IPS Nitin Agrawal takes over as BSF Chief

New Delhi: Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Nitin Agrawal took charge as a new Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), the largest border guarding force in the world.

Recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2015, Mr Agrawal is a 1989-batch IPS from Kerala cadre. He has held various prominent positions in the Kerala Police as well as serving as Deputy Inspector General in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), and Inspector General in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

He took charge from CRPF Director General Sujoy Lal Thaosen, who has been holding the additional charge of the BSF for the last five months after the retirement of Pankaj Kumar Singh in December 2022.

Mr Agarwal holds a B.Tech and an M.Tech degree from IIT Delhi, along with an M.Phil in Social Science from Punjab University.

Acknowledging Mr Agarwal's outstanding contributions to the field of law enforcement, the Central government honoured him Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2007 and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2015. 

The BSF is the country's premier security force primarily tasked to guard the 3,323 km of India-Pakistan and 4,096 km international border with Bangladesh apart from rendering a variety of duties in the internal security domain. The BSF has over 2.65 lakh personnel working in various capacities.

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