Dr. K P Singh, IPS
Distinguished Professor
Dr. Kushal Pal Singh is a former IPS officer of 1985 batch from Haryana Cadre. Dr. Singh is a post-graduate in Civil Engineering from IIT Roorkee. While serving as a Police Officer, he continued to pursue academics and obtained LL.B, LL.M and Ph.D. degree in laws. After serving as District Superintendent of Police in 8 districts of Haryana, he had the opportunity to head all the wings of Haryana Police including the State Intelligence Wing (CID), the Crime Branch, the Prisons, the Anti-Corruption Wing and Haryana Human Rights Commission. He headed Haryana Police as its Director General in the most crucial times. Before joining the IPS, Dr. Singh served in UPPWD and Indian Railways as Civil Engineer for a brief period. Dr. Singh has vast teaching and administrative experience in various training institutions. He had served for two years as Inspector General in Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban, besides heading Home Guards and Civil Defence Training Institute Haryana for two years. He is a visiting faculty in a dozen of Professional Training Institutes and Universities including the NPA Hyderabad, HPA Madhuban, Judicial Academy Chandigarh, Institute of Correctional Administration Chandigarh, HIPA Gurugram, MGSIPA Chandigarh, Institute of Social Science New Delhi, NLU, Dwarka New Delhi, RGNLU Patiala, NIPCCD Mohali and PU Chandigarh to name a few. He has written 25 books and 4 monographs, including training books for Haryana Police, a précis on Local & Special Laws for IPS probationers prescribed at NPA Hyderabad and Home Guard and Civil Defence Training Manual. One of the books authored by Dr. Singh on Criminology, Penology and Victimology is referred by law students as text book in several universities. He is a recipient of Pandit Gobind Ballabh Pant award & Rajiv Gandhi Lekhan Award from MHA, Haryana Sahitya Academy Award, National Human Rights Commission award on his books. He is also a proud recipient of President Police Medal for meritorious services. Dr. K.P. Singh has more than 17 Research Articles to his credit, published in prestigious National Journals including the NHRC Journal, the Indian Police Journal, the Haryana Police Journal, the CBI Bulletin and the Police Gyan Vigyan. He has written more than 400 articles which were published in different Hindi and English daily newspapers. Apart from being a passionate writer, Dr. Singh has also stoked his passion for travelling and has visited UK, South Africa, Turisia, Lesotho, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium. Dr. Singh is a keen golfer and has participated in various National and State Level Golf Tournaments.