New Delhi: The National Security Guard (NSG) has started its first Mahila Commando Conversion Course (MCCC), bringing women personnel from state police forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to its training academy in Manesar for specialized commando training. The 12-week course will take the participants through physical conditioning, weapons and marksmanship before moving to tactical intervention, hostage rescue and other aspects of counter-terrorism operations.
The women remain personnel of their respective police and CAPF formations and are not being inducted into the NSG through the programme. After completing the course, they will return to their parent forces with the training acquired at Manesar.
The NSG said the course is intended to extend its specialized counter-terrorism training to women serving across different security forces and build a larger pool of personnel capable of taking on demanding operational assignments.
From physical conditioning to hostage rescue
The course begins with physical conditioning, followed by training in weapons handling and marksmanship. As it progresses, the participants will be put through tactical intervention and hostage rescue drills along with other specialized counter-terrorism training.
The Hindustan Times, citing an NSG spokesperson, reported that the 12-week programme was designed to produce personnel who are physically robust, technically proficient and operationally ready.
The training model draws on the NSG’s wider role in building counterterrorism capabilities beyond its own ranks. The force routinely trains personnel from state police forces, CAPFs and other security organizations in specialized operational skills.
The home ministry has previously said the NSG conducts commando-conversion and capacity-building courses for personnel from other forces, including training in police commando duties, bomb disposal and other specialized fields.
Women to take NSG training back to their forces
The new course is distinct from recruitment into the NSG. Its focus is on training women already serving with other security organizations and sending them back to their units with specialized operational skills.
According to the NSG, bringing personnel from different forces through the same training system is also intended to develop common professional standards and improve interoperability when personnel from different organizations are required to operate together.
“On completion, these women personnel will carry enhanced skills and operational knowledge back to their respective forces,” an NSG spokesperson said.
The force said this would help distribute specialized counter-terrorism capability across a wider range of police and CAPF formations rather than keeping such expertise confined to personnel serving directly with the NSG.
The NSG has not publicly disclosed the total number of participants in the first MCCC or provided a force-wise breakdown of the batch.
The course marks the first time the NSG has run a Mahila Commando Conversion Course specifically for women drawn from state police and CAPF formations. Once the 12-week programme concludes, the participants will return to their respective forces for deployment according to the requirements of their parent organizations.