The Maharashtra Intelligence Academy (MIA) was recently awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification, The Times of India reports on June 16. MIA Director Mahadev Tambade said, “The certificate was awarded for the provision of intelligence training to Maharashtra Police. Besides the state police, MIA imparts training in intelligence tradecraft to police units from other states as well, besides the central armed police forces. Experts from various central agencies share their expertise and train the officers at the academy.” He added, “Many lessons were learnt from the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. MIA was established to impart training in intelligence gathering as well as providing security to vital installations to avert terror strikes in the state. The academy trains police personnel in maintaining VIP security as well as coastal security”.