itPrime Minister's OfficeEnglish rendering of PM’s interaction with IPS probationers from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police AcademyPosted On: 31 JUL 2021 8:49PM by PIB DelhiJai Hind, Sir! I extend a warm welcome and greetings to you on behalf of Atul Karwal, Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, the entire family of the Academy and all the officers present here. We are very grateful to all of you that you have taken time out of your busy routine for this FUNCTION. I ALSO extend a warm welcome to other dignitaries present in this function, Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai, Union Home Secretary Shri Ajay Bhalla and Secretary, Border Management of Police, Shri Sanjiva Kumar. Sir, 144 Indian Police Service officers and 34 police officers from friendly countries Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Mauritius are also present in this function. You will be happy to know that during the six months of district training, all these officers played a commendable and important role in their respective states, districts and countries, out of which some officers were also corona infected, but they joined the training after they recovered fully. You will also be happy to know that a contingent of eight officers from Delhi, including three foreign officers, saved the family of four members of an army officer from drowning when they were on a visit to Lakshadweep during Bharat Darshan. The passing out parade CONVOCATION of all these officers has been scheduled on 6th August, after which they will be on active duty in their respective states and countries after completing the attachment of the National Forensic Sciences University and CRPF. It is a matter of good fortune for all these officers that they will get blessings and guidance from you while taking the first step in the service of the country. Sir, after the COMPLETION of two years of rigorous training at Police Academy, the first two positions has been achieved by women officers. Ranjeeta Sharma, not only won the title of best probationer, but also became the first Indian woman officer in the history of IPS to win the IPS Association Sword of Honor which is based on OUTDOOR training. On the second position was a talented lady officer Shreya Gupta and I would like to invite Shreya to conduct this function with your permission.