Dattatray Padsalgikar
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Preceded byR. N. Ravi
Succeeded byPankaj Kumar Singh
Preceded bySatish Mathur
Succeeded bySubodh Kumar Jaiswal
Dattatray Padsalgikar | |
|---|---|
| Deputy National Security Advisor of India | |
| In office 29 October 2019[1] – 31 October 2023 | |
| Preceded by | R. N. Ravi |
| Succeeded by | Pankaj Kumar Singh |
| 41st Director General of Police of Maharashtra Police | |
| In office 1 July 2018 – 28 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Satish Mathur |
| Succeeded by | Subodh Kumar Jaiswal |
| 40th Police Commissioner of Mumbai | |
| In office 31 January 2016 – 29 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Javed |
| Succeeded by | Subodh Kumar Jaiswal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1958 |
| Alma mater | (B.A. in English literature) (M.A. in French Literature) Fergusson College Pune University[2] [3] |
| Occupation | IPS officer Bureaucrat |
| Awards |  President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
 50th Anniversary Independence Medal. |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1982–2019 |
| Rank |  Director General of Police |
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Dattatray "Datta" Padsalgikar (born 26 August 1958) is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Maharashtra cadre. He served as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India to the Government of India from 2019 to 2023. Previously, he served as the Deputy Director General of Police of Maharashtra and also as the Police Commissioner of Mumbai.
Dattatray Padsalgikar hails from a town on the Solapur-Bijapur border, and has a B.A. degree in English Literature and M.A. degree in French literature from Fergusson College Pune University.[4] [5]
