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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

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Abbreviation	SVPNPA
Formation	15 September 1948; 76 years ago (1948-09-15)
Type	Civil Service Training Institute
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Hyderabad
Location	Shivrampalli, Hyderabad
Region served	India
Director	Amit Garg, IPS (additional charge)
Parent organisation	Government of India
Affiliations	Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
Staff	427
Website	www.svpnpa.gov.in

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.

History

The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy was initially established as the National Police Academy on 15 September 1948, in Mount Abu, Rajasthan. This location served as the training ground for Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for nearly two decades.

In 1967, the institution was renamed the Central Police Training College (CPTC) to reflect its expanded role in police training across India.

In 1974, the academy was renamed to honor Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, in recognition of his contributions to establishing the All India Services. In 1975, the academy relocated to Hyderabad,(Andhra Pradesh) Telangana, which provided it with more extensive facilities and resources. The current campus spans 277 acres, previously used as police training grounds for the Nizam of Hyderabad.

Campus

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

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. 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.

President's colours

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.

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, an Indian 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

See also

• Indian Police Service
• Law enforcement in India
• Indian Police Foundation and Institute
• Bureau of Police Research and Development
• National Crime Records Bureau
• NDCRTC
• Telangana State Police Academy
• Internal Security Academy

References

1. Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India on "Reforming India's Economic Institutions".
2. ^ "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy". Testbook. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
3. ^ "Details about the IPS Training". BYJU'S. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
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.

External links

• Official SVPNPA website

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Home secretaries	R. N. Banerjee H. V. R. Iyengar A. V. Pai B. N. Jha V. Vishwanathan L. P. Singh Govind Narain N. K. Mukherjee S. L. Khurana T. C. A. Srinivasavaradan S. M. H. Burney T. N. Chaturvedi M. M. K. Wali Prem Kumar R. D. Pradhan C. G. Somiah J. A. Kalyankrishnan Shiromani Sharma Naresh Chandra R. K. Bhargava Madhav Godbole N. N. Vohra K. Padmanabhaiah Balmiki Prasad Singh Kamal Pande N. Gopalaswami Anil Baijal Dhirendra Singh Vinod Kumar Duggal Gopal Krishna Pillai R. K. Singh Anil Goswami L. C. Goyal Rajiv Mehrishi Rajiv Gauba Ajay Kumar Bhalla (incumbent)
Home ministers	Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru C. Rajagopalachari Kailash Nath Katju Govind Ballabh Pant Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzari Lal Nanda Indira Gandhi Yashwantrao Chavan Uma Shankar Dikshit Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Charan Singh Morarji Desai Hirubhai M. Patel Zail Singh R. Venkataraman Prakash Chandra Sethi P. V. Narasimha Rao Shankarrao Chavan Buta Singh Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Chandra Shekhar Murli Manohar Joshi H. D. Deve Gowda Indrajit Gupta L. K. Advani Shivraj Patil P. Chidambaram Sushilkumar Shinde Rajnath Singh Amit Shah (incumbent)
Ministers of state for home affairs	Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh Kiren Rijiju G. Kishan Reddy (incumbent)

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