Sulkhan Singh (born 8 September 1957) is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He was the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.
Sulkhan Singh | |
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 Sulkhan Singh with Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi | |
| Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police | |
| In office 22 April 2017 – 31 December 2017 | |
| Preceded by | S. Javeed Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | O.P. Singh |
| Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police Training Directorate | |
| In office 11 April 2015 – 21 April 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1957 Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India[1][2][3] |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Alma mater | IIT Roorkee IIT Delhi |
| Occupation | IPS Officer |
| Awards |  President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service[1][2][3] Police Medal for Meritorious Service[1][2][3] 50th Anniversary Independence Medal[1][2]Union Home Minister’s Medals for excellence in Police Training[4] |
Education
editSingh has a graduate degree in Civil Engineering (BTech/B.E.) from IIT Roorkee (then University of Roorkee), a post graduate diploma in Structural Engineering from IIT Delhi.[1][2][3] He also has a degree in Law (LLB).[1][2][3]
Career
editSulkhan Singh has served in various key positions for Uttar Pradesh Government (Police), including as the Director General (DG) of Uttar Pradesh Police, Director General of Training Directorate, Additional Director General (ADG) (Police Headquarters) in Allahabad, Additional Director General/Inspector General/Secretary (ADG/IG) in Department of Prison administration and reform of Uttar Pradesh Government, Inspector General (IG) of Lucknow Zone, Deputy Inspector General of Lucknow, Allahabad and Mirzapur ranges, and as District Senior Senior Superintendent of Police/Superintendent of Police (SSP/SP) of Agra, Allahabad, Saharanpur, and Rampur districts.[2][3][5][6][7][8]
Singh was given extension of three months in September 2017 to serve as Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police till December.[9][10][11]
Decorations
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Police Medal for meritorious service - Received on 15 August 1998
President's Police Medal for distinguished service - Received on 15 August 2006
50th Independence Anniversary Medal - Received on 15 August 1997- Union Home Minister’s Medals for excellence in Police Training - Received on 8 September 2017
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS Gradation List - 2015" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Police. Department of Home, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS Gradation List - 2017" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh. Department of Home, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sulkhan Singh - Executive Record Sheet". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b "List of Medal winners for 2014-15" (PDF). Bureau of Police Research and Development. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Bajpai, Namita (29 April 2017). "Sulkhan Singh's rise from a village boy to Uttar Pradesh's top-cop". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ Goswami, Dev, ed. (22 April 2017). "Sulkhan Singh takes charge as new UP DGP, promises zero tolerance against cow vigilantism, 'gundagardi'". India Today. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Sulkhan Singh -- From humble background to UP's top cop". Hindustan Times. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Who is Sulkhan Singh? Here is all you need to know about UP's new DGP". Financial Express. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh DGP Sulkhan Singh gets three-month extension". Indian express. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "UP DGP Sulkhan Singh gets three-month extension". Business Standard. Lucknow. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Shukla, Srawan (29 September 2017). "Hours after farewell, Uttar Pradesh DGP Sulkhan Singh gets 3-month extension". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "O. P. Singh is new DGP of Uttar Pradesh". The Hindu. Lucknow. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Om Prakash Singh is Uttar Pradesh's New DGP, Succeeds Sulkhan Singh". News 18. Lucknow. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh gets a new DGP, OP Singh succeeds Sulkhan Singh". Zee News. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.