Karnataka's MA Ganapathy appointed NSG Director General

ACC headed by PM Modi cleared Ganapathy's appointment

Senior IPS officer M A Ganapathy, who hails from Karnataka, has been appointed as the Director General of the elite National Security Guard (NSG).

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared Ganapathy's appointment, according to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Tuesday.

The ACC also appointed Kuldiep Singh, a 1986 batch IPS officer of the West Bengal cadre, as the Director General of CRPF. He is presently the Special DG in CRPF.

At present, Ganapathy is Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. He has been appointed as the head of NSG "from the date of joining the post and up to 29 February. 2024, i.e. date of his superannuation, or till further orders, whichever is earlier".

The 57-year-old officer, who is from Kodagu and had served as Director General of Police in Uttarakhand, is a 1986-batch officer of the Uttarakhand cadre.

Earlier, he has held portfolios like Internal Security and Left Wing Extremism in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He also served as spokesperson of MHA.

After his post-graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), he joined the IPS in 1986 in Uttar Pradesh. After the bifurcation of UP, he was shifted to Uttarakhand cadre.

During his 30 years of service, Ganapathy has served as Superintendent of Police at Moradabad City, Sonebhadra and Hardoi and as Senior Superintendent of Police at Nainital, Meerut and Kanpur.

He also served in the CBI from 1999 as Superintendent of Police and was promoted as Deputy Inspector General (Anti-Corruption).

While serving in the state, he had the experience of dealing with Maoist menace in Sonebhadra and Sikh militancy at Nainital. He was also posted in Meerut and Kanpur.

Ganapathy is also a recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2010. He is also an alumnus of the National Defence College in Delhi.