Director general of police


In India, the Director General of Police is a three-star rank and the highest ranking police officer in Indian States and Union Territories. All DGPs are Indian Police Service 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, Criminal Investigation Department, 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, Director SVPNPA, DG Central Reserve Police Force etc. The rank insignia of a Director General of Police or Commissioner of Police 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.

List of current Chiefs of Police Forces in the States and Union territories of India

S.No.StateHeadquartersName of Police ChiefBatch
1Andhra PradeshAmaravatiDamodar Gautam Sawang, IPS1986
2Arunachal PradeshItanagarRP Upadhyaya, IPS1991
3AssamGuwahatiBhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS1988
4BiharPatnaGupteshwar Pandey, IPS1987
5ChhattisgarhRaipurD. M. Awasthi, IPS1986
6GoaPanajiMukesh Kumar Meena, IPS1989
7GujaratGandhinagarAshish bhatia, IPS1985
8HaryanaPanchkulaManoj Yadava, IPS1988
9Himachal PradeshShimlaSanjay Kundu, IPS1989
10JharkhandRanchiM.V. Rao, IPS1987
11KarnatakaBengaluruPraveen Sood, IPS1986
12KeralaThiruvananthapuramLokanath Behera, IPS1985
13Madhya PradeshBhopalVivek Johri, IPS1984
14MaharashtraMumbaiSubodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS1985
15ManipurImphalL. M. Khaute, IPS1985
16MeghalayaShillongR. Chandranathan, IPS1986
17MizoramAizawlS. B. K. Singh, IPS1988
18NagalandKohimaT. John Longkumer, IPS1991
19OdishaCuttackAbhay, IPS1986
20PunjabChandigarh
Mr.Dinkar Gupta, IPS		1987
21RajasthanJaipurBhupendra Yadav, IPS1986
22SikkimGangtokShankar Rao, IPS1987
23Tamil NaduChennaiJ. K. Tripathy, IPS1985
24TelanganaHyderabadM. Mahender Reddy, IPS1986
25TripuraAgartalaAmitabh Ranjan, IPS1988
26Uttar PradeshLucknowH.C. Awasthi, IPS1985
27UttarakhandDehradunAnil Kumar Raturi, IPS1986
28West BengalKolkataVirendra, IPS1985

S.NoUnion TerritoryHeadquartersName of the Police ChiefBatch
1Andaman and Nicobar IslandsPort BlairDeependra Pathak, IPS1990
2ChandigarhChandigarhSanjay Bainiwal, IPS1989
3Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDamanManish Kumar Agrawal, IPS1996
4Jammu and KashmirSrinagar ' and Jammu 'Dil Bagh Singh, IPS1987
5LadakhLeh and KargilS. S. Khandare, IPS–
6LakshadweepKavarattiShibesh Singh, IPS–
7National Capital Territory of DelhiDelhiS.N. Srivastava, IPS1985
8PuducherryPondicherryS. Sundari Nanda, IPS1988