Prakash Singh

Prakash Singh
Chairman
Indian Police Foundation and Institute
In office
1 October 2015 – 31 October 2020
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byRanjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Director General of Police
Border Security Force
In office
June 1993 – January 1994
Director General of Police
Uttar Pradesh Police
In office
1991–1993
Director General of Police
Assam Police
In office
1991–1991
Personal details
Born (1936-01-10) 10 January 1936 (age 88)
Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
ChildrenPankaj Kumar Singh, IPS
EducationB.A., M.A. (History)
Alma materUniversity of Allahabad
OccupationBureaucrat & Indian Police Reform movement
Known forBureaucratic accountability and Indian Police Reforms[1][2]
AwardsPadma Shri (1991)
Presidents Police Medal

Prakash Singh is a retired Indian Police Service officer, who rose to the highest rank of Director General of Police (DGP). He has served as Chief of the Border Security Force (BSF), Uttar Pradesh Police and Assam Police. He is considered one of the best police officers for his role as key architect for Police reforms in India.[3] After his retirement from service in 1996, he filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India. The landmark verdict of PIL came in 2006, in which the Supreme Court has given specific directions to the central and state governments to carry out structural changes in the police with a view to insulating it from extraneous pressures and making it accountable to the people.[4]

  1. ^ "Urgent need to reform UP police: Ex-DGP". The Daily Pioneer. 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ "UP ex-DGP takes transfer row to SC". Indian Express. 7 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Police Reforms In India: The Story So Far - (Updated) - INSIGHTS". 5 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Police overhaul: Case pending". 3 November 2015.