This 1987-batch IPS officer Dilbagh Singh took over as new Director General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir in Sept 2018 along Director General of Prisons as an additional charge.

Singh has also served as IGP Traffic, J&K; IGP Home Guards, Civil Defence and Auxiliary Police J&K; IGP Armed Police J&K and Director, Sher-e-Kashmir State Police Academy Udhampur.

In order to recognize the contribution of IPS officers, three organisations Fame India, Asia Post and PSU Watch” took a nationwide survey to find out the top 25 IPS officers who have created a benchmark for the newer generation in terms of performance in police service. Those IPS officers included for the survey are the ones belonging to the batches before 1995, according to a PSU Watch article tweeted by Inspector General (Women Safety) Swati Lakra on Tuesday.

The article quotes the panel saying it was a difficult task to select the top 25 IPS officers out of a list of nearly 4000 officials. The survey was based on internal reports accessed by the agency, media reports and reports based on various other sources beginning right from their first posting in the particular district

Here is the list of top 25 IPS officers in India:

• Arvind Kumar, Chief-IB (Intelligence Bureau), (Batch: 1984)
• Samat Kumar Goel, Chief R&AW (Research and Analysis Wing), (Batch: 1984)
• S S Deswal, DG (ITBP) (Batch: 1984)
• A P Maheshwari DG CRPF (1984)
• Anup Kumar Singh, DG (NSG), (Batch: 1985)
• SN Sinha, Commissioner of Police, Delhi (Batch: 1985)
• Gupteshwar Pandey, DGP Bihar, (Batch: 1987)
• M Mahendar Reddy, DGP, Telangana (Batch: 1986)
• Dilbagh Singh, DGP, J&K (Batch: 1987)
• R Shreelekha, DGP, Kerala (Batch: 1987)
• Dinkar Gupta, DGP, Punjab (Batch: 1987)
• Paramveer Singh, Police Commissioner Mumbai (Batch: 1988)
• Anand Kumar, DG (Prison), UP (Batch: 1988)
• Bhagwan Lal Soni, ADG (Crime), Rajasthan (Batch: 1988)
• Sanjay Beniwal, DGP, Chandigarh (Batch: 1989)
• Ashok Kumar, DG (Law & Order), Uttarakhand (Batch: 1989)
• Muhammad Akil, Police Commissioner, Gurgaon (Batch: 1989)
• Anil Palta ADGP, Jharkhand, (Batch: 1990)
• Anuj Sharma, Police Commissioner, Kolkata (Batch: 1991)
• Varun Kapoor, ADGP RAPTC, Madhya Pradesh (Batch: 1991)
• Ajay Anand, ADGP Agra, UP (Batch: 1992)
• Arun Dev Gautam, Secretary-Home, Chattisgarh, (Batch: 1992)
• Manish Shanker Sharma, ADGP, Madhya Pradesh, (Batch: 1992)
• Sanjay Saxena, ADG (Training) Maharashtra, (Batch: 1993)