ITBP inducts its first

women officers in combat A first-ever 'History
Mussmrie (U 'khand) of ffBP' book with 680
pages containing many
The India-China LAC unknown facts and
guarding the Indo- photographs of the
Tibetan Border Police border guarding force
force on Sunday was also l?leased by
commissioned its first Dharni along with ITBP
two women officers in director general S S
combat after they Deswal.
completed their training Dhami and Deswal
hexe. put the ranks of
A total of 53 officers Assistant Commandant,
passed out from the the entry-level officer
rl'BP officers' training rank in the paramilitary,
academy located in on the shoulders of the
Mussoorie after a two women officers
passing out parade was Prakriti and Diksha
held, with Uttarakhand after the passing out
Olief Minister Pushkar parade and attestation
Singh Dhami officiating ceremony where they
as the chief guest. took oath to serve the
country.
While Prakriti's father also challenging and
has retired from the exciting".
Indian Air Force (IN), "Ihe ITBP started
Deeksha's father recruiting women
Kamlesh Kumar is an combat officers in its
Inspector in the ITBP. cadre from 2016
Kumar, in his Khaki through an all- India
uniform, saluted his examination conducted
daughter after the by the Union Public
parade and got a crisp Senice Commission
salute in leturn fol (UPSC).
which they Bef01e this, it only
hugged each other had combat women in
"My father is my role the constabulary ranks
model. He never Out of the total 53
considered me lesser officers, 42 officers are
than anyone," Deeksha in the general duty
said. hakriti, who holds combat cadre, while 11
a bachelors degree in are in the engineering
electrical engineering, cadre of the about
said the life in the force 90,000 personnel suong
is "very tough but it is mountain warfare
trained force.
 'Ihese officers wdl "give their best" while
now be posted across performing their duties.
rl'BP formations in the He said the country
country, including the was safe due to the
LAC with China and valour of its armed
the anti-Naxal forces and the sacrifices
operations theatre in made by the personnel
Chhattisgarh. in uniform.
"Ihe force was raised
in the aftermath of the
1962 Chinese
and its
primary role is to guard
the 3,488 km long
India-China Line of
Actual Control (LAC)
apart from rendering a
variety of roles in the
internal security
domain.
Addressing the young
officers who trained for
50 weeks (general duty
cadre) and Il weeks
(engineering cadre) in
various subjects of
combat and strategy,
Dhami said the
commanders should