Director General of the National Security Guard
Director General (DG) is the head of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG), the federal contingency deployment force that was created to deal with terrorism in India. The DG is selected by the Home Minister (MHA).[1] In the first thirty-one years since its creation in 1984, the NSG has had twenty-eight DGs, with an average tenure of one year and few months.[2] All the selected DGs have been officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS).
Director General of National Security Guard | |
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since 1 May 2024 | |
Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Type | Paramilitary Force |
Status | Active |
Abbreviation | D.G. |
Residence | New Delhi Delhi |
Seat | NSG HQ, Mehram Nagar, Palam |
Nominator | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 29 Feb 2024 |
Formation | August 1984 |
First holder | R. T. Nagrani |
Deputy | Additional Director-General Inspector-General |
Website | DG National Security Guard |
Director General of NSG(essentially from IPS) is equivalent in rank to a lieutenant general in the Army, an air marshal in the Air Force, or a vice admiral in the Navy, all three-star ranks.
The Director General is assisted, for administrative matters, by four IG Rank officers drawn from the Indian Police Service and also from the Indian Army of whom two are Inspectors General each for Administration and Headquarters (HQ) who in turn are assisted by Deputy Inspectors General.[3] The Financial Advisor of the NSG has been an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary from one of the Central Accounts Services and also has Dy Advisors from these Central Accounts Services.
List of Directors General
editS.No | Name | Cadre | Batch | Appointment Date | Left Office | Notes | Parent Service |
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1 | R. T. Nagrani | Andhra Pradesh | 1951 | 17 August 1984 | 25 September 1986 | Indian Police Service | |
2 | K. L. Watts | Uttar Pradesh | 1956 | 28 January 1987 | 31 December 1987 | Indian Police Service | |
3 | V. P. Marwah | Union Territory | 1956 | 15 April 1988 | 15 April 1988 | Indian Police Service | |
4 | S. Subramanian | Andhra Pradesh | 1958 | 14 May 1990 | 31 January 1992 | Indian Police Service | |
5 | B. J. S. Sial | Uttar Pradesh | 1959 | 19 May 1992 | 31 July 1993 | Indian Police Service | |
6 | A. K. Tandon | Gujarat | 1961 | 28 April 1994 | 19 March 1997 | Indian Police Service | |
7 | R. D. Tyagi | Maharashtra | 1964 | 19 March 1997 | 31 October 1997 | Indian Police Service | |
8 | T. R. Kakkar | Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram | 1964 | 6 May 1998 | 6 May 1998 | Indian Police Service | |
9 | Nikhil Kumar | Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram | 1963 | 1 July 1999 | 31 July 2001 | Indian Police Service | |
10 | Dr. R. Rajagopalan | Tamil Nadu | 1965 | 20 August 2001 | 12 January 2002 | Indian Police Service | |
11 | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary[4] | Kerala | 1967 | 13 February 2002 | 7 February 2005 | Indian Police Service | |
12 | A. K. Mitra | Uttar Pradesh | 1970 | 7 February 2005 | 27 February 2006 | Indian Police Service | |
13 | Jyoti Krishan Dutt[5] | West Bengal | 1971 | 11 August 2006 | 28 February 2009 | Indian Police Service | |
14 | N. P. S. Aulakh [6] | Punjab | 1972 | 28 February 2009 | 31 August 2010 | Indian Police Service | |
15 | Rajan K. Medhekar | Kerala | 1975 | 1 September 2010 | 30 April 2012 | Indian Police Service | |
16 | Subhash Joshi [7] | Uttarakhand | 1976 | 3 May 2012 | 18 December 2012 | Indian Police Service | |
17 | Arvind Ranjan [8] | Kerala | 1977 | 18 December 2012 | 22 January 2014 | Indian Police Service | |
18 | J. N. Choudhury[9] | Assam-Meghalaya | 1978 | 22 January 2014 | 31 May 2015 | Indian Police Service | |
19 | R. C. Tayal [10][11] | Assam-Meghalaya | 1980 | 31 May 2015 | 22 September 2016 | Indian Police Service | |
20 | Sudhir Pratap Singh [12] | Uttar Pradesh | 1983 | 23 September 2016 | 31 January 2018 | Indian Police Service | |
21 | Sudeep Lakhtakia [13] | Telangana | 1984 | 31 January 2018 | 18 October 2019 | Indian Police Service | |
22 | Anup Kumar Singh[14] | Gujarat | 1985 | 18 October 2019 | 30 September 2020 | Indian Police Service | |
23 | M A Ganapathy | Uttarakhand | 1986 | 18 March 2021 | 29 Feburary 2024 | Indian Police Service | |
25 | Nalin Prabhat | Andhra Pradesh | 1992 | 1 May 2024 | 15 August 2024[15] | Indian Police Service |
References
edit- ^ "Former DGs". nsg.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Home :Former DGs". NSG. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Statement Showing Details of Organization – Wise Vacancies in CAPFs / CPOs, etc.. UPTO 3 1 . 03 .201 5 meant for IPS officers at various levels" (PDF). mha.nic.in. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Mooshahary: from clerk to Governor in same city". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Jyoti Krishan Dutt appointed Director General of NSG". One India. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "NPS Aulakh is new NSG chief". Times of India. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Subhash Joshi takes over as DG, NSG". India Strategic. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/AppointmentArvindRanjan-261213.PDF.
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(help) - ^ "J N Choudhury, IPS (AM:78) appointed as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) with effect from the date of his joining the post and till his superannuation on 31.05.2015, or until further orders, whichever event takes place". Times of India. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "R C Tayal appointed as new Director General of National Security Guard". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/R.C.Tayal080615.pdf.
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(help) - ^ "Sudhir Pratap Singh named new NSG chief, OP Singh CISF DG". Economic Times. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Sudeep Lakhtakia appointed new DG of National Security Guard". Economic Times. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ PTI (18 October 2019). "Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh is new NSG chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Nalin Prabhat's tenure as NSG chief cut short, sent to AGMUT cadre". The Indian Express. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Former DG's". NSG.