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. 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,[1] 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. DGP-ranked officers wear Gorget patches on their collar which have a dark blue background with an oak leaf pattern stitched on it, similar to ADGs and IGs.[2][3]

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

List of current Chiefs of Police Forces in the States and Union territories of India
Police Chiefs of States
S.No. State Headquarters Name of Police Chief Batch[4]
1 Andhra Pradesh Amaravati Damodar Gautam Sawang, IPS [5] 1986
2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar RP Upadhyaya, IPS[6] 1991
3 Assam Guwahati Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS[4] 1988
4 Bihar Patna Gupteshwar Pandey, IPS[7] 1987
5 Chhattisgarh Raipur D. M. Awasthi, IPS [8] 1986
6 Goa Panaji Jaspal Singh, IPS[9] 1996
7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Shivanand Jha, IPS[10] 1983
8 Haryana Panchkula Manoj Yadava, IPS[11] 1988[12]
9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla Sanjay Kundu, IPS [13] 1989
10 Jharkhand Ranchi M.V. Rao, IPS[14] 1987
11 Karnataka Bengaluru Praveen Sood, IPS[15] 1986
12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Lokanath Behera, IPS[16] 1985
13 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Vivek Johri, IPS[17] 1984
14 Maharashtra Mumbai Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS[18] 1985
15 Manipur Imphal L. M. Khaute, IPS[19] 1985
16 Meghalaya Shillong R. Chandranathan, IPS[20] 1986
17 Mizoram Aizawl S. B. K. Singh, IPS[21] 1988
18 Nagaland Kohima T. John Longkumer, IPS[22] 1991
19 Odisha Cuttack Abhay , IPS[23] 1986
20 Punjab Chandigarh Dinkar Gupta, IPS[24] 1987
21 Rajasthan Jaipur Bhupendra Yadav, IPS 1986
22 Sikkim Gangtok Shankar Rao, IPS[25] 1987
23 Tamil Nadu Chennai J. K. Tripathy, IPS[26] 1985
24 Telangana Hyderabad M. Mahender Reddy, IPS[27] 1986
25 Tripura Agartala Amitabh Ranjan, IPS[28] 1988
26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow H.C. Awasthi, IPS[29] 1985
27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Anil Kumar Raturi, IPS[30] 1986
28 West Bengal Kolkata Virendra, IPS 1985
Police Chiefs of Union Territories
S.No Union Territory Headquarters Name of the Police Chief Batch
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Deependra Pathak, IPS 1990
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh Sanjay Bainiwal, IPS[31] 1989
3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman Manish Kumar Agrawal, IPS[32] 1996
4 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (May-Oct) and Jammu (Nov-Apr) Dil Bagh Singh, IPS 1987
5 Ladakh Leh and Kargil S. S. Khandare, IPS [33] –
6 Lakshadweep Kavaratti Shibesh Singh, IPS –
7 National Capital Territory of Delhi Delhi S.N. Srivastava, IPS[34] 1985
8 Puducherry Pondicherry S. Sundari Nanda, IPS[35] 1988

See also

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