Dattatray Padsalgikar

Dattatray Padsalgikar
Deputy National Security Advisor of India
In office
29 October 2019[1] – 31 October 2023
Preceded byR. N. Ravi
Succeeded byPankaj Kumar Singh
41st Director General of Police of Maharashtra Police
In office
1 July 2018 – 28 February 2019
Preceded bySatish Mathur
Succeeded bySubodh Kumar Jaiswal
40th Police Commissioner of Mumbai
In office
31 January 2016 – 29 June 2018
Preceded byAhmad Javed
Succeeded bySubodh Kumar Jaiswal
Personal details
Born (1958-08-26) 26 August 1958 (age 66)
Solapur, Bombay State, India
Awards President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.

Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

Police (Special Duty) Medal.

50th Anniversary Independence Medal.
Military service
Years of service1982–2019
Rank Director General of Police

Dattatray "Datta" Padsalgikar (born 26 August 1958) is a retired Indian IPS officer of Maharashtra Cadre, who was, on 30 June 2018, named as the new Director General of Police of Maharashtra and succeeded Satish Mathur.

Career

An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1982 batch, Padsalgikar was on deputation to the central government in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a few years until he was named as the new Mumbai police commissioner in 30 January 2016 succeeding Ahmad Javed. He served as CP till 29 June 2018, when he was appointed as Maha DGP. On 29 October 2019, he was appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor of India and served till 31 October 2023.[1]

Padsalgikar hails from a town on the Solapur-Bijapur border, Mr Padsalgikar has a master's degree in French literature from Pune. After serving initial postings as Additional Superintendent of Police in Nagpur, Karad and Nashik he was promoted and went on to serve as Superintendent of Police in Osmanabad and Satara, following which he served his first stint in the IB in the early 90s.[2]

Padsalgikar would be the first Maharashtrian police chief of Mumbai after almost a decade, after D N Jadhav who held the office between March 2007 and February 2008.[3]

Padsalgikar has worked as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Detection in the crime branch, DCP in Economic Offences Wing, DCP in South Mumbai (Zone 1), DCP of the Bandra-Jogeshwari stretch and Superintendent of Police in Osmanabad and Satara. In the IB, he has worked in Nagaland, New Delhi and Washington (US).[4] Padsalgikar has said that fighting terror and ISIS will be one of his top priorities.

He is also known to be an excellent badminton player and an athlete.[2]

Career

Assistant superintendent of police in Nagpur and Karad (Satara) DCP (Detection)
Mumbai crime branch DCP (Economic Offences Wing)
DCP (Bandra Zone)
Superintendent of police in Osmanabad and Satara (IB)
Nagaland, New Delhi and Washington DC (IB)
Joint and additional director in Mumbai
Mumbai Police Commissioner

References

  1. ^ a b "Former Maharashtra DGP Dattatray D Padsalgikar appointed deputy NSA". mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Mengle, Gautam S (31 January 2016). "IB man Padsalgikar crucial for Mumbai Police". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Dattatray Padsalgikar to replace Ahmad Javed as new city police chief". 15 January 2016.
  4. ^ "New Mumbai Police Commissioner appointed: Who is Dattatray Padsalgikar?". First post. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


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