The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs? The CRPF assists States and Union Territories in maintaining law and order and ensuring internal security. It is composed of the Central Reserve Police Force (Regular) and Central Reserve Police Force (Auxiliary).
The Indian Police Service is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948,a year after India became independent from the British Empire.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. CISF's primary mission is to provide security to large institutions,be it Governmental or privately owned.
In India,the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) is the collective designation for the central police organizations under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Since 2011,the term "central armed police forces" has been adopted,replacing the term "paramilitary." The CAPF is responsible for internal security and border protection. Each force within the CAPF is led by a Director General (DG),typically an officer from the Indian Police Service (IPS),with the exception of the Assam Rifles,which is headed by a Lieutenant General-ranked officer from the Indian Army.
Asha Sinha is a former Director General of Police in Jharkhand Police. She has the distinction of being appointed the first Woman Commandant of any of police force in the year 1992. She is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of 1982-Batch. She has held several important assignments in the States of Maharashtra,Jharkhand,Bihar and Government of India culminating in the appointment to the senior most position,as Director General of Police in the year 2013.
Director General (DG) is the head of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG),the federal contingency deployment force that was created to deal with terrorism in India. The DG is selected by the Home Minister (MHA). In the first thirty-one years since its creation in 1984,the NSG has had twenty-eight DGs,with an average tenure of one year and few months. All the selected DGs have been officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS).
Pramod Kumar Thakur or P. K. Thakur,is a retired Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officer of Bihar state in India,currently serving as Information commissioner in the state of Bihar. He served as Director General of Police of Bihar Police from June 2014 until his retirement in February 2018. He belongs to the I.P.S. batch of 1980. He has also served as Director General in Bihar. He was awarded with National Security Guard Disc for his outstanding work in the Central Police Organization as Inspector General (Administration). He was appointed on the post of Information commissioner of Bihar State Information Commission in October 2018.
Om Prakash Singh is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He was the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police,and had previously served as the Director General of CISF and Director General of NDRF.
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar is a retired Indian Police Service-1983 batch officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Served in different capacities in the various state and central law enforcement organisations,Bhatnagar received the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service on 15 August 2007. He served as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in his last tenure of service till his retirement on 31 December 2019. He was appointed an advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir G. C. Murmu by the Government of India in January 2020.
Surjeet Singh Deswal also known as S S Deswal is an Indian Police Service officer of 1984 batch,who worked as the Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and retired from same post on 31 August 2021 the India's primary border guarding organization ofIndo-China International Borders,since his appointment on 31 October 2018 with additional charge of Border Security Force. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre. He previously served as the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
M. A. Ganapathy is a retired Indian Police Service Officer of the 1986 batch of Uttarakhand cadre,served as the Director General of the National Security Guard from 18 March 2021 to 29 February 2024. He has previously served as Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and Director General of Police,Uttarakhand.
Sheel Vardhan Singh,retired IPS is former 29th Director General,of Central Industrial Security Force was former Special Director of Intelligence Bureau from Bihar cadre (1986). He is also serving as a member of Union Public Service Commission from 15 January 2024 to 25 August 2028.
Pankaj Kumar Singh was the 29th Director General of BSF,and an Indian Police Service officer of 1988 batch. He is the son of Ex BSF DG Prakash Singh. He has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor of India in January 2023 for a period of 2 years.
Sanjay Arora is an IPS officer of the 1988 batch,Tamil Nadu cadre. He is currently serving as the Commissioner of the Delhi Police. He has also served as the Chief of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Sashastra Seema Bal.
Nina Singh is a retired Indian Police Service officer of 1989 batch of Rajasthan cadre. She was the first female Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force. She was previously DG of Rajasthan and Special Director General of Central Industrial Security Force,and additional Director General of CISF in National Board of Economic Research.
Daljit Singh Chaudhary(born 25 November 1965) is an Indian Police Service officer of 1990 batch UP cadre. Singh is present Director General of the Border Security Force of India and former Director general of Sashastra Seema Bal,was earlier Special Director of Central Reserve Police Force and Additional Director General.
Nitin Agarwal is a 1989 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Kerala cadre and served as the 31st Director General of the Border Security Force of India since 12 June 2023 till 31 July 2024.
Piyush Anand is a 1991- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre currently serving as the Director General of the National Disaster Response Force of India since 1 April 2024.
Rahul Rasgotra is a 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Manipur cadre and currently serving as the Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police of India since 28 December 2023.
Rajwinder Singh Bhatti is a 1990- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Bihar cadre and serving as the Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force of India since 1 September 2024.
