Ashok Kumar (IPS)

Ashok Kumar is an Indian Police Service Officer of the 1989 batch belonging to the Uttarakhand cadre.[2] He is serving as the Director General of Uttrakhand Police.[3]

DGP

Ashok Kumar

IPS
Born1963
Panipat, Haryana, India
Alma materB.Tech and M.Tech from IIT Delhi
Police career
DepartmentUttarakhand Police Department[1]
Service years1989-present
Rank Director General of Police
Websitewww.ashokkumarips.com

Early life and Education

Ashok Kumar was born in 1963 in the village of Kurana in Panipat district of Haryana. He completed his schooling at the village government school and then did his B.Tech and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.[4]

Police Careers

Kumar joined the ranks of Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1989 after clearing Union Public Service Commission and was allotted Uttar Pradesh cadre for the first time. In which he served as Assistant superintendent (ASP) in Allahabad and Aligarh from 1991 to 1993.[5]

In November 2020, he became the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttarakhand after the retirement of Anil Kumar Raturi.[6][7]

He has also served in the Border Security Force and Central Reserve Police Force on Central deputation. Apart from this, in 2001 he also worked under the United Nations in Kosovo.[8]

Books
  • Human In Khaki - 2014. [9]
  • Cracking the Civil Services Examination - 2020. [10]
  • Challenges to Internal Security of Indian - 2017. [11]

References
  1. "Who's Who of UTTARAKHAND POLICE". uttarakhandpolice.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. "IPS officer Ashok Kumar to be Uttarakhand's new DGP, to take charge on November 30". Hindustan Times. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "IPS Ashok Kumar to be new DGP of Uttarakhand - ET Government". The Economic Times. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "उत्तराखंड: आईपीएस अशोक कुमार बने प्रदेश के नए डीजीपी, 30 नवंबर को संभालेंगे कार्यभार". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. "IPS officer Ashok Kumar to be Uttarakhand's new DGP, to take charge on November 30". Alumni Affairs IITD. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "जानिए कौन हैं उत्तराखंड के नए डीजीपी अशोक कुमार, लेंगे अनिल रतूड़ी की जगह". Zee News (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. "Uttarakhand: DGP Ashok Kumar inspects rescue operations in rain-hit Nainital". ANI News. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. "आइपीएस अशोक कुमार बने उत्‍तराखंड के नए डीजीपी, अनिल रतूड़ी का लेंगे स्थान". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  9. Kumar, Ashok; Ohri, Lokesh (21 February 2014). Human in Khaki. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-5083-796-2. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  10. Kumar, Ashok (3 January 2020). Cracking the Civil Services Examination, 2ed. G.K PUBLICATIONS PVT.Limited. ISBN 978-93-89718-02-7. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  11. Kumar, Ashok (2017). Challenges to Internal Security of Indian. Mc Graw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-93-5260-281-0. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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