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	'''Noel Swaranjit Sen''' ''(born 24 December 1946)<ref name="IPS List"/>'' is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] Policeman of 1968 batch. He was [[Director General of Police\|Director-General and Inspector-General of Police]]<ref name="TOI">''[[Times of India]]'', Hyderabad, ''Swaranjit Sen is new top cop'', December 31, 2004.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Swaranjit-Sen-is-new-top-cop/articleshow/976662.cms]</ref> (DGP) in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. After a stint with the [[Indian Army]] (Short Service Commission) in the 1960s,<ref name="SASC"/> he became an Officer of the Indian Police Service. He was also a Commandant of the 1st Battalion of [[Border Security Force]].<ref name="Soura">J. S. Joura, ''A Blessed Life'', Hemkunt Publishing, New Delhi, 2011, p.159.[https://books.google.com/books?id=5wM5AjsdXvYC&lpg=PA159&dq=swaranjit%20sen&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref>		'''Noel Swaranjit Sen''' ''(born 24 December 1946)<ref name="IPS List"/>'' is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] Policeman of 1968 batch. He was [[Director General of Police\|Director-General and Inspector-General of Police]]<ref name="TOI">''[[Times of India]]'', Hyderabad, ''Swaranjit Sen is new top cop'', December 31, 2004.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Swaranjit-Sen-is-new-top-cop/articleshow/976662.cms]</ref> (DGP) in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. After a stint with the [[Indian Army]] (Short Service Commission) in the 1960s,<ref name="SASC"/> he became an Officer of the Indian Police Service. He was also a Commandant of the 1st Battalion of [[Border Security Force]].<ref name="Soura">J. S. Joura, ''A Blessed Life'', Hemkunt Publishing, New Delhi, 2011, p.159.[https://books.google.com/books?id=5wM5AjsdXvYC&lpg=PA159&dq=swaranjit%20sen&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref>

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{{Portal|Biography}}
'''Noel Swaranjit Sen''' ''(born 24 December 1946)<ref name="IPS List"/>'' is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] Policeman of 1968 batch. He was [[Director General of Police|Director-General and Inspector-General of Police]]<ref name="TOI">''[[Times of India]]'', Hyderabad, ''Swaranjit Sen is new top cop'', December 31, 2004.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Swaranjit-Sen-is-new-top-cop/articleshow/976662.cms]</ref> (DGP) in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. After a stint with the [[Indian Army]] (Short Service Commission) in the 1960s,<ref name="SASC"/> he became an Officer of the Indian Police Service. He was also a Commandant of the 1st Battalion of [[Border Security Force]].<ref name="Soura">J. S. Joura, ''A Blessed Life'', Hemkunt Publishing, New Delhi, 2011, p.159.[https://books.google.com/books?id=5wM5AjsdXvYC&lpg=PA159&dq=swaranjit%20sen&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref>

==Personal life==
Swaranjit Sen was born on [[Christmas eve]]<ref name="IPS List"/> in the year 1946 and hails from [[West Bengal]] and pursued scholastic and collegiate studies at notable academic institutions in India. He was at [[The Doon School|The Doon School, Dehradun]] from where he passed out in 1965.<ref>Jagdish Bhatt, ''Doon School Loses Its Top Ranking Among India’s Boarding Schools'',
September 14, 2011.[https://hillpost.in/2011/09/doon-school-loses-its-top-ranking-among-indias-boarding-schools/30754/]</ref> This was the time when [[John Martyn (schoolmaster)|John A. K. Martyn]] was the Head Master of the School. For collegiate studies, he moved to [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] when Satish Chandra Circar was the Principal. Sen pursued graduate studies leading to [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]].

==Career==
===Indian Army (5th Short Service Commission)===
Swaranjit enrolled for the 5th Short Service Commission of the Indian Army in 1967<ref name="SASC"/> serving between 1968 and 1973. He also took part in the military operations in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], which were led by none other than [[Sam Manekshaw]]. By 1973, Swaranjit opted out of military service and moved to policing joining the [[Indian Police Service]] on July 8, 1973.<ref name="IPS List"/> However, his earlier service in the Indian Army has been given due credence. His service in the IPS has been counted from 1968.<ref name="TOI"/>

===Indian Police Service (1968 batch)===
It was in 1973<ref name="IPS List"/> that Swaranjit Sen moved to the Indian Police Service. He was allotted the Andhra Pradesh cadre and belonged to the 1968 batch. He was Superintendent of Police in [[Kurnool district]] and [[Guntur district]].<ref name="TOI"/> Swaranjit Sen also had moved on central deputation serving as [[Commandant]]<ref name="Soura"/> of the 1st Battalion of the [[Border Security Force]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

Sen rose from the ranks of the police force and finally headed the Andhra Pradesh State Police Force. He was made Director General and Inspector General of Police on 31 December 2004,<ref>The Hindu, ''DGP takes over while on the move'', Andhra Pradesh, 1 January 2005.[https://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/01/stories/2005010103410500.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> a post in which he served for two years until his retirement on attaining superannuation on 31 December 2006. His predecessor was S.R. Sukumara.<ref name="Swaranjit Sen lists priorities">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050104130146/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/02/stories/2005010204980400.htm Swaranjit Sen lists priorities]</ref> It was during then Chief Minister [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]'s tenure that he was appointed as DGP. By that time, he was already serving as Home Secretary.<ref name="TOI"/>

Swaranjit has been credited with the creation of Special Protection Force (SPF) and had conducted many fire safety drills during his tenure as Inspector-General of Fire Services. An expert in tackling [[Naxalite|Naxalism]], he has been invited by other states who have taken police action against the group.<ref>[http://www.tehelka.com/home/20060304/20060304.asp?filename=10.jpg ''The Cobra Fields'']</ref> A Christian, he has also been active in advocating for minority rights in India<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130928034241/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-07/hyderabad/36191957_1_minorities-welfare-schemes-wakf-land 'Andhra Pradesh, a model state for minority schemes'] Times of India - 7 January 2013</ref>

==Post retirement==
Swaranjit Sen was made Chairperson<ref>Javed, S.M.M., F. Tampal & C. Srinivasulu (2010). First record of Coelognathus radiatus (Boie, 1827) (Reptilia: Colubridae) from the Ananthagiri Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(9): 1172-1174.[https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/539/924]</ref> of Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. In 2014, Swaranjit Sen was honoured for his integrity and service during the centennial celebrations of the [[National Council of Churches in India]] held at the nearly-ecumenical [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], Secunderabad.<ref>[http://ncci1914.com/2014/09/17/ncci-centenary-celebration-hyderabad-region/ ''NCCI Centenary Celebration – Hyderabad Region'', September 17, 2014]</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book
|author = Sudeep Chakravarti
|title = Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country
|year = 2008
|volume = Revised
|isbn = 9780143066538
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GUYBRxWJlCkC&q=sen&pg=PR4
}}
* {{cite book
|author =Binalakshmi Nepram (Edited)
|title = India and the Arms Trade Treaty: Making Disarmament Meaningful to People's Lives
|year = 2009
|volume =
|isbn = 9788183860758
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nGz-xt-iIHgC&q=swaranjit+sen+DGP&pg=PP1
}}
* {{cite book
|author = J. S. Joura
|title = A Blessed Life
|year = 2011
|volume =
|isbn = 9788170103851
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5wM5AjsdXvYC&q=swaranjit%20sen&pg=PP1
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