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{{Short description|Indian police officer}}
[[File:Atul Karwal.jpg|thumb|Atul Karwal, Photo from his stint as the Director of [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy|Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]]]
'''Atul Karwal''' is an Indian police officer.
He served as the Director of [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy|National Police Academy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atul Karwal appointed National Police Academy Director |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/191219/atul-karwal-appointed-national-police-academy-director.html |access-date=24 October 2025 |website=Deccan Chronicle |date=19 December 2019 }}</ref> and also as the Director General of [[National Disaster Response Force]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Deshpande | first1=Abhinay | title=Atul Karwal appointed NDRF chief | work=The Hindu | date=11 November 2021 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/atul-karwal-appointed-ndrf-chief/article37446734.ece#google_vignette }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NDRF |first=Government of India |title=DGs of NDRF |url=https://www.ndrf.gov.in/dg-list |access-date=20 October 2025 |website=National Disaster Response Force}}</ref> Karwal climbed [[Mount Everest]] in May 2008 and became the first Indian civil servant to do so.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 March 2021 |title=This IPS officer dons different caps at once |url=https://telanganatoday.com/this-ips-officer-dons-different-caps-at-once |website=Telangana Today}}</ref>

== Career ==
He joined the elite [[Indian Police Service]] in 1988 and was [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]] in five districts in the State of Gujarat ([[Valsad district|Valsad]], [[Rajkot district|Rajkot]] Rural, [[Porbandar district|Porbandar]], [[Junagadh district|Junagadh]], [[Mehsana district|Mehsana]]), and [[Deputy commissioner of police (India)|Deputy Commissioner of Police]] in [[Vadodara]], [[Surat]] and Ahmadabad. He was also Commandant, State Reserve Police Force, Group 13, Rajkot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Sangeeta |date=10 November 2021 |title=IPS Atul Karwal appointed as new NDRF Director General |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/ndrf-director-general-ips-atul-karwal-appointed-as-new-ndrf-dg-1636519594-1 |access-date=24 October 2025 |website=Jagran Josh}}</ref>

As Assistant Director (Outdoor Training) in [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]], Hyderabad, from 1998-2002, he trained 4 batches of Indian Police Service officers. As [[Deputy inspector general of police|Deputy Inspector General of Police]], he served as DIG Planning and Modernization, in DGP Office, Gandhinagar. As [[Inspector-general of police|Inspector-General of Police]], he served as IG, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Gujarat, Joint CP (Traffic) and Joint CP, Sector-2, Ahmedabad City, Jt. Director, Gujarat Police Academy. As Inspector General of Police, he commanded 23 battalions of the [[Central Reserve Police Force]] in [[Kashmir Valley]] in the late 2010s. He was also IG (Training), [[Central Reserve Police Force|Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF]]), IG (Personnel) CRPF and [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General]] (Personnel), CRPF, before joining the National Police Academy as Director.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 2021 |title=Gujarat cadre IPS Atul Karwal appointed DG of NDRF |url=https://deshgujarat.com/2021/11/09/gujarat-cadre-ips-atul-karwal-appointed-dg-of-ndrf/ |work=Desh Gujarat}}</ref>

As the head of the National Disaster Response Force, he coordinated [[Operation Dost|Operation Dost]], the [[Rescue operation|search and rescue operation]] initiated by the [[Government of India]] to aid [[Syria]] and [[Turkey]], after the [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=ANI |title=NDRF DG recalls heart-warming moments of 'Operation Dost' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/ndrf-dg-recalls-heart-warming-moments-of-operation-dost/videoshow/98126857.cms |work=Times of India}}</ref>

He is an ultra-marathoner, a triathlete, a Black Belt in martial arts and trained in scuba diving.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jain |first=Bharti |date=5 September 2020 |title=PM Modi praises Gujarat IPS officer's role during his chief ministerial days |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-praises-gujarat-ips-officers-role-during-his-chief-ministerial-days/articleshow/77944044.cms |access-date=24 October 2025 |work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 2021 |title=Of grit, vigour & service |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2021/Dec/01/of-grit-vigour-service-2390145.html |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He has authored a book titled ''Think Everest: Scaling Mountains with the Mind''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Think Everest: Scaling Mountains with the Mind |publisher=Viva Books |year=2012 |isbn=978-8130919546}}</ref> and occasionally contributes Op-eds in national dailies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-27 |title=Biparjoy relief ops set an aspirational benchmark |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/biparjoy-relief-ops-set-an-aspirational-benchmark-101687875159570.html |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |title=NDRF chief writes: How we moved a mountain to rescue the trapped workers in Uttarakhand |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ndrf-chief-how-we-moved-mountain-to-rescue-trapped-workers-uttarakhand-9047220/ |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
He has been awarded the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|Police Medal]] for meritorious service in 2010 and the [[President's Police Medal]] for distinguished service in 2016. He received the Police Medal for Gallantry twice, on Republic Day 2020 and Independence Day 2020 for leading operations in [[Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Ever Everester Bureaucrat, This Fitness Freak IPS Has Trained Scores of IPS |url=https://indianmasterminds.com/feature-stories-on-bureaucrats-changemakers/tales-from-the-legends/first-ever-everester-bureaucrat-this-fitness-freak-ips-has-trained-scores-of-ips/ |website=Indian Masterminds}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NDRF DG, CRPF ASI killed in Pulwama attack awarded gallantry medals |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ndrf-dg-crpf-asi-killed-in-pulwama-attack-awarded-gallantry-medals/articleshow/90743712.cms |access-date=24 October 2025 |website=Economic Times |date=9 April 2022 }}</ref>

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