Nagaland Police received ‘National Award for Smart Policing’ for the SMS based Vehicle Monitoring System (NPSVMS), instituted by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FIC-CI).
In a press note, DCP Zone-2, Dr. K.P.A. Ilyas, IPS said that the award for the ‘best practice in the category of Road Safety and Traffic Management’ was presented to Nagaland Police by minister for state for Home Affairs, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary at a function held at FICCI auditorium in New Delhi on Friday. Nagaland Police was among the six state polices selected, for making presentations on the best smart policing initiatives across the country after the award ceremony.
The jury chaired by former Home secretary G.K. Pillai includes– Manjari Jaruhar, (former Special DG, CISF), N. Ramachandran, (former DGP Meghalaya), Alok Bansal, (director, India Foundation), Milan Narendra, (director- government advisory services, EY) were the other jury members.
FICCI president Harshavardhan Neotia, former home secretary GK Pillai, joint secretary Home (Police Modernization) T.V.S.N. Prasad were among those present on the occasion. The Vehicle Monitoring System was conceived by police department and executed by Ben Imchen, a post graduate from IIT Delhi.