Indo-Tibetan Border Police | ITBP Overview

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is an Indian paramilitary force to October 24, 1962 for the security along the border with Tibet Autnomous Region of China, about 2115 kilometers of border.
The ITBP is trained to escalation, disaster management and nuclear, biological and chemical disasters. ITBP have been deployed abroad for missions of peacekeeping United Nations in Bosnia and elsewhere.
ITBP is a multi-relief effect. Currently, the battalions of ITBP is deployed in teams of border rights Karakoram Pass in Ladakh in Diphu in Arunachal Pradesh, which is 3488 km from the India-China border. Manned border posts at altitudes higher than 21,000 in the western, central and eastern sector of the border. ITBP is a training operation of the mountains and most of the officers and men are professionally trained mountaineers and skiers. The power is in an expansion plan of its troops to help with efforts in altitude.
Border by ITBP are exposed to high velocity storms, Blizzard snow, avalanches and landslides, in addition to the dangers of high altitude and extreme cold, where temperatures drop to minus 40 degrees Celsius. ITBP long distance and short distance patrols to maintain effective monitoring and unattended on inaccessible areas of the border. To optimize the operational effectiveness of troops, tactical exercises are regularly conducted independently and in collaboration with the army.
The ITBP has recently taken a role in emergency management. If the first response to the natural disaster in the Himalayas, ITBP has been the first at 06 (now 08) Regional Response Centers HP, Uttaranchal and North-East and has conducted numerous rescue and emergency disaster, which took place in our areas of responsibility as well as other parts of the country. ITBP personnel already trained in disaster management in 1032, including 98 staff of radioactive materials and chemical / biological emergencies.
ITBP has a National Training Center in search, rescue and disaster Bhanu Haryana momentum as the training staff of the ITBP and other para-military or police state. There is also a training center for dogs in the Training Center at Bhanu basis. The center is called NiCd.
ITBP units command for the security of the Embassy and the Consulates of India in Afghanistan. In addition to these two companies of the ITBP that security in Afghanistan.
ITBP has also excelled in the operation of peacekeeping United Nations. Force personnel deployed on operations to maintain peace in Angola, Namibia, Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Mozambique. Currently, 01 small ITBP is deployed in the United Nations Mission in Congo since November 2005. A National Center for training in civil configuration ITBP Camp, Tigri, New Delhi to offer a systematic training of officers of the Indian police for deployment in UN mission. Sh SR Roy, Comdt served in Western Sahara, that the police and stayed with the dynamics of pre-induction of the Indian police. Sh Sanjeev Raina, DIG is a pioneer of the ITBP, which is still with the UN missions in both Europe and Africa, and trained and assisted local police in achieving self relinace for the maintenance of law and order. Similarly, Sh Devendra Singh, DIG has just returned after that of Afghanistan. A number of other agents such as Sh MK Singh, Comdt, SH RS Pathania, DIG, SH Jaspal Singh, DIG, SH Rasool AJ, DIG different UN missions, and so with distinction. Indeed ITBP glorious reached international standards of police as well.
ITBP is also the safety of pilgrims during Kailash Mansarovar YATRA 1981. ITBP provides communications, security and medical coverage on the yatra from Gunji to Lipulekh Pass and return to Gunji, in coordination with MEA and Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam.Indo Force Tibetan Border Police was created on 24 October 1962 for the security of our borders along the Indo - Tibetan Border Intervention of 2115 km Karakoram Pass Pass and Tri Lipulekh division of India, Nepal and China. Incredible but it's in May, only four battalions have been sanctioned to begin to fill the security vacuum that exists at this time on the Indo - Tibet border. Later in the light of new responsibilities and employment in 1976, the Force was restructured in 1978.
ITBP has been raised under the CRPF Act, however, in 1992, Parliament adopted the law ITBPF and rules were established in 1994. ITBP, as evidenced by its functions and tasks listed below, is a multi-relief effect.
Taking into account the likely scenario for the country's security, has its own Counter ITBP riot and Jungle Warfare School, at an altitude of 6400 feet (2,000 m) in the serenity of the place Mahidanda in Uttarkashi district. Sh DG ITBP Vikram Srivastava, IPS has opened the school in an impressive ceremony held on September 26, 2008. The school was created under the supervision of Sh Rajiv Mehta, IPS IG ITBP North Zone and the state of the art training ITBP men and officers to enable them physically and mentally robust drive. They will also learn to survive in difficult circumstances and jungle strike surgically. Training for the first batch has already started. Sh Sanjeev Raina, DIG ITBP has been assigned the responsibility of management of the institution, with a strong team instructors.CI ops, Jungle Warfare, handling explosives, Rock craft, survival in adverse conditions, A armed struggle and guerrilla warfare are some of the topics covered in this course course.The is difficult, both physically and mentally, and requires special preparation. In its short period of operation, the school has earned a name for himself as the experiences of those who are trained to be believed.
Vigil on the northern border, the detection and prevention of cross-border crime, and promote a sense of security among the local population. Making illegal immigration, smuggling and transnational crime. The security of sensitive installations, banks and protected persons. Restore and maintain order throughout the area in case of disturbance. In our task ITBP border vigil Mans border at an altitude ranging from 9000 'to 18,000'. Most of the articles of the first to cut the road through the area during the winter months. The border exposed to the anger and violence of nature Blizzard of snow, avalanches, landslides, in addition to the dangers of high altitude and extreme cold, where the temperature is normally lower than minus 40 degrees Celsius.
The force, in addition to monitoring of the border, is heavily involved in the fight against terrorism sponsored by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, where he showed bravery and nerve copy. The Himveers "that the staff is affectionately called, also of security installations and VIPs in New Delhi. Each year ITBP personnel deployed in UN missions of peacekeeping in Bosnia, Kosovo, Herzegovina, Angola and Western Sahara.
Adventure and dare-devilry, the skills required for ITBP and therefore come from its ranks the mountaineers of the world that reduces more than one hundred Himalayan peaks, including Mount Everest, four times. Skiers are national champions, who have the pride of India the Winter Olympics. The river bars have created international history through the turbulent white water rafting the mighty Brahma Putra, the Indus and the Ganges. The Force is an important step in becoming the first Central Para military force grab the Best Marching Contingent Trophy in the Republic Day parade in 1998.1999 and 2000. He was innovative in 1998 when the first table of police forces to participate in the Parade Republic Day. ITBP is in the vanguard of the movement for the preservation of Himalayan Environment and Ecology. ITBP has become very widespread in greening the Himalayan regions of the Inner Himalayas. The only human presence in these areas before, but has set itself the task of maintaining the delicate balance of flora and fauna.
ITBP deployed in the mountains, has the expertise in rescue and relief operations in the mountains, leading to different skills of the highest caliber. It is always first in the expansion of rescue and relief in natural disasters. ITBP has a large number of social action programs in remote border areas and terrorist affected areas to get free and expert medical, hygiene and health care for people in remote villages.
It is the only police in the country, which has expertise in the field of the most impressive mountains of the Himalayas. The annual pilgrimage to Holy Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in Tibet (China) is carried out under the wings of ITBP. The Indo-Tibetan border, the Police Academy, the first training institute of ITBP and a "center of excellence has been set at Musso Orie on an ad hoc basis during the year 1976 when the reorganization of the Force. This parameter was previously known as the "High Altitude Academy of defense and survival. The ITBP Academy consists of two wings namely. Adm and the fight against Wing Wing. The wing of Adm. ITBP Academy, the former training center specialist ITBP, which is located in Nowgaon (MP) before the year 1976. The Advanced Training Center, previously located in Shivpuri (MP) is now the fight against Wing.
Both institutions have a command structure and strength. However, after the reorganization of the armed forces in 1978, they have been merged and restructured on functional basis as Adm Wing and Wing fight against these wings in their respective work in the command on all the control and supervision of IG / Director. For the daily management, it is assisted by a Dy. Inspector General. The two wings of ITBP Academy is spread over an area of 243 acres (0.98 km2) in the country where the training infrastructure, such as shooting ranges, range, area of field craft, tactics, etc. are established.
Adm Wing is responsible for the administrative and the Academy regarding the fight against the wing of the conduct of training in the Academy. In addition to conducting basic and Commander Asstt directly recruited sub-inspectors, ITBP Academy organizes courses on conventional warfare, intelligence, field engineering, VIP and command of security operations, counter -insurgency operations, administration, computers, karate, reading maps, and the escalation of human rights, etc. for all grades of the Armed Forces and CPO / State Police.
ITBP Academy has the status of "Center of Excellence" by the Government of India and is now on the road to modernization of the training infrastructure. Until June 2004, the Academy has trained IEC 3785 , 7776 and 27476 SOS other levels of ITBP and CPO / State Police.