The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad will be hosting a grand Dikshant Parade of the 78th batch of trainee IPS (Regular Recruits) on October 17.
A total of 151 trainee officers belonging to the 2025 batch, comprising 135 IPS probationers and 16 foreign officers from Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, will be participating in it. It also includes 35 women officers.
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan (IAS:1989:SK) will review the parade as the chief guest.
After completing a 15-week foundation course at the LBSNAA in Mussoorie, these trainees joined the Hyderabad academy on December 8, 2025.
According to the SVPNPA Director, their 45-week training at the academy was focused on conventional policing alongside emerging challenges, including cyber crime, cryptocurrency-related fraud, financial crimes, drug trafficking, the darknet, artificial intelligence and threats posed by drones.
The curriculum at the academy also covers the implementation of the three new criminal laws, investigation, forensics, internal security, public order, information technology, criminology, police management, ethics and human rights.
Besides, they are imparted practical instruction as well that includes investigation and riot-control simulations, mock court proceedings, case studies and exercises involving investigative tools.
Then comes the turn of outdoor training. It covers weapons handling, firing, unarmed combat, fieldcraft, tactical operations, map reading, physical fitness, yoga and equitation.
Their final examinations in indoor and outdoor subjects have been completed. They need to take qualifying examinations in cadre languages, driving, swimming, first aid and other subjects to be conducted during the second phase.
According to the academy Director, the probationers also visited police stations to understand the functioning of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) and other operational procedures.
According to him, they were also taught security arrangements during Ganesh idol immersion processions, cricket matches and Assembly elections in Assam and Kerala.
Under specialised attachments programme, the probationers were given jungle survival training at Greyhounds in Telangana, rock climbing with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and advanced weapons training at the Border Security Force’s Central School of Weapons and Tactics.
The programme also includes exposure to Army operations in the northern and eastern sectors and CRPF operations in areas affected by Left-Wing Extremism.
After the parade is concluded, the trainees will go to Delhi for four weeks of attachments with central police organisations, armed police forces and other institutions, completing the 49-week first phase.
They will subsequently undergo 29 weeks of district practical training in their allotted cadres before returning to the academy on June 21, 2027, for the nine-week second phase.
The final phase of training will conclude with their specialised attachments with the National Forensic Sciences University and a leadership module at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
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