New Delhi. The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), Hyderabad, has sought nominations from the Ministry of Home Affairs to bring Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from the AGMUT cadre into its faculty. The academy has said that wider representation from different states and cadres would help bring diverse field experiences, policing practices and technological innovations into the training environment.
In a letter sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs in September, the academy sought assistance in identifying suitable and willing IPS officers from the AGMUT cadre for deputation. SVPNPA Director Sujeet Pandey said the academy’s existing faculty includes officers from several states and cadres, but there is a need to broaden state and cadre representation.
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The current faculty at SVPNPA includes officers from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and Tamil Nadu, among others. The academy said that while the existing composition provides diversity in professional experience, bringing officers from other states and Union Territories would further strengthen the training environment.
According to the academy, wider state and cadre representation would facilitate the exchange of field experiences, policing practices, working cultures, best practices, technological innovations and emerging approaches to policing. Such cross-learning, it said, would enrich the training environment and benefit officer trainees drawn from different parts of the country.
The academy also highlighted the professional experience of IPS officers from the AGMUT cadre. It said officers with appropriate field experience, training or administrative exposure and familiarity with modern policing practices could contribute effectively to the academy’s training, academic and institutional activities.
The academy has requested the nomination of suitable and willing IPS officers from the AGMUT cadre, preferably from the 2015 batch and later, who fulfil the prescribed eligibility conditions. The officers are proposed to be sent on deputation as assistant directors. The Ministry of Home Affairs was asked to provide the names of officers along with their willingness and requisite particulars and documents. The academy had sought the information by September 30 to enable further action.
The AGMUT cadre covers IPS officers allocated to Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and the Union Territories. Officers serving under the cadre gain experience of policing in varied geographical and administrative environments. The academy has indicated that such experience could add value to national-level police training.
The SVPNPA is one of the country’s apex institutions for training IPS officers. It conducts training at different stages of an officer’s career, covering areas such as leadership, investigation, police administration, internal security and emerging policing challenges.
The academy’s request comes at a time when policing is undergoing rapid technological and operational changes. Issues including cybercrime, modern investigation techniques, technological innovation and evolving internal security challenges have increased the need for officers to learn from varied field experiences.
By seeking greater AGMUT representation in its faculty, the academy aims to expand the range of professional and operational perspectives available to IPS trainees. The move would allow officers undergoing training to gain greater exposure to policing systems, working practices and experiences from different parts of the country.
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