The Dikshant Parade of 74th batch of IPS officer trainees was held today 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-round 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 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 .
