Piyush Anand

• Anand KR. Agarwal (father)

Piyush Anand
Director General of National Disaster Response Force
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2024
Alma mater	IIT Delhi MDI,Gurgaon
Occupation	IPS officer
Profession	Civil servant
Awards	Indian Police Medal awarded by the central government for Meritorious Service President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service

Piyush Anand (born 18 June 1968 ^[1] ) is a 1991-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Since 1 April 2024, he has served as the Director General of the National Disaster Response Force of India. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Early life

Anand was born to Anand Kr. Agarwal in 1968 and he hails from Delhi, India. ^[1]

Education

Anand has completed M. Tech in (Mechanical engineering) from IIT Delhi and also Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from MDI Gurgaon. ^[2]

Career

Anand holds many special or high rank posts ^{[ which? ]} in the central government's agencies and they have been awarded for his work. ^{[7] [8]}

He has served in CBI for more than 7 years, in CRPF for more than 3 years. He has also served in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) as ADG/SDG for more than a year and anand joining the National Disaster Response Force as Director General on 1 April 2024. ^{[2] [9]}

Awards

Anand is the recipients of the more awards for his unbelievable service in his career. ^[10]

• Indian Police Medal awarded by the central government for Meritorious Service.^{[ citation needed ]}

• President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.^{[ citation needed ]}

• Gold Medal by School of Public Policy & Management, MDI Gurgaon for outstanding performance.^{[ citation needed ]}

• Silver in 2018, Gold in 2019 and Platinum in 2020 and Kumbh Sewa Medal in 2019. He has also been awarded DG's CRPF Commendation Disc in 2017. ^[2]

References

1. "Piyush Anand Profile on UPPolice portal". uppolice.gov.in.
2. "About Director General, NDRF". ndrf.gov.in.
3. "IPS Piyush Anand Biography in Hindi: आईपीएस पीयूष आनंद का जीवन परिचय (जीवनी), NDRF डीजी पीयूष आनंद कौन हैं?". npg.gov.in. 27 March 2024.
4. "Sadanand Vasant appointed new NIA DG, Piyush Anand to head NDRF". livemint.com.
5. "up government transfers two IPS officers piyush anand removed from adg post - यूपी सरकार ने दो आईपीएस अफसरों के किए तबादले, पीयूष आनंद एडीजी स्थापना पद से हटाए गए, उत्तर प्रदेश न्यूज".
6. "Key appointments in central government's security agencies: New heads named for NIA, NDRF, and BPR&D". The Times of India. 27 March 2024 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
7. "Piyush Anand IPS appointed DG- NDRF". 27 March 2024.
8. "IPS सदानंद वसंत बने NIA के डीजी, पीयूष आनंद को बनाया गया NDRF का महानिदेशक - IPS Sadanand Vasant appointed as DG of NIA and IPS Piyush Anand appointed as DG of the NDRF". Jagran.
9. Service, Express News (27 March 2024). "Centre appoints Sadanand Date as NIA DG; Rajeev Kumar Sharma to lead BPR&D; Piyush Anand named NDRF DG". The New Indian Express.
10. "पीयूष आनंद बने सीआईएसएफ के एडीजी : उत्तर प्रदेश में 1991 बैच के आईपीएस हैं". tricitytoday.com.