A total of 28 Officers of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force, after undergoing 16 weeks rigorous basic training at the ITBP Academy Mussoorie passed out of the academy at Mussoorie on Monday. A colorful passing-out parade and attestation ceremony was held at the ITBP Academy parade ground on the occasion.
Director of the academy, inspector general Sudhansu Shekar Misra presided over the function which was also attended by the parents of the passing out officers, local representatives, retired and serving ITBP officers and their families.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion inspector general Misra highlighted the border guarding and other operational achievements of the ITBP force and congratulated the officers and their parents.
Delivering the welcome address, the deputy director of the ITBP academy, deputy inspector general Davinder Singh spoke about the role and achievements of academy in the sphere of training.
Trainee officers from various parts of the country passed out of the academy on the occasion. These included three from Bihar, one each from Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, seven from Uttar Pradesh, two from Punjab,five from Andhra Pradesh and eight from Telangana. The passing out parade concluded with display of martial art and the performance of a pipe band.
Officer trainees Naresh Choudhary, Kranti Kumar and Ravi Kumar were awarded trophies by the chief guest for their excellent performance during the training in different streams.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Main role of the ITBP is to safeguard the 3488 kilometre long Indo-China border ranging from Karakoram Pass in (ladhak) to Jachep-la in Arunachal Pradesh. The ITBP was raised on October 24, 1962 after the Indo-China conflict to safeguard the northern Indo-Tibetan border as a special border force. Initially the role of this force was restricted to border guarding only, but at present, the ITBP is also performing the duties of internal security, VIP protection and disaster management among other important tasks. The
ITBP is also deployed in areas affected by left wing extremism in the states of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The force is also notable for its contribution to various rescue and relief operations during times of natural calamities all over the country especially in the Himalayan regions.