Director General of the National Security Guard

Director General of the National Security Guard
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Incumbent R C Tayal since 31 May 2015
Ministry of Home Affairs
Status	Active
Seat	NSG HQ,Mehram Nagar, Palam
Nominator	Ministry of Home Affairs Minister for Home Affairs
Appointer	President of India
Term length	1 year and few months
Formation	August 1984
First holder	RT Nagrani
Deputy	Additional 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] Many DGs have served only a few months, while waiting for promotion to a more desirable post. None of the DGs have had experience in commanding NSG special actions groups, or any other special forces command experience.^[2] All the selected DGs have been officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS), as required by government policy. Since the combat units which conduct counter terror operations for the NSG are commanded by the army officers, this policy effectively negates the possibility of any officer with experience in terror operations heading the organisation as its DG.

Director General of NSG 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 Indian Police Service officers 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 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the rank of Joint Secretary and also has Dy Advisors from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service and Indian Civil Account Service.

R C Tayal of 1980 IPS Batch(Assam-Meghalaya Cadre) is the present Director General

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

List of Director Generals

S.No	Name	Cadre	Batch	Appointment Date	Left Office	Notes	Parent Service
1	RT Nagrani	Andhra Pradesh	1951	17 August 1984	25 September 1986		Indian Police Service
2	MC Mishra	Madhya Pradesh	1951	25 September 1986	28 January 1987	Additional Charge Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police	Indian Police Service
3	KL Watts	Uttar Pradesh	1956	28 January 1987	31 December 1987		Indian Police Service
4	SD Pandey	Uttar Pradesh	1952	31 December 1987	31 December 1987	Additional Charge Director General Central Reserve Police Force	Indian Police Service
5	HP Bhatnagar	Rajasthan	1956	31 March 1988	15 April 1988	Additional Charge Director General Border Security Force	Indian Police Service
6	VP Marwah	Union Territory	1956	15 April 1988	15 April 1988		Indian Police Service
7	DVLN Ramakrishna Rao	Andhra Pradesh	1957	22 February 1990	14 May 1990	Additional Charge Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police	Indian Police Service
8	S Subramanian	Andhra Pradesh	1958	14 May 1990	31 January 1992		Indian Police Service
9	RK Wadehra	Uttar Pradesh	1959	31 January 1992	19 May 1992	Additional Charge Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police	Indian Police Service
10	BJS Sial	Uttar Pradesh	1959	19 May 1992	31 July 1993		Indian Police Service
11	DK Arya	Madhya Pradesh	1960	31 July 1993	28 April 1994	Additional Charge Director General Border Security Force	Indian Police Service
12	AK Tandon	Gujarat	1961	28 April 1994	19 March 1997		Indian Police Service
13	RD Tyagi	Maharashtra	1964	19 March 1997	31 October 1997		Indian Police Service
14	GS Pandher	Manipur-Tripura	1964	31 October 1997	30 April 1998	Additional Charge Director General Bureau of Police Research and Development	Indian Police Service
15	TR Kakkar	Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram	1964	06 May 1998	06 May 1998		Indian Police Service
16	Nikhil Kumar	Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram	1963	01 July 1999	31 July 2001		Indian Police Service
17	Gurbachan Jagat	Punjab	1966	01 August 2001	20 August 2001	Additional Charge Director General Border Security Force	Indian Police Service
18	R Rajagopalan	Tamil Nadu	1965	20 August 2001	12 January 2002		Indian Police Service
19	SC Chaube	Uttar Pradesh	1966	13 January 2002	12 February 2002	Additional Charge Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police	Indian Police Service
20	RS Mooshahary	Kerala	1967	13 February 2002	07 February 2005		Indian Police Service
21	Dr R Rajagopalan	Tamil Nadu	1965	01 March 2006	11 August 2006	Additional Charge SS IS MHA	Indian Police Service
22	Jyoti Krishan Dutt	West Bengal	1971	11 August 2006	28 February 2009		Indian Police Service
23	NPS Aulakh	Punjab	1972	28 February 2009	31 August 2010		Indian Police Service
24	Rajan K Medhekar	Kerala	1975	01 September 2010	30 April 2012		Indian Police Service
25	Subhash Joshi	Uttarakhand	1976	03 May 2012	18 December 2012		Indian Police Service
26	Arvind Ranjan	Kerala	1977	18 December 2012	22 January 2014		Indian Police Service
27	J N Choudhury	Assam-Meghalaya	1978	22 January 2014	31 May 2015		Indian Police Service
28	R C Tayal	Assam-Meghalaya	1980	31 May 2015	Till Date		Indian Police Service

References

1. "Former DGs". nsg.gov.in. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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. Retrieved 3 February 2015.