The Union Government appointed IPS Aruna
Bahuguna as chief of Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel National Police Academy, Hyderbad. The Appointments Committee of
Cabinet (ACC) issued the orders for the appointment on 20 January 2014.
Aruna Bahuguna is the first woman to be appointed as the chief of the National Police
Academy. She is the 28th chief of the academy and will be at its helm till
February 2017.
She will replace the incumbent IPS Subhas
Goswami who was appointed as the Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border
Police (ITBP) in November 2013.
About Aruna
Bahuguna
Aruna Bahuguna is
a 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre and has served in various positions
in Andhra Pradesh Police. Currently, Aruna Bahuguna is the Special
Director-General of Country’s largest paramilitary force, Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF). She was the first
woman to be posted as the Special Director General of CRPF.
About National
Police Academy
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police
Academy was established on 15 September 1948
in Mount Abu, Rajasthan as Central Police Training College. It was shifted
to Hyderabad in November 1975. 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 September 15, 1988.