Bhupendra Singh Yadav (born 2 December 1959) is the

Director General of Police Director general of police (DGP) is a rank in the Indian Police Service, held by the highest ranking police officer in a State or a Union Territory of India, typically heading the state or the UT police force. The DGP is appointed by the cabin ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

in the

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. Yadav is an IPS officer of the 1986 "batch". He has been awarded the Police Medal and

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in 2002 and 2016 respectively.

Education

He is a resident of Rajasthan, Dr. Bhupendra Singh Yadav, also holds an MBBS degree. He is a 1986 batch IPS of Rajasthan cadre.

Career

Dr. Bhupendra Yadav's first posting was in 1988 as Assistant Superintendent of Police Kota. He has served as SP in four districts. Yadav served as an important responsibility of Bharatpur Range IG. He also served on deputation to the CBI for four years as SP. He had the longest tenure as director of Rajasthan Police Academy. He was Director from 31 October 2007 to 6 March 2013. During his tenure as RPA director, he undertook significant reforms at the academy. He has also been the Pro Vice Chancellor of Sardar Patel Police University. Yadav joined the Director General Cadre held in July 2018. After taking VRS from IPS Rajasthan Cadre, the government of Rajasthan appointed him as RPSC Chairman on 14 October 2020.

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