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{{Short description |Indian Police service officer}}
{{for|the British actress|Nina Singh (actress)}}
{{Notability|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nina Singh
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|7|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]
| alma_mater = [[Patna Women's College]]<br>[[Jaipur National University|JNU]]<br>[[Harvard University]]
| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]
| years_active = 1989-2024
| organization = [[Central Industrial Security Force]]
| known_for =
| spouse = Rohit Kumar Singh
| father =
| honours = Ati Utkrisht Seva Medal (2020) <br>[[President's Police Medal]] (2005)
| website = https://www.cisf.gov.in/
}}
'''Nina Singh''' (born 11 July 1964) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer of 1989 batch of Rajasthan cadre. She was the first female [[Director General]] of the [[Central Industrial Security Force]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-28 |title=Anish Dayal Singh appointed CRPF chief, Nina Singh to head CISF |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/crpf-chief-cisf-anish-dayal-singh-nina-9086801/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> She was previously [[Director general of police|DG]] of [[Rajasthan]] and Special Director General of Central Industrial Security Force,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-29 |title=Nina Singh to be first woman chief of CISF |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nina-singh-to-be-first-woman-chief-of-cisf/articleshow/106359588.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-12-29 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=Meet Nina Singh, first woman appointed as CISF chief |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meet-nina-singh-first-woman-appointed-as-cisf-chief-101703788061038.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> and additional Director General of CISF in National Board of Economic Research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nina Singh |url=https://www.nber.org/people/nina_singh |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=NBER |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Singh is from Bihar and attended [[Patna Women's College]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name=who/> She has a master's in [[public administration]] from [[Harvard University]].<ref name=who/>

== Career ==
Singh's first posting as Additional Superintendent of police (ASP) was in [[Jaipur]] in 1992 and she was then SP of [[Alwar]]. As Joint Director (2005-2013) of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=URL Generated Report |url=https://doptcirculars.nic.in/Default.aspx?URL=eH4T9j3UKABo |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=doptcirculars.nic.in}}</ref> she received the President's distinguished service medal in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-20 |title=First woman IPS officer of Rajasthan awarded Police Medal |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jaipur/first-woman-ips-officer-of-rajasthan-awarded-police-medal/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=राजस्थान कैडर की सीनियर IPS ऑफिसर नीना सिंह बनीं CISF की DG, इस पद तक पहुंचने वाली पहली महिला अधिकारी |url=https://rajasthan.ndtv.in/india/senior-ips-officer-of-rajasthan-cadre-neena-singh-becomes-dg-of-cisf-the-first-woman-officer-to-reach-this-post-4759356 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=rajasthan.ndtv.in |language=hi}}</ref> She was Director General of police in [[Rajasthan Police]], the first woman to hold the position,<ref name=ndtv>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nina-singh-is-first-woman-chief-of-cisf-that-manages-airport-security-4759451|title=Nina Singh Is First Woman Chief Of CISF That Manages Airport Security|date=28 December 2023|access-date=9 January 2024|publisher=NDTV|first=Harsha Kumari|last=Singh}}</ref> working in civil rights, anti-human trafficking,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-10 |title=Nina Singh IPS posted as ADGP- Civil Rights & Anti Human Trafficking, Rajasthan {{!}} Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal |url=https://indianbureaucracy.com/nina-singh-ips-posted-as-adgp-civil-rights-anti-human-trafficking-rajasthan/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> and training.<ref>{{Cite web |last=sarkarimirror |date=2019-10-30 |title=Mrs. Nina Singh IPS, has been transferred as ADG Training, Rajasthan Police. {{!}} SARKARIMIRROR.COM - INDIAN BUREAUCRACY, BUREAUCRACY UPDATES |url=https://www.sarkarimirror.com/mrs-nina-singh-ips-has-been-transferred-as-adg-training-rajasthan-police/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2000, Singh was secretary for the State Women's Commission and designed an outreach program which holding hearings for women in distress.<ref name=ndtv/> She has co-authored two research papers with [[Abhijit Banerjee]] and [[Esther Duflo]].<ref name=ndtv/>

Singh has been part of the [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) since 2021. In December 2023, she was appointed [[Director general|Director General]], the first woman to hold the position and served there till her superannuation 31 July 2024.<ref name=who>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/in-focus/story/who-is-nina-singh-the-first-woman-to-be-appointed-as-chief-of-cisf-411276-2023-12-29|title=Who is Nina Singh, the first woman to be appointed as chief of CISF?|date=29 December 2023|access-date=9 January 2024|work=Business Today}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Singh is married to Rohit Kumar Singh, who is retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer.<ref name=who/>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:People from Patna]]
[[Category:Indian Police Service officers]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
[[Category:Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni]]

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Aspireitacademy at 02:09, 13 March 2026