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Business, science, commerce postgrads in Delhi Police’s 2025 constables’ batch

Of the batch, 1,943 are graduates and 296 are postgraduates, including 71 with MSc degrees, 24 with MCom degrees, and eight with MBAs.

Updated on: May 21, 2025, 05:50:27 IST
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As 2,780 new constables, including 1,240 women, passed out from the Delhi Police Academy in Jharoda Kalan on Tuesday, official data revealed that nearly 300 of them hold postgraduate degrees—a remarkable statistic for a post that requires only a 10+2 qualification.

The constables underwent extensive training in constitutional studies, criminal law, criminology, forensic science, and cybercrime. (PTI)
The constables underwent extensive training in constitutional studies, criminal law, criminology, forensic science, and cybercrime. (PTI)

Of the batch, 1,943 are graduates and 296 are postgraduates, including 71 with MSc degrees, 24 with MCom degrees, and eight with MBAs. The recruits also include 24 engineers and three law graduates, highlighting the diverse academic background of the new force.

The constables underwent extensive training in constitutional studies, criminal law, criminology, forensic science, and cybercrime. They also received hands-on training in Delhi Police’s IT platforms, such as CCTNS, ICJMS, and ICMS, along with commando tactics, unarmed combat, and disaster management.

A Delhi Police spokesperson said the curriculum was designed to prepare constables for modern policing challenges. “A particular importance was given to familiarization with the newly enacted criminal laws,” the spokesperson added.

Special sessions were also held in collaboration with the NDRF and NGOs to enhance soft skills and sensitivity. A workshop on psychological resilience, stress, and anger management was conducted just two days before the passing-out parade.

 
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Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.

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