The Primary purpose of the Academy is to prepare leaders for the
Indian Police, who will lead/command the force with courage, uprightness,
dedication and a strong sense of service to the people.
Academy will endeavour to inculcate in them, such values and norms as would
help them serve the people better. In particular, it will try to inculcate
integrity of the highest order, sensitivity to aspirations of people in a fast
changing social and economic milieu, respect for human rights, broad liberal
perspective of law and justice, high standard of professionalism, physical
fitness and mental alertness.
The Academy will be a focal point for training of the trainers of police
training institutions all over the country and will provide consultancy
services to sister training institutions for improving their management of
training.
The Academy will be a centre for research studies on police subjects and will
expand its resource base through tie-ups with similar institutions in and
outside the country.
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| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born in Gujarat in the year 1875. He studied law
in England but returned to India(1915) and practiced in Ahmadabad. Influenced
by the nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, he joined the Civil
Disobedience Movement and successfully organized (1928) the landowners of
Bardoli against British tax increases. In 1931 he served as president of the
Indian National Congress. The British imprisoned Patel a number of times for
his activities. As Minister of States,Home minister and Deputy Prime Minister,
Patel adroitly achieved the peaceful integration of the princely Indian states
into the Union.
The Academy has been named after this former Deputy Prime Minister
of India (1947 - 1950) who was the man responsible for creation of the All
India Services and also for establishing a training institutionto train IPS
officers.
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The National Police Academy (NPA), trains officers of the Indian Police
Service, who have been selected through an All India based 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, Deputy Superintendents of Police is each states
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 removed by an order of the
President of India.
Apart from the Basic Training Course for IPS officers the Academy also conducts
3 In-service Management Development Programmes for officers of SP., DIG. and IG
levels of the Indian Police Service; Training of Trainers' Courses for the
trainers of various 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 Army/IAS/IFS/Judiciary, Public Sector Undertakings, Nationalised Banks,
Insurance Companies etc. also attend various specialised courses conducted here
from time to time. The Academy is affiliated to Osmania University for
conducting courses on police subjects for IPS officers.
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The Academy is headed by a Director, an IPS. Officer of the rank of Director
General of Police and assisted by a Joint Director of the rank of Inspector
General of Police, 3 Deputy Directors of the rank of DIG of Police, and 13
Assistant Directors. The 13 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 also includes a Professor
in Management, a Reader in Behavioural Sciences, a Reader in Teaching
Methodology, 2 Medical Officers, a Junior Scientific Officer, a Hindi
Instructor, a Photographic Officer and a Chief Drill Instructor. The supporting
staff include administrative, ministerial and medical staff and other Group D
employees. Total staff strength is 427.
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| A high level Academy Board comprising senior civil/police officers, eminent
educationists etc. as its members is headed by the Union Home Secretary. The
Board periodically reviews inter-alia the syllabi and training methodology of
various courses conducted in the Academy. |
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 September
15, 1988.
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National Police Academy (NPA) is located in Hyderabad, the captial of the
Andhra pradesh in India and spread over 275 acres of land.
* 20 Kms from Air Port
* 14 Kms from Nampally Railway Station
* 10 Kms from Central Bus Station.
** Map
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