Rajesh Kumar Pandey
Indian Police Service officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rajesh Kumar Pandey, PMG & Three Bars, PM, UNM (Hindi: राजेश कुमार पाण्डेय; born 15 June 1961), also known as Rajesh Pandey, is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the IPS-SPS 2003 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre.[5][6][7][8]
Rajesh Kumar Pandey | |
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Personal details | |
Born | (1961-06-15) 15 June 1961 (age 62) Bara, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India[1][2] |
Citizenship | Indian |
Spouse | Meenu Pandey[2] |
Children | 2[2] |
Education | B.Sc., M.Sc. (Botany)[1] |
Alma mater | Allahabad University[1] |
Police career | |
Country | India |
Department | Uttar Pradesh Police Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) |
Service years | 1986-2021[1][3][4] |
Rank | Inspector General |
Badge no. | 20062538 |
Awards | President’s Police Medal for Gallantry & Three Bars Police Medal for Meritorious Service United Nations Medal (UNMIK) |
He is the founding member of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) and the state's counterterrorism unit, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).[3][5][6][9][10]
He has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) four times in 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2016.[11][12][13][14][15] During his deputation to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo, he was conferred with the United Nations Medal in 2008.[16][17] He retired from the Uttar Pradesh Police as IG, Election Cell on 30 June 2021, after 35 years of service.[4][7][18][19]
Following his retirement, the Government of Uttar Pradesh appointed him as the nodal security officer of UPEIDA and Purvanchal Expressway.[3] In 2023, Pandey co-authored his first book Operation Bazooka along with journalist and media-studies professor, Rakesh Goswami.[9][20]