The Dikshant Parade of 74th batch of IPS officer trainees was held on February 11, 2023, at the Academy. Hon’ble Union Minister of Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah was the Chief Guest for the event and took the Salute of the Diskhant Parade, which was led by the Shri Shahansha K.S, IPS Probationer of Kerala Cadre, the best all-around topper of the batch in Phase-1 of 74 RR (2021).
195 officer trainees passed out from the Academy today including 29 officer trainees from friendly countries of Nepal, Maldives, Mauritius and Bhutan. Dikshant Parade marks the culmination of the Phase-I training of the IPS officer trainees at the Academy. The 195 officer trainees on parade included 166 officer trainees of the Indian Police Service, including 33 IPS lady officer trainees, and 29 foreign officer trainees (including 4 foreign lady officer trainees), 6 officers from Bhutan, 5 from Nepal, 8 from Maldives and 10 from Mauritius.
Shri A.S, Rajan, IPS, Director of the SVP National Police Academy, in his welcome and introductory speech, elaborated the various training sessions and modules undergone by the passing out trainees. He said, “the officer trainees on Parade are at the threshold of their challenging careers and they will flourish and bloom into officers with high standards of professionalism and sterling values”.
Hon’ble Union Minister of Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah presented The Indian Police Service Martyrs’ Trophy for the Best Squad in Training received by Shri Karthik Shrotriya, AGMUT cadre from Platoon No.2, The Tonk Cup for Equitation to Shri Sagar Timilsina, Nepal Police Officer. Ms. Diksha, IPS (P) of 74 RR borne on Bihar cadre, won the IPS Association's Sword of Honour for the best Outdoor Probationer. She is the only second lady officer trainee to win the IPS association’s sword of honour. The Hon’ble Union Minister also presented trophies to several other officer trainees who showed exemplary performance during the training at the Academy.
In his address, the Hon’ble Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, first congratulated all the officer trainees passing out from the Academy and reminded them that they have an onerous task of taking Indian Police forces into the Amritvarsh of Indian Independence. He asked the officer trainees to dedicate themselves to build a stronger India by the time we celebrate the 100th year of Indian Independence in 2047. He reminded the probationers that during the past seven decades, the country has seen several ups and downs and also many challenging times in internal security. He recalled that more than 36,000 police personnel laid down their lives during these challenging times over last 7 decades and had asked the probationers to lead the police force with accountability, discipline, dedication and accessibility. He laid emphasis on the major role played by the Indian police forces in the maintenance of Internal security. This calls for unified approach and coordination across various agencies. He mentioned that in last 8 years, the government at the centre was successful in bringing down terrorist and insurgency-related incidents drastically, especially in the three major theatres of J&K, North East and LWE-prone areas. This was only possible due to zero-tolerance policy, strong will and by strengthening of the law enforcement agencies which work for the internal security of the nation.
Earlier before the parade, the Hon’ble Union Home Minister paid homage to the Martyrs of Indian Police Service who laid down their lives in the service of the Nation and paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India and the architect of All India Services.
Several other dignitaries, including the Hon’ble Governor of Telangana Smt. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Shri Ajay Bhalla, Union Home Secretary, Shri Tapan Deka, Director IB, DGPs of several states, Heads of Central armed police forces and retired and serving officers from many states were also present to witness the exemplary parade of the 74th batch of Indian Police Service officer trainees passing out today.
