Sulkhan Singh

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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.

Preceded byS. Javeed Ahmad
Succeeded byO.P. Singh
Born (1957-09-08) 8 September 1957 (age 68)
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Sulkhan Singh
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 byS. Javeed Ahmad
Succeeded byO.P. Singh
Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police Training Directorate
In office
11 April 2015  21 April 2017
Personal details
Born (1957-09-08) 8 September 1957 (age 68)
IIT Roorkee
IIT Delhi
OccupationIPS 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]
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Education

Singh 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

Sulkhan 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]

Singh retired on 31 December 2017.[12][13][14]

Decorations

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References

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