Director General of the National Security Guard

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Director General of National Security Guard
Incumbent
B.Srinivasan, IPS
since 28 August 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs
TypeParamilitary Force
StatusActive
AbbreviationD.G.
Residence New Delhi Delhi
Seat NSG HQ, Mehram Nagar, Palam
Nominator Ministry of Home Affairs
Appointer President of India
Term length 29 Feb 2024
FormationAugust 1984
First holderR. T. Nagrani
DeputyAdditional Director-General
Inspector-General
Website DG National Security Guard

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). [1] 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. [2] All the selected DGs have been officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Director General of NSG(essentially from IPS) is equivalent in rank to a lieutenant general in the Army, an air marshal in the Air Force, or a vice admiral in the Navy, all three-star ranks.

The Director General is assisted, for administrative matters, by four IG Rank officers drawn from the Indian Police Service and also from the Indian Army of whom two are Inspectors General each for Administration and Headquarters (HQ) who in turn are assisted by Deputy Inspectors General. [3] The Financial Advisor of the NSG has been an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary from one of the Central Accounts Services and also has Dy Advisors from these Central Accounts Services.

List of Directors General

S.NoNameCadreBatchAppointment DateLeft OfficeNotesParent Service
1R. T. NagraniAndhra Pradesh195117 August 198425 September 1986Indian Police Service
2K. L. WattsUttar Pradesh195628 January 198731 December 1987Indian Police Service
3 V. P. Marwah Union Territory195615 April 198815 April 1988Indian Police Service
4S. SubramanianAndhra Pradesh195814 May 199031 January 1992Indian Police Service
5B. J. S. SialUttar Pradesh195919 May 199231 July 1993Indian Police Service
6A. K. TandonGujarat196128 April 199419 March 1997Indian Police Service
7R. D. TyagiMaharashtra196419 March 199731 October 1997Indian Police Service
8T. R. KakkarArunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram19646 May 19986 May 1998Indian Police Service
9 Nikhil Kumar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram19631 July 199931 July 2001Indian Police Service
10Dr. R. RajagopalanTamil Nadu196520 August 200112 January 2002Indian Police Service
11 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary [4] Kerala196713 February 20027 February 2005Indian Police Service
12A. K. MitraUttar Pradesh19707 February 200527 February 2006Indian Police Service
13 Jyoti Krishan Dutt [5] West Bengal197111 August 200628 February 2009Indian Police Service
14N. P. S. Aulakh [6] Punjab197228 February 200931 August 2010Indian Police Service
15Rajan K. MedhekarKerala19751 September 201030 April 2012Indian Police Service
16Subhash Joshi [7] Uttarakhand19763 May 201218 December 2012Indian Police Service
17Arvind Ranjan [8] Kerala197718 December 201222 January 2014Indian Police Service
18 J. N. Choudhury [9] Assam-Meghalaya197822 January 201431 May 2015Indian Police Service
19R. C. Tayal [10] [11] Assam-Meghalaya198031 May 201522 September 2016Indian Police Service
20Sudhir Pratap Singh [12] Uttar Pradesh198323 September 201631 January 2018Indian Police Service
21Sudeep Lakhtakia [13] Telangana198431 January 201818 October 2019Indian Police Service
22Anup Kumar Singh [14] Gujarat198518 October 201930 September 2020Indian Police Service
23 M A Ganapathy Uttarakhand198618 March 202129 February 2024Indian Police Service
25 Nalin Prabhat Andhra Pradesh19921 May 202415 August 2024 [15] Indian Police Service
26B.SrinivasanBihar199228 August 2024 Incumbent Indian Police Service

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  2. ↑ "Home :Former DGs". NSG. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Statement Showing Details of Organization – Wise Vacancies in CAPFs / CPOs, etc.. UPTO 3 1 . 03 .201 5 meant for IPS officers at various levels" (PDF). mha.nic.in. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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  9. ↑ "J N Choudhury, IPS (AM:78) appointed as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) with effect from the date of his joining the post and till his superannuation on 31.05.2015, or until further orders, whichever event takes place". Times of India. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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  12. ↑ "Sudhir Pratap Singh named new NSG chief, OP Singh CISF DG". Economic Times. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Sudeep Lakhtakia appointed new DG of National Security Guard". Economic Times. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  14. ↑ PTI (18 October 2019). "Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh is new NSG chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Nalin Prabhat's tenure as NSG chief cut short, sent to AGMUT cadre". The Indian Express. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "Former DG's". NSG.

17.https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ma-ganapathy-appointed-nsg-chief-kuldiep-singh-to-head-crpf-11615913486684.html

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