Pallab Bhattacharyya

Pallab Bhattacharyya (Assamese: পল্লৱ ভট্টাচাৰ্য) is a 1986 batch IPS (39RR)[1] officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.[2] Mr. Bhattacharya retired in January 2019.

Director General

Pallab Bhattacharyya

Indian Police Service
Born (1959-01-17) 17 January 1959
EducationMaster's Degree in Physics
Alma materCotton College,
Delhi University
Police career
CountryIndia
DepartmentAssam Police
Branch
  • Special Branch
  • Civil Defence & Home Guards
Service years1986–2019
StatusRetired
Rank
Director General of Police (Civil Defence & Home Guards),
Special director general of police (Special Branch)
CadreAssam-Meghalaya
Awards• Police (Antrik Suraksha Seva) Padak
• Police Medal for Meritorious Service
• President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
• 50th Anniversary Independence Medal

Before his retirement, he served as Director General of Assam Police's Civil Defence & Home Guards, and Special Director General of Special Branch.[3]

After retirement from Police service, he also served as the chairman of the Assam Public Service Commission.[4][5][6][7]

Early life and education

Pallab Bhattacharyya passed his HSLC examination with 9th position. He bagged 2nd position in the Pre-University examination.

Bhattacharyya was a student of Physics in his Bachelor's & Master's degrees. After completing his graduation from Cotton College with first class, he also completed his post graduation from the University of Delhi with first class.[8]

Before joining Indian Police Service in 1986, Mr. Bhattacharyya worked as a lecturer of Physics at Bajali College for the period of 1982 to 1985.

Police career

Before being promoted as the Inspector General of Assam Police, Mr. Bhattacharyya served as SP (Superintendent of Police) in various locations.

• Pallab Bhattacharyya served as Inspector General & Assistant Director General of SOU (Special Operation Unit) of Assam Police until 2013.

• Mr. Bhattacharyya was promoted as the Chief of Assam state Police's Special Branch's Chief in 2013.[8]

• Mr. Bhattacharyya was promoted as the Special Director General of Special Branch along with Director General of Civil Defence & Home Guard in 2018.[8]

Insurgency Management

Under the tenure of Pallab Bhattacharyya, as the Aditional Director-General of SOU (Special Operational Unit) of Assam Police, several major insurgency outfits laid down arms and came for lateral-talk with the Government of India.[9] Apart from these, several international terrorists were arrested and terrorism activities were prevented under his tenure.[10][11]

Bhattacharyya's prime achievement as the Chief of state intelligence was to bring dreaded ULFA leaders for lateral-talk with the Union of India, most of them were departed from Bangladesh in his tenure.[5][12]

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "INDIAN POLICE SERVICES CIVIL LIST OF ASSAM & MEGHALAYA SEGMENT AS ON 11-10-2018" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. Singh, Bikash (10 January 2019). "Cops keep eye on militant outfits wooing youth in Assam". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. Mukhi, Jagdish (2 March 2020). "Former IPS officer Pallab Bhattacharyya has taken oath as the new chairman of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) today at Raj Bhavan". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. Desk, Digital (31 January 2020). "FORMER IPS OFFICER PALLAB BHATTACHARYYA APPOINTED AS APSC CHAIRMAN". News Live (Indian TV channel). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. Reporter, Staff (1 February 2020). "Assam government appointed retired IPS officer Pallab Bhattacharya as new APSC chief". The Sentinel (Guwahati). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. "Assam Public Service Commission" (PDF).
  8. "Former CBI DIG Hiren Nath to be next Chief of Assam Police';s Special Branch". Times of Assam. 10 November 2021.
  9. Kalita, Prabin (25 May 2017). "Five CPI-Maoists surrender before the Assam Police". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  10. Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (11 October 2014). "6 held in Assam for links with Bangladesh outfit". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  11. Kalita, Prabin (7 June 2015). "Aftermath: State on guard to foil rebel attack". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. Singh, Bikash (21 December 2018). "Security forces to enhance level of coordination to tackle insurgents along the Assam- Arunachal border". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  13. "President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service Independence" (PDF).
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