The powerful selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi selected IPS officer Praveen Sood to lead the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a two-year term.
In January 2020, Sood, an IPS officer from the 1986 batch, was appointed Karnataka's DGP, replacing Ashit Mohan Prasad, an IPS officer from the 1985 class.
In a directive, Nila Mohanan, director of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions' Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), stated: "Approval of the Competent Authority, is hereby conveyed to the appointment of Praveen Sood, IPS-86 batch, as Director, CBI for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office, vice Subhodh Kumar Jaiswal, consequent upon completion of his tenure."
Sood received his degree from IIT Delhi, and in 1989, he began his career as an assistant superintendent of police in Mysore. Before being appointed deputy commissioner of police (law and order) in Bengaluru city, he later served as the SP of Bellary and Raichur. He accepted a three-year foreign deputation in 1999 to serve as a police advisor to the government of Mauritius, where he collaborated closely with American and European law enforcement.
In 2003, Sood took a break from his job to pursue a postgraduate degree in public policy and management at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore and the Maxwell School of Governance at Syracuse University in New York, according to his blog website.
From 2004 until 2007, he served as the city of Mysore's commissioner of police. During his time in Mysore, he also played a key role in the capture of terrorists with Pakistani origins. In 1996, he received the Chief Minister's Gold Medal for outstanding service. In 2002, he received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service. In 2011, he received the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. In addition, he received the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in 2006 for his work in traffic management and road safety, and in 2011, he won the national E-Governance Gold Award for "Most innovative use of technology for Traffic Management."
Along with serving as principal secretary for the Home Department, he also served as additional director general of the Karnataka State Reserve Police and administration.
He established "Namma 100" as the city of Bengaluru's police commissioner, a "Emergency Response System" for people in need. It provides 100 lines that are staffed round-the-clock by bilingual "Communication Officers" and 276 emergency response vehicles (Hoysala) that are dispersed across Bengaluru City. Additionally, he played a key role in the introduction of the 'Suraksha' App and 'Pink Hoyasala' run by female police officers, which are specifically for mothers and children in need.
The selection committee led by PM Modi narrowed the field to three candidates on Saturday, but the process was rocky because the opposition representative on the panel, Congressman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, voiced his displeasure with the method and demanded that it be restarted.
The selected candidates whose names were forwarded to the Cabinet's Appointments Committee were Taj Hassan, director general of the Fire Service, Civil Defence, and Home Guards, Sudhir Kumar Saxena, DGP of Madhya Pradesh, and Praveen Sood, DGP of Karnataka.
The DoPT reportedly supplied a list of almost 115 names for the CBI chief's position earlier, including some officers who were not empanelled, according to sources. It is said that Chowdhury brought this up and stated that the officers on the list did not have their service records, personal information, or integrity documents available to him.
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