16% IPS probationers are women

23 out of the 144 officers to participate in Dikshant Parade

Sixteen per cent of IPS probationers of the latest batch of regular recruits passing out from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) on Friday are women. The 144 IPS probationers of this batch (2019), including 23 women, who began their basic training on December 16, 2019, would participate in the Dikshant Parade (passing-out parade), which would be reviewed by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai. Along with them, 34 foreign officials, including 10 foreign official trainees, from Royal Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Mauritius police would take part in the parade. The foreign officers underwent training along with the fresh batch of IPS probationers. SVPNPA director Atul Karwal said that the trainees had completed their 30 weeks of phase-I and 29 weeks of phase-II training at the academy, apart from 28 weeks of district practical training and 15 weeks of foundation at LBS NAA, Mussoorie, and MCR HRD IT, Hyderabad.