FOUR more officers have been selected as part of the police and military training courses being offered by the Government of India under the Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) Programme, the Indian High Commission in Guyana has announced.

The recipients are the Guyana Police Force’s Assistant Commissioner, Fazil Karimbaksh, and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officer’s Staff Sergeant Dork Pompey of Fellowship, West Coast Demerara; Sergeant Jamal Cambridge of Belladrum Village, West Coast Berbice and Corporal Dennis Pompey of Victoria, East Coast Demerara, a release said.

It was explained that the three GDF officers were chosen for a two-month General Intelligence and Security Course at the Military Intelligence Training School in Pune, Maharashtra.
Assistant Commissioner Karimbaksh will be part of a one-week course in Economic Offences at the premier Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad.

The four officers recently called on High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. KJ Srinivasa, where he briefed them on the courses, ongoing partnership between India and Guyana and advised them on the details and logistics of these training programmes.

During their meeting, the officers expressed their gratitude to the High Commission and the Government of India.

The ITEC Programme comprises short-term courses at prestigious institutions in India. The beneficiaries are chosen from selected partner countries across the world.

In 2022, 19 GDF officers were selected to study in India. For 2023, the Government of Guyana was allocated 46 slots of which seven have been used. Meanwhile, the Guyana Police Force utilised seven slots last year and three thus far for this year, the release added.