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Director General of National Security Guard
Incumbent
B.Srinivasan, IPS
since 28 August 2024
Ministry of Home Affairs
TypeParamilitary Force
StatusActive
AbbreviationD.G.
ResidenceNew Delhi Delhi
SeatNSG HQ, Mehram Nagar, Palam
NominatorMinistry of Home Affairs
AppointerPresident of India
Term length29 Feb 2024
FormationAugust 1984
First holderR. T. Nagrani
DeputyAdditional Director-General
Inspector-General
WebsiteDG National Security Guard

Director General (DG) is the head of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG), the federal contingency deployment force that was created to deal with terrorism in India. The DG is selected by the Home Minister (MHA).[1] In the first thirty-one years since its creation in 1984, the NSG has had twenty-eight DGs, with an average tenure of one year and few months.[2] All the selected DGs have been officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Director General of NSG(essentially from IPS) is equivalent in rank to a lieutenant general in the Army, an air marshal in the Air Force, or a vice admiral in the Navy, all three-star ranks.

The Director General is assisted, for administrative matters, by four IG Rank officers drawn from the Indian Police Service and also from the Indian Army of whom two are Inspectors General each for Administration and Headquarters (HQ) who in turn are assisted by Deputy Inspectors General.[3] The Financial Advisor of the NSG has been an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary from one of the Central Accounts Services and also has Dy Advisors from these Central Accounts Services.

List of Directors General

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S.No Name Cadre Batch Appointment Date Left Office Notes Parent Service
1 R. T. Nagrani Andhra Pradesh 1951 17 August 1984 25 September 1986 Indian Police Service
2 K. L. Watts Uttar Pradesh 1956 28 January 1987 31 December 1987 Indian Police Service
3 V. P. Marwah Union Territory 1956 15 April 1988 15 April 1988 Indian Police Service
4 S. Subramanian Andhra Pradesh 1958 14 May 1990 31 January 1992 Indian Police Service
5 B. J. S. Sial Uttar Pradesh 1959 19 May 1992 31 July 1993 Indian Police Service
6 A. K. Tandon Gujarat 1961 28 April 1994 19 March 1997 Indian Police Service
7 R. D. Tyagi Maharashtra 1964 19 March 1997 31 October 1997 Indian Police Service
8 T. R. Kakkar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram 1964 6 May 1998 6 May 1998 Indian Police Service
9 Nikhil Kumar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram 1963 1 July 1999 31 July 2001 Indian Police Service
10 Dr. R. Rajagopalan Tamil Nadu 1965 20 August 2001 12 January 2002 Indian Police Service
11 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary[4] Kerala 1967 13 February 2002 7 February 2005 Indian Police Service
12 A. K. Mitra Uttar Pradesh 1970 7 February 2005 27 February 2006 Indian Police Service
13 Jyoti Krishan Dutt[5] West Bengal 1971 11 August 2006 28 February 2009 Indian Police Service
14 N. P. S. Aulakh [6] Punjab 1972 28 February 2009 31 August 2010 Indian Police Service
15 Rajan K. Medhekar Kerala 1975 1 September 2010 30 April 2012 Indian Police Service
16 Subhash Joshi [7] Uttarakhand 1976 3 May 2012 18 December 2012 Indian Police Service
17 Arvind Ranjan [8] Kerala 1977 18 December 2012 22 January 2014 Indian Police Service
18 J. N. Choudhury[9] Assam-Meghalaya 1978 22 January 2014 31 May 2015 Indian Police Service
19 R. C. Tayal [10][11] Assam-Meghalaya 1980 31 May 2015 22 September 2016 Indian Police Service
20 Sudhir Pratap Singh [12] Rajasthan 1983 23 September 2016 31 January 2018 Indian Police Service
21 Sudeep Lakhtakia [13] Telangana 1984 31 January 2018 18 October 2019 Indian Police Service
22 Anup Kumar Singh[14] Gujarat 1985 18 October 2019 30 September 2020 Indian Police Service
23 M A Ganapathy Uttarakhand 1986 18 March 2021 29 February 2024 Indian Police Service
25 Nalin Prabhat Andhra Pradesh 1992 1 May 2024 15 August 2024[15] Indian Police Service
26 B.Srinivasan Bihar 1992 28 August 2024 Incumbent Indian Police Service

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References

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  1. ^ "Former DGs". nsg.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Home :Former DGs". NSG. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Statement Showing Details of Organization – Wise Vacancies in CAPFs / CPOs, etc.. UPTO 3 1 . 03 .201 5 meant for IPS officers at various levels" (PDF). mha.nic.in. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Mooshahary: from clerk to Governor in same city". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Jyoti Krishan Dutt appointed Director General of NSG". One India. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  6. ^ "NPS Aulakh is new NSG chief". Times of India. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Subhash Joshi takes over as DG, NSG". India Strategic. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  8. ^ http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/AppointmentArvindRanjan-261213.PDF. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "J N Choudhury, IPS (AM:78) appointed as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG) with effect from the date of his joining the post and till his superannuation on 31.05.2015, or until further orders, whichever event takes place". Times of India. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  10. ^ "R C Tayal appointed as new Director General of National Security Guard". The Economic Times. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  11. ^ http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/R.C.Tayal080615.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Sudhir Pratap Singh named new NSG chief, OP Singh CISF DG". Economic Times. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Sudeep Lakhtakia appointed new DG of National Security Guard". Economic Times. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  14. ^ PTI (18 October 2019). "Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh is new NSG chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Nalin Prabhat's tenure as NSG chief cut short, sent to AGMUT cadre". The Indian Express. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Former DG's". NSG.

17.https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ma-ganapathy-appointed-nsg-chief-kuldiep-singh-to-head-crpf-11615913486684.html

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