ITBP inducted 53 officers including 2 women officers

ITBP on Sunday got 53 officers who successfully completed their basic training at the ITBP Academy Centre at Mussoorie.Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was the chief guest of the Passing Out Parade and Attestation Ceremony held at the ITBP Academy.In his address Dhami congratulated the young officers of the Force and said that the ITBP has a glorious history of courage, determination, valour and sacrifice. He said that the ITBP is known as Sentinels of the Himalayas and guards the difficult borders of the nation with dedication and high motivation. The Force is the saviour of the people in distress in disaster situations especially in the remote mountainous terrains. 
S S Deswal, DG ITBP elaborated upon the achievements of the ITBP and said that the Force has been maintaining the highest level of professionalism by training its men in the emerging and changing security scenario. He said that the ITBP has been in the forefront in the fight against Covid19 in the country and extended all possible support to the Nation during the first and second waves of pandemic. 
Total 53 Assistant Commandants passed out from the Academy. 42 officers hailing from different states (Bihar-3, Chandigarh-1, Haryana-4, Jharkhand-1, Karnataka-3, Kerala-1, Ladakh-2, Punjab-1, Maharashtra-7, Manipur-2, Rajasthan-6, Tamil Nadu-1, Uttarakhand-2, Uttar Pradesh-8) are from the General Duty Cadre and are the Company Commanders who completed the basic training of 52 weeks as 26th AC/GD Basic Course. There are 25 officers in the group who are technical graduates (M Tech-1, B.E.-7 and B. Tech-17). Other 11 engineering cadre officers (Chandigarh-1, Haryana-2, Rajasthan-1, Uttarakhand-4, Uttar Pradesh-3) are the Assistant Commandant/Engineers who completed the 49th GOs Combatization Course of a duration of 25 weeks. These officers will now be posted to the field units of the Force. For the first time, 2 women officers (Assistant Commandants) Prakriti and Diksha who joined the ITBP from the UPSC selection procedure (Annual CAPF AC Exam of the UPSC)  were also passed out in the group. The ITBP started appointments of women combat officers as company commanders through UPSC in 2016.

CM Dhami and DG Deshwal released an exclusive book titled as ‘History of ITBP’ published by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 

This 640 page volume has been prepared in a couple of years after research. It includes various landmark accomplishments of ITBP in last six decades such as role in border management, important benchmarks, reforms, restructuring and administrative changes, bank security duties by ITBP in Punjab in the 80s and 90s, counter insurgency operations by ITBP in Jammu & Kashmir, duties in left wing extremism affected state of Chhattisgarh, achievements in training, sports and adventurous sports, rescue and relief operations conducted by ITBP over the last decades. Approximately 1,000 exclusive related historical photographs (Both black and white and colour) have been included in the book. Prepared by the Operations Branch and Public Relations Office of the force.