The Centre will set up two new organisations namely Indian Police Foundation, a think-tank and Indian Police Institute, a research unit. These two organisations will be inaugurated by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday.
“The Indian Police Foundation and the Indian Police Institute aim at embarking a culture of research and evidence-based policing in India and to avoid subjectivity, personal biases and errors in decision-making. The setting up of the institutes is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of a SMART, professionally competent and people-centric police,” said Home Ministry in statement.
The Indian Police Foundation is a think-tank to deliberate, ideate, strategise, and lead the advocacy towards realising the much-needed transformational reforms in the Indian Police and the Indian Police Institute is a research and training institute for police officers for the pursuit of professional excellence and evidence-based policing. The Indian Police Institute aims at carrying out research by jointly involving police officers and academic researchers for better understanding of the issues and challenges the police face in daily work.
The Police Foundation and Institute aims to bring together the police professionals, academia and other stake holders including citizens and provide a platform to research, discuss, ideate and seek the answers. Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju will also attend the function.