Sharad Kumar (born 28 October 1955) is a former

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 ...

(IPS) officer, who is Vigilance Commissioner of the Central Vigilance Commission and former Director General (DG) of

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. On superannuation he was employed, in the same post, on contract for period of one year. As a contractor, he is not bound by the All India Service rule norms.

Background and education

Sharad Kumar is a Graduate in Science (BSc). Kumar was born in

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. Graduation from Bareilly college, Bareilly.

Career

As an IPS

Kumar joined the Haryana cadre of the

in 1979. His previous post was director general (prisons) in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. Kumar was posted as DSP in Gurgaon, Ambala and Rohtak. He remained the Inspector General of Police, Rohtak range for nearly three years and was promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in November, 2007. Kumar was deployed to the

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from July 1991 to July 1999 as SP and DIG. He has served as the Director General of

from August 2013 to October 2017 and subsequently retired from NIA.

In the Central Vigilance Commission

On 10 June 2018, he was appointed as vigilance commissioner in Central Vigilance Commission for a term of four years or till he attains the age of 65, whichever is earlier. In June 2019, he has been named interim Central Vigilance Commissioner until a new incumbent is chosen by the selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Awards

He has received President's Police Medals for Meritorious and Distinguished services in the year 1996 and 2004 respectively.

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