Director General of the National Security Guard

Director General of the
National Security Guard

NSG Logo
Incumbent
R C Tayal
since 31 May 2015
Ministry of Home Affairs
Status Active
Seat NSG HQ,Mehram Nagar, Palam
Nominator Ministry of Home Affairs
Minister for Home Affairs
Appointer President of India
Term length 1 year and few months
Formation August 1984
First holder RT Nagrani
Deputy Additional Director-General
Inspector-General
Website DG National Security Guard

Director General (DG) is the head of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG), the federal contingency deployment force that was created to deal with terrorism in India. The DG is selected by the Home Minister (MHA).[1] In the first thirty-one years since its creation in 1984, the NSG has had twenty-eight DGs, with an average tenure of one year and few months.[2] Many DGs have served only a few months, while waiting for promotion to a more desirable post. None of the DGs have had experience in commanding NSG special actions groups, or any other special forces command experience.[2] All the selected DGs have been officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS), as required by government policy. Since the combat units which conduct counter terror operations for the NSG are commanded by the army officers, this policy effectively negates the possibility of any officer with experience in terror operations heading the organisation as its DG.

Director General of NSG is equivalent in rank to a Lieutenant General in the Army, an Air Marshal in the Air Force, or a Vice Admiral in the Navy, all three-star ranks


The Director General is assisted, for administrative matters, by four IG Rank officers drawn from Armed Forces and the Indian Police Service, of whom two are Inspectors General each for Administration and Headquarters (HQ) who in turn are assisted by Deputy Inspectors General.[3] The Financial Advisor of the NSG has been an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the rank of Joint Secretary and also has Dy Advisors from the Indian Audit and Accounts Service and Indian Civil Account Service.

R C Tayal of 1980 IPS Batch(Assam-Meghalaya Cadre) is the present Director General

List of Director Generals

S.No Name Cadre Batch Appointment Date Left Office Notes Parent Service
1 RT Nagrani Andhra Pradesh 1951 17 August 1984 25 September 1986 Indian Police Service
2 MC Mishra Madhya Pradesh 1951 25 September 1986 28 January 1987 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police		 Indian Police Service
3 KL Watts Uttar Pradesh 1956 28 January 1987 31 December 1987 Indian Police Service
4 SD Pandey Uttar Pradesh 1952 31 December 1987 31 December 1987 Additional Charge
Director General Central Reserve Police Force		 Indian Police Service
5 HP Bhatnagar Rajasthan 1956 31 March 1988 15 April 1988 Additional Charge
Director General Border Security Force		 Indian Police Service
6 VP Marwah Union Territory 1956 15 April 1988 15 April 1988 Indian Police Service
7 DVLN Ramakrishna Rao Andhra Pradesh 1957 22 February 1990 14 May 1990 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police		 Indian Police Service
8 S Subramanian Andhra Pradesh 1958 14 May 1990 31 January 1992 Indian Police Service
9 RK Wadehra Uttar Pradesh1959 31 January 1992 19 May 1992 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police		 Indian Police Service
10 BJS Sial Uttar Pradesh1959 19 May 1992 31 July 1993 Indian Police Service
11 DK Arya Madhya Pradesh 1960 31 July 1993 28 April 1994 Additional Charge
Director General Border Security Force		 Indian Police Service
12 AK Tandon Gujarat 196128 April 1994 19 March 1997 Indian Police Service
13 RD Tyagi Maharashtra 196419 March 1997 31 October 1997 Indian Police Service
14 GS Pandher Manipur-Tripura 1964 31 October 1997 30 April 1998 Additional Charge
Director General Bureau of Police Research and Development		 Indian Police Service
15 TR Kakkar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram 1964 06 May 1998 06 May 1998 Indian Police Service
16 Nikhil Kumar Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram 1963 01 July 1999 31 July 2001 Indian Police Service
17 Gurbachan Jagat Punjab 1966 01 August 2001 20 August 2001 Additional Charge
Director General Border Security Force		 Indian Police Service
18 R Rajagopalan Tamil Nadu 1965 20 August 2001 12 January 2002 Indian Police Service
19 SC Chaube Uttar Pradesh 1966 13 January 2002 12 February 2002 Additional Charge
Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police		 Indian Police Service
20 R S Mooshahary [4] Kerala 1967 13 February 2002 07 February 2005 Indian Police Service
21 Dr R Rajagopalan Tamil Nadu 1965 01 March 2006 11 August 2006 Additional Charge
SS IS MHA		 Indian Police Service
22 Jyoti Krishan Dutt [5] West Bengal 1971 11 August 2006 28 February 2009 Indian Police Service
23 NPS Aulakh [6] Punjab 1972 28 February 2009 31 August 2010 Indian Police Service
24 Rajan K Medhekar Kerala 1975 01 September 2010 30 April 2012 Indian Police Service
25 Subhash Joshi [7] Uttarakhand 1976 03 May 2012 18 December 2012 Indian Police Service
26 Arvind Ranjan [8] Kerala 1977 18 December 201222 January 2014 Indian Police Service
27 J N Choudhury [9] Assam-Meghalaya 1978 22 January 2014 31 May 2015 Indian Police Service
28 R C Tayal [10][11] Assam-Meghalaya 1980 31 May 2015 Till Date Indian Police Service

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