SVPNPA

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

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Abbreviation	SVPNPA
Motto	Satya Seva Surakshnam (Mean Truth Service Security)
Formation	15 September 1948
Type	Government agency
Legal status	Active
Purpose	IPS Officer Training
Headquarters	Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi
Location	Hyderabad
Region served	India
Membership	Indian Police Service officers
Director General	Ms Aruna Bahuguna, IPS
Parent organisation	Government of India
Staff	427
Website	svpnpa.gov.in
Remarks	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 15 Sep' 1988.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) Telugu: సర్దార్ వల్లభభాయి పటేల్ జాతీయ పోలీస్ అకాడెమీ, Devanāgarī: सरदार वल्लभभाई पटेल राष्ट्रीय पुलिस अकादमी) is the Indian national institute for training of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers before they are sent to their respective state cadres to carry out their duties. The academy is in Hyderabad, India.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy is the premier police training institution in the country.

The National Police Academy (NPA) trains officers of the Indian Police Service, who have been selected through the All-India 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, inspectors, Deputy Superitendent of Police is each state's 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 or removed by an order of the President of India.

Apart from the Basic Training Course for IPS officers the Academy conducts three In-service Management Development Programmes for officers of Superintendent of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police and Inspector General levels of the Indian Police Service; 'Training of Trainers' Courses for the trainers of 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 IRS/IAS/IFS/Judiciary/CAPF, public sector undertakings, nationalised banks, insurance companies etc. also attend specialised courses conducted here from time to time. The academy is affiliated to Osmania University for conducting courses on police subjects for IPS officers.