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Services Preparatory Institute to get full-time director soon
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Services Preparatory Institute (SPI) is expected to get a new full-time director soon. The post was vacant since Nov 2022.
SPI authorities said on Tuesday that Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has finalised the name of a Pune-based retired colonel as the new director.
"MPSC recommended the name of a new director after following the laid down procedure. The general administration department is expected to make the formal appointment in the next one or two weeks," officials said.
SPI, under whose aegis Girls SPI at Nashik also functions, has shown stellar performance by placing a relatively higher number of cadets in govt defence institutions compared to many other Sainik schools.
SPI also witnessed the formation of a revamped governing council, with the appointment of retired senior officials from the Army, Navy, and Air Force along with the divisional commissioner of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Lieutenant General (retd) Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar is now the chairman of the governing council, whereas the divisional commissioner will be the ex-officio vice-chairman. Brigadier (retd) Hemant Mahajan, Rear Admiral (retd) Ashish Kulkarni, and Air Vice Marshal (retd) Nitin Vaidya are the members of the council, which will also have the director of Sainik Welfare, Pune, and SPI director as designated members.
Set up in 1977, SPI provides personalised coaching for UPSC (NDA) written entrance examination and interviews of the SSB, besides building physical and mental abilities of cadets. The girls' SPI at Nashik came up in 2023 and emerged as one of the most sought-after military schools.
