Jyoti Kumar Sinha was born in

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. He served as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force and later as Member of the National Disaster Management Authority and RAW chief. He is a

cadre

Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj. Along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS ...

officer of the 1967 batch.

Early life

J.K. Sinha completed his schooling from

St. Xavier's High School, Patna , motto_translation = For God and Country , location = , streetaddress = West Gandhi Maidan Marg , region = , city = , county = Patna , state ...

and then graduated with Honours in History from

Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which is established in 1863 during the British Raj, is one of the oldest colleges in the state of Bihar, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, ...

. He joined the Indian Police Service in 1967 following in the footsteps of his father and grand father. His grandfather, late Shri A.K. Sinha, was the first Indian to become IG of Police,

way back in 1939. J.K. Sinha's father was also an IP officer who also rose to head Bihar Police as IG.

Awards

In 2019, he received the Padma Sri honour for his contribution in the field of social work.

References

Living people Indian police chiefs People from Patna St. Xavier's Patna alumni People of the Research and Analysis Wing Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work {{India-law-bio-stub