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| name = Sharad Kumar<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|10|28}}<br />
| office = Chairman, [[Central Vigilance Commission]]<br />
| term_start = 10 June 2018<br />
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| office2 = Director General, [[National Investigation Agency]]<br />
| term_start2 = August 2013<br />
| term_end2 = October 2017<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Science]]<br />
| occupation = Ex-[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer, [[Bureaucrat]]<br />
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'''Sharad Kumar''' (born 28 October 1955) is a former [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer, who is Vigilance Commissioner of the [[Central Vigilance Commission]] and former Director General (DG) of [[National Investigation Agency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sharad Kumar is new NIA chief |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Sharad-Kumar-is-new-NIA-chief/Article1-1101020.aspx|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=31 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sharad Kumar to be new National Investigation Agency chief|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sharad-kumar-to-be-new-national-investigation-agency-chief-399152|publisher=NDTV|date=30 July 2013}}</ref> On superannuation he was employed, in the same post, on contract for period of one year. As a contractor, he is not bound by the All India Service rule norms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sharad-kumar-named-interim-cvc/articleshow/69738485.cms?from=mdr|title=Sharad Kumar named interim CVC|work=Economic Times|date=29 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Background and education ==<br />
Sharad Kumar is a Graduate in Science (B.Sc.). Kumar was born in [[Rai Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
===As an IPS===<br />
Kumar joined the Haryana cadre of the [[Indian Police Service]] in 1979. His previous post was director general (prisons) in [[Haryana]]. Kumar was posted as DSP in Gurgaon, Ambala and Rohtak. He remained the Inspector General of Police, Rohtak range for nearly three years and was promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in November, 2007.<br />
Kumar was deployed to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] from July 1991 to July 1999 as SP and DIG.<ref name="S Kumar">{{cite web |url=http://cvc.gov.in/about-us/meet-the-commissioner/shri-sharad-kumar |title=Sharad Kumar-Profile|work=Central Vigilance COmmission|date=10 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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He has served as the Director General of [[National Investigation Agency]] from August 2013 to October 2017 and subsequently retired from NIA.<ref name="S Kumar"/><br />
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===In the Central Vigilance Commission===<br />
On 10 June 2018, he was appointed as vigilance commissioner in [[Central Vigilance Commission]] for a term of four years or till he attains the age of 65, whichever is earlier.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ex-nia-chief-sharad-kumar-appointed-vigilance-commissioner-in-cvc/articleshow/64529854.cms|title=Ex-NIA chief Sharad Kumar appointed vigilance commissioner in CVC - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=179880|title=Appointment of Vigilance Commissioner|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2018-06-19}}</ref><br />
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In June 2019, he has been named interim Central Vigilance Commissioner until a new incumbent is chosen by the selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sharad-kumar-appointed-as-interim-chief-vigilance-commissioner/article27790759.ece |title=Sharad Kumar, former Chief of the National Investigation Agency, had taken over as Vigilance Commissioner in 2018|work=The Hindu|date=10 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He has received [[President's Police Medal|President’s Police Medals for Meritorious and Distinguished services]] in the year 1996 and 2004 respectively.<ref name="S Kumar"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[National Investigation Agency]]<br />
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