Bijaya Kumar Maurya is an

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officer. He is currently serving as the

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of Uttar Pradesh Police's Home Guards wing. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer, who has previously served as Additional Director General (logistics) in the Uttar Pradesh Police as well. Maurya was given additional charge of Director General (Home Guards) in August 2022, while he was serving as Director General logistics .

Biography

Maurya is an alumnus of

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. He is the first police officer from

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, who has completed Masters in Policy Management from Harvard University of United States. While serving as Additional Director General for the Railways, he was awarded by

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. Maurya has also worked with

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for a peace meeting program. Later, he was deployed to work with

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in the capacity of

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. During his tenure in ITBP, he served primarily in North West Frontier Province of India, at

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and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maurya, Bijaya Indian civil servants Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian Police Service officers Harvard Kennedy School alumni Place of birth missing (living people) People from Uttar Pradesh

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