Rajesh Kumar Pandey | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Bara, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India [1] [2] | 15 June 1961
Citizenship | Indian |
Spouse | Meenu Pandey [2] |
Children | 2 [2] |
Education | B.Sc., M.Sc. (Botany) [1] |
Alma mater | Allahabad University [1] |
Police career | |
Country | India |
Department |
Uttar Pradesh Police Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) |
Service years | 1986-2021 [1] [3] [4] |
Rank | Inspector General |
Badge no. | 20062538 |
Awards |
President’s Police Medal for Gallantry &
Three Bars Police Medal for Meritorious Service United Nations Medal ( UNMIK) |
Rajesh Kumar Pandey, PMG & Three Bars, PM, UNM ( Hindi: राजेश कुमार पाण्डेय; born 15 June 1961), also known as Rajesh Pandey, is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the IPS- SPS 2003 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre. [5] [6] [7] [8]
He is the founding member of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) and the state's counterterrorism unit, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). [3] [5] [6] [9] [10]
He has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) four times in 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2016. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] During his deputation to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo, he was conferred with the United Nations Medal in 2008. [16] [17] He retired from the Uttar Pradesh Police as IG, Election Cell on 30 June 2021, after 35 years of service. [4] [7] [18] [19]
Following his retirement, the Government of Uttar Pradesh appointed him as the nodal security officer of UPEIDA and Purvanchal Expressway. [3] In 2023, Pandey co-authored his first book Operation Bazooka along with journalist and media-studies professor, Rakesh Goswami. [9] [20]