Dr Satyapal Singh

Study of Comparative Religions, Terrorism, Extremism, Police, Education, Culture, History and Spirituality.
He has authored the books “The Search For Man” in Hindi (Talaash Insan Kee), "Science & Spirituality”, "Tackling Naxalism – An Indian Perspective". He has also contributed to book “Crime, Corruption and Development” which was published by the Indian Economic Association, Kolkata, 2001.

• Elected to 16th Lok Sabha

• Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur; Additional D.G.P., Law & Order and Establishment, Maharashtra State; he has also worked in C.B.I., Delhi.

• Member, JPC on Security of Parliament House Complex

• Chairperson, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

• Appointed as Member, U.P. State Minorities Committee

• Became Vice-President, Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party.

• Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit.

• Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

• Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation.

• Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament

• Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs

• On 31 January 2014, he tendered his resignation and applied for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to join the BJP.

• He was appointed as Commissioner of Mumbai Police on August 23, 2012.

• He also served as the Commissioner of Nagpur where he started an outreach programme called Mission Mrityunjay to fight anti-social activities and terrorism with the help of students to fight terrorism. He started similar initiative in Pune during his stint as Commissioner of the City. It was during his tenure as Pune CP when the world was rocked by the 2010 Pune bombings at German Bakery in which 17 people were killed.

• As Crime Chief of Mumbai, he successfully broke the backbone of the organised crime syndicates that terrorised Mumbai, including the Chhota Shakeel, Chhota Rajan and Arun Gawli gangs.

• Singh joined as IPS officer in 1980 batch and his first posting was in Nasik as the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). He later went on to become the SP of Buldhana and eventually being named Maharashtra's Additional Director General of Police before serving as Mumbai City Police Commissioner. He is widely credited for curbing the menace of organised crime syndicates in Mumbai during his tenure as the Joint CP (Crime).

• Satyapal Singh was born in Baghpat district of UP. He is a post-graduate in Chemistry from Digambar Jain College, Baraut. He's also an M Phil in Chemistry from Delhi University. Later, he secured an MBA from Australia and MA in Public Administration and Ph.D. in Naxalism from Nagpur University.

Milestones in Police Career Made a presentation in “Indo-US Conference” in New Delhi in Dec. 2013 Represented India in “Policing Global Cities” Conference in London, July 2013 Participated in 2nd U.S. – India Homeland Security Dialogue in U.S., May 2013 Attended 81st Interpol Conference at Rome, Italy from 5th to 8th Nov. 2012 Worked as SIT Chairman in Ishrat Jahan Encounter Case, Gujarat, 2011 Worked as the Chairman of a Committee for suggesting a model scheme for “Community Policing and Conflict Resolution Strategies” for Maharashtra State, 2011 Launched Mission Mritunjaya - a Students’ front against Terror in Nagpur, Pune and Mumbai Cities. It got International Recognition, 2007-2014 Worked as Chairman of a National Committee for drawing up Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Coastal Police Stations in India, 2006-07 Worked as the leader of Indian group for Advanced Crisis Response Team (ACRT) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA in 2005 Worked as Chairman of Maharashtra State Committee for Prevention of Cyber Crime, 2003-04 Represented Maharashtra State Police in Indo-British Conference on “Police for 21st Century”, New Delhi, 2002 Selected by Govt. of India as the leader of Indian group for prestigious Police Command Course at Wakefield, U.K., 1997 Represented India in “International Seminar in Crime Investigation”, Tokyo, Japan, 1992 Thinker, Effective Speaker & powerful Orator Addressed many national and international seminars/conferences on police, philosophical, socio, cultural and Vedic issues. An accomplished scholar on Indian Culture, Spirituality and Comparative Religions. A vocal proponent of holistic health, yoga and vegetarianism. A dedicated Arya and scholar of Vedic studies and Sanskrit. He regularly delivers lectures on spirituality, education, youth affairs, religious extremism, terrorism, inter-religious harmony, management of life. Notable Conferences Addressed International Aryan Conference, Mauritius, 2001 International Aryan Conference, Mumbai, 2002 World Aryan Conference, Chicago, U.S.A., 2006 International Vedic Conference, Netherlands, 2007 International Conference of Yoga, Kaivalyadham, Lonavla, Maharashtra, 2009 and 2012 World Spirituality Conference, Lonavla, Maharashtra, 2013 International Aryan Conference, Delhi, 2013 Ideas Conclave, Goa, Sept. 2014 Kashi Vidwat Parishad, Banaras, Nov. 2014 Inter Parliamentary Union Conference, as Indian Delegate, Geneva, Switzerland, Sep./Oct. 2014 International Parliamentary Conference on Human Rights, British Parliament, London, February 2015 International Conference, Yoga and Spirituality, (Govt. of India), New Delhi, June 2015 World Vedic Conference, Singapore, July 2015 International Ramayan Conference, Mauritius, August 2015 World Conference on ‘Freedom of Religion’, in U.N. Head Qrs., New York, Sept. 2015 World Aryan Conference, Sydney, Nov. 2015 Medals and Awards Antrik Suraksha Sewa (Internal Security Service) Padak by Government of India, 2008. President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service, January 2004. Police Medal for Meritorious Service by President of India, August, 1996. Director General of Police’s Insignia, January, 1996. Special Service Medal for working in Naxal Affected Area in 1987-90. ’Vidya Vaaridhi’Puraskar by Akhil Bhartiya Vidwat Parishad, Banaras - 2014 Vishist Vedang Puruskar by Arya Samaj Santacruz,Mumbai ,2011. Rishitulya Puruskar by Pune Municipal Corporation,Sharda Gyanpeetham and World Multiversity of Pune city in 2010. Maharashtra Rajya Hindi Sahitya Academy Special Award, 2009 Samaj Bhusan Samman by Indian Vegetarian Congress , 2009. TMC Award of Excellence by Top Management Consortium of Pune, 2008 Arya Shrestha Puruskar by Propkarini Sabha, Ajmer,Rajasthan , 2008. Outstanding Award for Communal Harmony’ by Ekta Forum, Mumbai, 2005. Uttar Sahitya Shree Puraskar on writing work, January 2004. Kaka Kalelkar Sahitya Puraskar, by Maharashtra State Hindi Sahitya Academy for the book “Talash Insaan Kee”(Searching for Man)2003 Ugadi Puraskar’, by Madras Telugu Academy, Chennai for ‘Best Police Administration in India’, 2002. Association with SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad as a regular guest faculty. Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. International Centre for Cultural Studies (ICCS), Nagpur. Institute of Internal Security and Policing of India, New Delhi. Youth Hostels Association of India, New Delhi. Indian Economic Association (IEA), Kolkata.