Om Prakash Singh (born 2 January 1960) is a 1983 batch

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Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

cadre. He was the Director General of

Uttar Pradesh Police The Uttar Pradesh Police (UP Police), (IAST: ), is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police, United Provinces under the ''Police Act, 1861'' ...

, and had previously served as the Director General of

CISF The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is a federal police organisation in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is one among the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). CISF provides security to over 356 industrial units (including 1 ...

and Director General of NDRF.

Education

Singh is a

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( MA) in

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from

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

, he also holds a

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( MPhil) in Philosophy from National Defence College, affiliated to

Madras University The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...

. Singh has also earned

MBA degree A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

in Disaster Management.

Career

Singh has served in various key positions for both

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and Uttar Pradesh Governments (

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), like as the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police, He travelled to

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in exchange to become the Additional Director General (ADG) of NCR (Meerut) Zone, Additional Director General (Intelligence), Additional Director General (Special Enquiry),

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(DIG) of Moradabad and Azamgarh ranges,

(Anti Corruption Organization) and

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of 11th

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in Uttar Pradesh Governments (

), and as Director General of

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(CISF), Director General of

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(NDRF), Additional Director General in CISF, Inspector General/

(IG/DIG) in

Central Reserve Police Force The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a federal police organisation in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. It is one among the Central Armed Police F ...

. Singh has also served as the District Senior Superintendent of Police/

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(SSP/SP) of

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

, Allahabad,

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Lakhimpur Kheri Lakhimpur Kheri district is the largest district in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the border with Nepal. Its administrative capital is the city of Lakhimpur. Lakhimpur Kheri district is a part of Lucknow division, with a total area of . The nation ...

and

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DG of CISF

He was appointed as the Director General of Central Industrial Security Force by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in September 2016. He assumed the office of DG on 26 September 2016.

DG of UPP

Singh assumed charge as the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police on 23 January 2018. He was appointed as the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on the recommendation of a high-level committee consisting of the Chief Secretary of

, Rajive Kumar, as its head, with the other members being

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( Home) Arvind Kumar and

to the

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, Shashi Prakash Goyal. Singh has had an eventful tenure, and holds credit for introducing police commissionerate system in

and

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) o ...

, organising of an incident free Kumbh Mela in

Prayagraj Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

, and maintaining the law and order during the Ram Janmbhoomi verdict in 2019.

Decorations

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- Received on 15 August 1999 * IND_President's_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service

President's Police Medal for distinguished service - Received on 26 January 2007 * IND_50th_Anniversary_Independence_medal

50th Independence Anniversary Medal - Received on 15 August 1997 * IND_Police_Medal_for_Gallantry

Police Medal for Gallantry - Received in 1993

Controversies

Singh was the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Lucknow district when the infamous attack on

Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social cha ...

in a VIP guesthouse happened. Subsequently, he was suspended by the

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. During his tenure as Additional Director General (ADG) of

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

( NCR) zone, violence in Phase-II of Noida city happened. Subsequently, he was transferred by the

and was attached to DGP Headquarters.

References

External links

Executive Record Sheet as maintained by Ministry of Home Affairs of Government of India

Profile on National Disaster Response Force's website
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