Director General of the National Security Guard

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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 National Security Guard
Incumbent
M.A. Ganapathy

since 18 March 2021
Ministry of Home Affairs
StatusActive
AbbreviationD.G.
SeatNSG HQ, Mehram Nagar, Palam
NominatorMinistry of Home Affairs
Minister for 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 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

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 M. C. Mishra Madhya Pradesh 1951 25 September 1986 28 January 1987 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indian Police Service
3 K. L. Watts Uttar Pradesh 1956 28 January 1987 31 December 1987 Indian Police Service
4 S. D. Pandey Uttar Pradesh 1952 31 December 1987 31 December 1987 Additional Charge
Director General Central Reserve Police Force
Indian Police Service
5 H. P. Bhatnagar Rajasthan 1956 31 March 1988 15 April 1988 Additional Charge
Director General Border Security Force
Indian Police Service
6 V. P. Marwah Union Territory 1956 15 April 1988 15 April 1988 Indian Police Service
7 D. V. L. N. Ramakrishna Rao Andhra Pradesh 1957 22 February 1990 14 May 1990 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indian Police Service
8 S. Subramanian Andhra Pradesh 1958 14 May 1990 31 January 1992 Indian Police Service
9 R. K. Vadhera Uttar Pradesh 1959 31 January 1992 19 May 1992 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indian Police Service
10 B. J. S. Siyal Uttar Pradesh 1959 19 May 1992 31 July 1993 Indian Police Service
11 D. K. Arya Madhya Pradesh 1960 31 July 1993 28 April 1994 Additional Charge
Director General Border Security Force
Indian Police Service
12 A. K. Tandon Gujarat 1961 28 April 1994 19 March 1997 Indian Police Service
13 R. D. Tyagi Maharashtra 1964 19 March 1997 31 October 1997 Indian Police Service
14 G. S. Pandher Manipur-Tripura 1964 31 October 1997 30 April 1998 Additional Charge
Director General Bureau of Police Research and Development
Indian Police Service
15 T. R. Kakkar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram 1964 6 May 1998 6 May 1998 Indian Police Service
16 Nikhil Kumar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram 1963 1 July 1999 31 July 2001 Indian Police Service
17 Gurbachan Jagat Punjab 1966 1 August 2001 20 August 2001 Additional Charge
Director General Border Security Force
Indian Police Service
18 R. Rajagopalan Tamil Nadu 1965 20 August 2001 12 January 2002 Indian Police Service
19 S. C. Chaube Uttar Pradesh 1966 13 January 2002 12 February 2002 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indian Police Service
20 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary[4] Kerala 1967 13 February 2002 7 February 2005 Indian Police Service
(18) R. Rajagopalan Tamil Nadu 1965 1 March 2006 11 August 2006 Additional Charge
SS IS MHA
Indian Police Service
21 Jyoti Krishan Dutt[5] West Bengal 1971 11 August 2006 28 February 2009 Indian Police Service
22 N. P. S. Aulakh [6] Punjab 1972 28 February 2009 31 August 2010 Indian Police Service
23 Rajan K. Medhekar Kerala 1975 1 September 2010 30 April 2012 Indian Police Service
24 Subhash Joshi [7] Uttarakhand 1976 3 May 2012 18 December 2012 Indian Police Service
25 Arvind Ranjan [8] Kerala 1977 18 December 2012 22 January 2014 Indian Police Service
26 J. N. Choudhury [9] Assam-Meghalaya 1978 22 January 2014 31 May 2015 Indian Police Service
27 R. C. Tayal [10][11] Assam-Meghalaya 1980 31 May 2015 22 September 2016 Indian Police Service
28 Sudhir Pratap Singh [12] Uttar Pradesh 1983 23 September 2016 31 January 2018 Indian Police Service
29 Sudeep Lakhtakia [13] Telangana 1984 31 January 2018 18 October 2019 Indian Police Service
30 Anup Kumar Singh[14] Gujarat 1985 18 October 2019 30 September 2020 Indian Police Service
31 Surjeet Singh Deswal[15] Haryana 1984 1 October 2020 Incumbent Additional Charge Indian Police Service

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References

  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. 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. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  6. "NPS Aulakh is new NSG chief". Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  7. "Subhash Joshi takes over as DG, NSG". India Strategic. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  8. (PDF) 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. 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. (PDF) 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 2019-10-19.
  15. "ITBP chief S S Deswal given additional charge of National Security Guard DG". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  16. "Former DG's". NSG.