In a significant development, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad has sought the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)’s help to secure the services of the AGMUT cadre IPS officers to serve as faculty at the academy. It has written to the ministry to nominate these officers for deputation at the academy.
The letter was sent to the ministry in September by SVPNPA Director Sujeet Pandey. The letter says the academy has sought the MHA’s cooperation in identifying suitable and willing IPS officers from the AGMUT cadre.
The police academy has been unhappy that AGMUT cadre IPS officers have been trying to evade postings at the country’s premier police training institution. The academy feels their need to widen faculty representation and bring in a broader mix of policing experience.
It should be mentioned here that the National Police Academy, which trains IPS officers at different stages of their careers, said its current faculty includes officers drawn from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and Tamil Nadu.
The academy said that the current faculty composition needs to broaden state and cadre representation by bringing in officers from other states and Union Territories.
The academy said the experience and professional expertise of IPS officers from the AGMUT cadre would be of considerable value, as the method of cross-learning would enrich the training environment and benefit officer trainees, who are drawn from different parts of the country.
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