Sh.Praveen Kumar, IPS (WB:1993),    DG ITBP

Sh.Praveen KumarIPS (WB:1993), DG ITBP

DG's Message

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force was raised on 24 October, 1962. At present, the ITBP guards 3,488 km long India-China borders ranging from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. Apart from this, the Force also has important roles in many internal security duties and operations against the Left Wing Extremism in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Most of the ITBP’s Border Out Posts (BOPs) are located at altitudes ranging from 9,000 ft to 18,800 ft where temperatures drop to minus 45 degrees Celsius in extreme winters.

ITBP is a specialized Armed Police Force of the Nation which trains its personnel in various disciplines including mountaineering and skiing apart from intensive tactical training, thereby creating a distinctive image of the Force.

ITBP also conducts relief and rescue operations as 'First Responders' for natural calamities in the Himalayan region. The Force has responded in hundreds of search, rescue & relief operations over the years to provide succour to thousands of citizens in distress due to various calamities.

The Force has a glorious history of the past 6 decades in which the jawans of the ITBP have made many sacrifices in the line of duty and in the service of the Nation.

    Shri Praveen Kumar is an IPS Officer of West Bengal Cadre of 1993 batch. He has served in various assignments at the State and Central levels. In West Bengal, he has served in various districts and was SP in Cooch Behar, West Midnapore, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas districts. Before joining Intelligence Bureau in 2009, he was posted as DIG Midnapore Range where he led the security forces in anti-naxal ops in Midnapore and adjacent districts.

2.   In IB, he has held various assignments at Headquarters and in the field. He has been awarded IPM, PPM, Police (Special Duty) Medal, Police Antrik Suraksha Padak and Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalata Padak. He is B. Tech, M. Phil and Post Graduate Diploma in Police Management (PGDIPM). He has also attended the 58th course on National Defence and Strategic Studies at National Defence College, New Delhi in 2018.

3.   He assumed the charge of DG ITBP on October 01, 2025 as the 35th Chief of the Force.

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