According to an official order, Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed on a re-employment contract. Singh had retired as the BSF chief on December 31, 2022.
Pankaj Kumar Singh, a retired director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), was appointed on Tuesday to a two-year position as deputy national security adviser in the National Security Council Secretariat.
Singh, an IPS officer from the Rajasthan cadre who graduated in 1988, has reportedly been placed on a re-employment contract, per an official order. On December 31, 2022, Singh stepped down as the BSF’s commander.
Singh had earlier served with the Union government as Inspector General of the CRPF in Chhattisgarh and IG (Operations) at CRPF headquarters in Delhi. Before becoming BSF DG, he also served in the BSF. Sources say as chief of the Eastern Frontier, he played an instrumental role in bringing down cattle smuggling through West Bengal and Assam borders. Between 2015 and 2021, cattle smuggling on the Indo-Bangla border dropped by 87%.
He had to negotiate the difficult adjustment to the BSF’s authority, which was extended to 50 kilometres from the border, when he was appointed the BSF’s director general since several states opposed it.
He was also instrumental in pushing women soldiers of the BSF into acrobatic show of motorcycle riding in the Republic Day parade. This was followed by a countrywide tour by women motorcycle riders of the BSF.
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His idea to celebrate the Raising Day of the BSF in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, in 2021, appealed to the government so much that it has now directed all paramilitary forces and even the Army to celebrate their foundation and raising days out of Delhi.
He has worked for both the Rajasthan Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), where he exposed a notorious sex scandal that had shaken Jammu and Kashmir in addition to being engaged in the resolution of other corruption-related cases.
He has worked for both the Rajasthan Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), where he exposed a notorious sex scandal that had shaken Jammu and Kashmir in addition to being engaged in the resolution of other corruption-related cases.
On August 31, 2021, Singh assumed command of the BSF, making history as the first father and son to occupy that position while serving in the paramilitary. From June 1993 to January 1994, Prakash Singh, his father and a retired IPS officer from the 1959-batch, oversaw the BSF.