Viresh Kumar Bhawra isnan IPS officer of Punjab cader. He has recently been appointed as the DirectornGeneral of Police (DGP). He was selected among the panel of three fixed by thenUPSC. He is completely unbiased and has a starkly clean career. It is expectednthat he will wipe out the dark spot on the ethical practices of Punjab Policenpost PM security breach. He will head the state police for two years.
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V K Bhawra belongs ton1987 batch of IPS.
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Following are some profilendetails of Mr. Bhawra:
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PersonalnLife:
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Name: Viresh Kumar Bhawra
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Date of Birth:
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Age: 59 Years
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EducationalnQualification:
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– nB.nTech. Computer Science
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RelationshipnStatus: Married
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Newsnand Controversies: Thenname of Bhawra was cleared by the Government of Punjab. He is a compromisingnchoice. They wanted to continue with the preceding DGP, but UPSC didn’t includenhis name in the panel. Dipankar Gupta, the former DGP, is seen close tonAmarinder Singh, and hence his name was not considered by the CongressnGovernment.
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– nSpouse:
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– nChildren:nTwo sons
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- Mr. Bhawra had worked with BHEL for two years asnexecutive engineer.
- He has done B. Tech. with Electrical Engineering fromnNIT, Kurukshetra (1980 – 85), then it was known as Regional Engineering Collegenand his degree was B.Sc. Engineering which was of five years duration.
