IPS officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed as the new Director General of Police for Jammu and Kashmir.
Nalin Prabhat has been posted in Jammu and Kashmir as the Special Director General (SDG) of Police until September 30. He will then take charge as the DGP on October 1.
Arpit Pattnaik
The Home Ministry has appointed IPS officer Nalin Prabhat as the next Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir. Prabhat, a 1992 batch IPS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, will take charge as the DGP after the tenure of RR Swain, the current DGP of Jammu and Kashmir, ends on September 30. Swain, a 1991 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IPS officer, will retire after serving as the DGP for 11 months.
Nalin Prabhat has been serving in Jammu and Kashmir as the Special Director General (SDG) of police until September 30 and will assume the role of DGP on October 1.
The 56-year-old IPS officer has had an illustrious career and has won three police gallantry medals. He has also led the 'Greyhounds', a specialized anti-Naxal force in Andhra Pradesh. Prabhat, who is from Himachal Pradesh, took charge as the Director General of the National Security Guard in April this year. However, the government shortened his tenure and approved his deputation from the Andhra Pradesh cadre to the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.
This deputation, which will last for three years or until further orders, has been made in accordance with relaxed inter-cadre transfer guidelines. It will enable him to serve as the DGP in Jammu and Kashmir. Nalin Prabhat is expected to take on multiple roles during his tenure as the DGP, including strengthening the anti-terror grid in the Union Territory.
