The Indian Army conducts joint special forces exercises and training with the special forces of countries such as the United Kingdom, United States, Sri Lanka, Russia, France, Bangladesh, Poland and Thailand at this school.
The complete process was delayed due to the deployment of all three commando battalions under an ad hoc headquarters for Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka.
The raising was part of an upgrade of the Para SF battalions to more versatile special forces capable of conducting a wide variety of strategic and operational tasks, both overt and covert, in war and low-intensity conflict situations.
In January 2003, Army Headquarters Military Operations Directorate approved the restructuring of the Special Forces Training Wing to overcome the drawbacks in its erstwhile organization.
Most courses conducted at the school require the students to be mentally, physically, and psychologically fit.