provinces, 193324 March 19627 December 1967
7B B Banerji, IPBihar, 19341 January 196831 January 1970
8A K Ghosh, IPBihar1 February 197010 July 1971
9S G Gokhale, IPSMaharashtra, 19491 February 197231 July 1974
10S. M. Diaz, IPSTamil Nadu, 194911 September 197428 February 1977
11R D Singh, IPSBihar7 November 19774 February 1979
12P A Rosha, IPSHaryana, 19485 February 197918 September 1979
13B K Roy, IPSOdisha, 194811 November 197931 January 1982
14G C Singhvi, IPSRajasthan, 195118 February 198330 November 1985
15A A Ali, IPSMadhya Pradesh, 19552 December 198531 March 1990
16P D Malviya, IPSMadhya Pradesh, 195712 September 199031 December 1991
17Sankar Sen, IPSOdisha, 19602 April 199231 May 1994
18A P Durai, IPSKarnataka, 19621 July 199428 September 1996
19Trinath Mishra, IPSUttar Pradesh, 196512 June 19966 December 1997
20P V Rajagopal, IPSMadhya Pradesh, 196529 June 199831 May 2001
21M K Shukla, IPSMadhya Pradesh, 196629 June 199831 May 2001
22Ganeshwar Jha, IPSUttar Pradesh, 196711 July 200231 July 2004
23Kamal Kumr, IPSAndhra Pradesh, 19711 October 200431 October 2006
24Dr G S Rajagopal, IPSRajasthan, 197111 July 200231 July 2004
25K. Vijay Kumar, IPSTamil Nadu, 19751 December 20085 May 2010
26Rajiv Mathur, IPSChhattisgarh, 197422 October 201030 September 2011
27V N Rai, IPSHaryana, 19772 November 201131 December 2012
28Subas Goswami, IPSAssam, 19777 March 20138 November 2013
29Aruna Bahuguna, IPSTelangana, 197928 January 201428 February 2017
30D R Doley Burman, IPSJammu and Kashmir, 19861 March 201729 March 2019
31AbhayOdisha, 198630 March 20197 November 2019
32Atul Karwal, IPSGujarat, 198827 December 201929 June 2022
33 AS Rajan, IPS Bihar, 1987 30 June 2022[7] 28 February 2023

See also
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References
  1. "Home". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India on "Reforming India's Economic Institutions".
  3. "History of Academy". www.svpnpa.gov.in.
  4. "History of Academy". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy". About Academy. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  6. "President's Colours". Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. "Shri A.S. Rajan, IPS, taking charge as Director, SVP NPA". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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