Rajendra Prasad Sharma

Director General of Police, Odisha
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma
IPS
Born (1960-05-15) 15 May 1960
Ajmer, Rajasthan
Awards

President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service[1] (Republic Day, 2010)

Indian Police Medal for Meritorious services [2] (Republic Day, 2002)
Police career
Current status State Police Chief[3]
Department Odisha Police
Badge number 19861024[4][5]
Country  India
Years of service 1986 - Present
Rank Director General of Police

Rajendra Prasad Sharma is an Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officer. He is the current State Police Chief & Director General of Police (DGP) of the Odisha State Police. He was the former Director of Vigilance in the state of Odisha. Sharma is from Rajasthan.

Education

Dr. Sharma holds numerous degrees that includes MBBS, LLB, M.A. in Human Rights, M. Phil in National Security and Strategic Studies, Intermediate Certificate course in French language, Fellowship in HIV Medicine.He was pursuing his post graduate studies in Internal Medicine(M.D.) when he got selected into the prestigious Indian Police Service. .[6] As a student leader, he was Vice-President of All India Medical Students' Association in the year 1981-82.

Career

Sharma was appointed to the IPS in 1986 and is a part of Odisha Cadre. He started his career as an ASP (under training) at Police Training College, Angul as well as Bubhaneswar before being posted as SDPO, Rayagada. He served as SP in Kalahandi, Berhampur, Dhenkanal and Balasore between 1990 and 2001. And served as Commissioner of Police in Bhubaneswar. He served as D.I.G. of Police, CID, Crime Branch and D.I.G. of Police, Central Range, Cuttack. On deputation to Govt. of India, he worked as Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau at Jodhpur and effected seizures of a record quantity of illicit drugs with arrest of many international Drug Traffickers. He also worked as D.I.G of Police (Admn) and I.G. of Police (Hqrs) in National Security Guard (NSG), New Delhi and significantly contributed in the N.S.Gs expansion activities, post Mumbai terror attack. He has served in U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti, Central America. In his second stint with the United Nations, he worked as Anti Corruption and Crime Prevention Expert in the UNODC, Regional Office for South Asia at New Delhi. He is a member of INTERPOL Group of Experts on Police Training (IGEPT) since the year 2009, i.e. last four years. He prepared an Action Plan for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Central Para Military Forces of India which was implemented from 2006 to 2009.

Awards

He is a recipient of President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service (January, 2010), Police Medal for Meritorious Service (January, 2002), U.N. Peacekeeping Medal (1997), Police Special Duty Medal (2012) and Commendation Disc of DG, NSG.

References

  1. ↑ "President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service - MHA".
  2. ↑ "Medal Recipients".
  3. ↑ "Rajendra Prasad Sharma becomes new DGP of Odisha". Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "IPS Civil List 2014". dtf.in. Disciplinary & Transparency forum. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "As on GRADATION LIST OF OFFICERS OF INDIAN POLICE". Home Department, Odisha.
  6. ↑ "Trained as doctor and lawyer, Rajendra Prasad Sharma is new DGP of Odisha". New Indian Express. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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