Manoj Yadava

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Manoj Yadava
Born (1965-07-30) 30 July 1965 (age 60) [1]
Nationality Indian
Children2(sons)
Police career
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Department Indian Police service.jpg IPS
StatusDGP & Chief of RPF
Rank DGP Logo of RPF.jpg RPF (July 2023-July 2025)
DGP Logo of the National Human Rights Commission.svg NHRC (July 2022-June 2023)
SDG Intelligence Bureau.svg IB (August 2021-July 2022)
DGP Haryana Police (February 2019- August 2021)
Badge no.19881003
Batch1988
CadreHaryana
Awards IND President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.png President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
IND Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png Police Medal for Meritorious Service
United Nations Medal ribbon.svg United Nation Peace Keeping Medal
UN UNMIK Medal ribbon.svg United Nation Foreign Service Medal (Kosovo)

Manoj Yadava (born 30 July 1965) is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who served as Director General of Railway Protection Force and former Director General of Police of Haryana Police. [2] [3] He had previously held the post of joint Director of the Intelligence Bureau at the Union Home Ministry (MHA). [4] [5]

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Early life

Yadava was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. [6]

His elder son, Aditya Vikram Yadav, IAS, has secured the rank 72 in UPSC 2018 and is currently serving as the District Magistrate (DM) of Sivasagar district in Assam. [7] His younger son, Aniruddh Yadav, is also an IAS officer. Aniruddh secured the All-India Rank (AIR) 08 in the UPSC Civil Services Exam-2022 result. [8]

Career

Yadav was appointed to the IPS in 1988. He has worked as SP in many districts of Haryana. [6]

He joined the Intelligence Bureau in February 2003. [9] On 18 February 2019, he was appointed as Director General of Police, Haryana. On 7 January 2021, the Haryana government extended his tenure till further orders. [10]

He was replaced by the incumbent Prashanta Kumar Agrawal, an IPS officer of the 1988 batch, on 16 August 2021. Yadav was appointed in 2023 as the Director General of Police or head of the Railway Protection Force, where he served until 2025.

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References

  1. "IPS : Query Result(s)". dtf.in. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. "Manoj Yadava takes over as new Haryana DGP". The Times of India. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. "18 FIRs, 2 cancelled, 14 pending for investigation and 2 chargesheets filed: Haryana DGP to HC". The Indian Express. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. "Haryana government names new DGP: '88-batch Manoj Yadava". The Indian Express. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. "Biodata of Shri. Manoj Yadava, IPS - Indian Railway" (PDF). Indianrailways.gov.in. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Manoj Yadav, IPS officer, appointed as Haryana's DGP". News Nation English. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. "नियुक्तिः हरियाणा के नए डीजीपी बने मनोज यादव, आईबी के अतिरिक्त निदेशक के पद पर हैं तैनात". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  8. "UPSC Civil Services Exams-2022: Haryana IPS officer's son bags AIR 8". Hindustan Times. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  9. "Manoj Yadava is Haryana DGP". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  10. "Haryana govt extends tenure of DGP Manoj Yadava till further orders". Hindustan Times. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.