Director General of Police

Insignia of an Indian Police Service officer with rank of Director General of Police

In India, the Director General of Police (DGP) is a three-star rank and the highest ranking police officer in Indian States and Union Territories. All DGPs are Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. The DGP is usually the head of the state police force in every Indian state in which case the officer is called State Police Chief, which is a cabinet selection post. Vis-a-vis other All India Services it is equal in rank to the Head of Forest Forces for the Indian Forest Service. There may also be additional officers in the state who hold the rank of DGP. Common appointments for such officers include Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Director General of Prisons, Director General of fire forces and civil defence, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Housing Society etc. Additionally officers who hold the rank of DGP may have commensurate appointments in central government organisations such as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Director SVPNPA, DG Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) etc. The rank insignia of a Director General of Police or Commissioner of Police (in Delhi) is the national emblem over crossed sword and baton.^[1][2]

List of Police Chiefs of States and Union Territories of India

Police Commissioner of Pune, India, in 2010. Her insignia indicates her rank of DGP or Additional DGP.

Police Chiefs of States

S.No	State	Headquarters	Name of Police Chief	Batch[3]
1	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	J V Ramudu, IPS [4]	1981
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	S.Nithianandam, IPS[5]	1985
3	Assam	Guwahati	Khagen Sharma, IPS[3]	1982
4	Bihar	Patna	P.K. Thakur, IPS[6]	1980
5	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	A N Upadhyay, IPS [7]	1985
6	Goa	Panaji	Muktesh Chander, IPS[8]	1988
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	P C Thakur, IPS[9]	1979
8	Haryana	Panchkula	Yash Pal Singal, IPS[10]	1983
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Sanjay Kumar, IPS[11]	1985
10	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar(May-Oct) and Jammu(Nov-Apr)	K Rajendra Kumar, IPS[12]	1984
11	Jharkhand	Ranchi	D. K. Pandey, IPS[13]	1984
12	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Om Prakash, IPS[14]	1981
13	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	T.P. Senkumar, IPS[15]	1983
14	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Surendra Singh , IPS[16]
15	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Pravin Dixit, IPS[17]	1977
16	Manipur	Imphal	Shahid Ahmad, IPS[18]	1979
17	Meghalaya	Shillong	P J P Hanaman, IPS[19]	1979
18	Mizoram	Aizawl	Thianghlima Pachuau, IPS[20]	1987
19	Nagaland	Kohima	Besesayo Kezo, IPS[21]	1978
20	Odisha	Cuttack	Sanjeev Marik, IPS[22]	1981
21	Punjab	Chandigarh	Sumedh Singh Saini, IPS[23]	1982
22	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Manoj Bhatt, IPS[24]	1977
23	Sikkim	Gangtok	Avinash Mohananey, IPS[25]	1985
24	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Ashok Kumar, IPS[26]	1982
25	Telangana	Hyderabad	Anurag Sharma, IPS[27]	1982
26	Tripura	Agartala	C Bala Subramanian, IPS[28]	1981
27	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad	Javeed Ahmed,IPS[29]	1984
28	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Birinder Singh Sidhu, IPS[30]	1979
29	West Bengal	Kolkata	G M Prabhu Rajasekhar Reddy, IPS[31]	1982

Police Chiefs of Union Territories

S.No	Union Territory	Headquarters	Name of the Police Chief	Batch
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	Sudhir Yadav, IPS
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Rajender Pal Upadhyay, IPS[32]	1991
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Silvassa	Manish Kumar Agrawal, IPS[33]	1996
4	Daman and Diu	Silvassa	Manish Kumar Agrawal, IPS[33]	1996
5	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti
6	National Capital Territory of Delhi	Delhi	Alok Kumar Verma, IPS[34]	1979
7	Puducherry	Puducherry	P Kamaraj, IPS[35]	1987

See also

• Chief Secretary
• Police commissioner
• Additional Director General of Police

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