Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy
Abbreviation	SVPNPA
Formation	15 September 1948;74 years ago
Type	Civil Service Training Institute
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi
Location	Shivrampalli, Hyderabad ;
Region served	India
Director	A.S.Rajan , IPS
Parent organisation	Government of India
Staff	427
Website	www.svpnpa.gov.in

Last updated March 24, 2023

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]

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.

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.^[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
1	P L Mehta, IP	West Bengal	15 September 1948	31 January 1954
2	Waryam Singh, IP	Punjab, 1941	11 February 1954	5 November 1956
3	A R Jayavant, IP	Madhya Pradesh	8 March 1957	16 May 1958
4	G K Handoo, IP	United Provinces	17 May 1958	30 October 1960
5	B B Banerji, IP	Bihar, 1934	14 March 1961	28 February 1962
6	S C Misra, IP	United Provinces, 1933	24 March 1962	7 December 1967
7	B B Banerji, IP	Bihar, 1934	1 January 1968	31 January 1970
8	A K Ghosh, IP	Bihar	1 February 1970	10 July 1971
9	S G Gokhale, IPS	Maharashtra, 1949	1 February 1972	31 July 1974
10	S. M. Diaz, IPS	Tamil Nadu, 1949	11 September 1974	28 February 1977
11	R D Singh, IPS	Bihar	7 November 1977	4 February 1979
12	P A Rosha, IPS	Haryana, 1948	5 February 1979	18 September 1979
13	B K Roy, IPS	Odisha, 1948	11 November 1979	31 January 1982
14	G C Singhvi, IPS	Rajasthan, 1951	18 February 1983	30 November 1985
15	A A Ali, IPS	Madhya Pradesh, 1955	2 December 1985	31 March 1990
16	P D Malviya, IPS	Madhya Pradesh, 1957	12 September 1990	31 December 1991
17	Sankar Sen, IPS	Odisha, 1960	2 April 1992	31 May 1994
18	A P Durai, IPS	Karnataka, 1962	1 July 1994	28 September 1996
19	Trinath Mishra, IPS	Uttar Pradesh, 1965	12 June 1996	6 December 1997
20	P V Rajagopal, IPS	Madhya Pradesh, 1965	29 June 1998	31 May 2001
21	M K Shukla, IPS	Madhya Pradesh, 1966	29 June 1998	31 May 2001
22	Ganeshwar Jha, IPS	Uttar Pradesh, 1967	11 July 2002	31 July 2004
23	Kamal Kumr, IPS	Andhra Pradesh, 1971	1 October 2004	31 October 2006
24	Dr G S Rajagopal, IPS	Rajasthan, 1971	11 July 2002	31 July 2004
25	K. Vijay Kumar, IPS	Tamil Nadu, 1975	1 December 2008	5 May 2010
26	Rajiv Mathur, IPS	Chhattisgarh, 1974	22 October 2010	30 September 2011
27	V N Rai, IPS	Haryana, 1977	2 November 2011	31 December 2012
28	Subas Goswami, IPS	Assam, 1977	7 March 2013	8 November 2013
29	Aruna Bahuguna, IPS	Telangana, 1979	28 January 2014	28 February 2017
30	D R Doley Burman, IPS	Jammu and Kashmir, 1986	1 March 2017	29 March 2019
31	Abhay	Odisha, 1986	30 March 2019	7 November 2019
32	Atul Karwal, IPS	Gujarat, 1988	27 December 2019	29 June 2022
33	AS Rajan, IPS	Bihar, 1987	30 June 2022^[7]	28 February 2023

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References

↑ "Home". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
↑ Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India on "Reforming India's Economic Institutions".
↑ "History of Academy". www.svpnpa.gov.in.
↑ "History of Academy". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
↑ "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy". About Academy. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
↑ "President's Colours". Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Shri A.S. Rajan, IPS, taking charge as Director, SVP NPA". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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[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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "Shri A.S. Rajan, IPS, taking charge as Director, SVP NPA". www.svpnpa.gov.in. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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