A distinguished Civil Servant having exhibited highest degree of competence during career span of about 35 years. He has joined as Member of the District Police Complaints Authority, Haldwani on March 15, 2024. He is one of the selected few academically profound Civil Servants, serving or retired, of the Government of Uttarakhand who holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in addition to multiple Post Graduate degrees in various disciplines. He has a deep understanding of the adjudication principles and the procedure followed therein by the various judicial and quasi-judicial bodies in India along with a rich practical experience having himself been a practising Advocate immediately before joining as the member of the Authority. 
He is a highly coronated police officer who was awarded the “President Medal for Meritorious Services” by the then Hon’ble President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil in 2008 which he had received from the then Hon'ble Governor of Uttarakhand Shri B L Joshi on November 9, 2008. He had showcased exemplary performance in carrying out hundreds of complex and critical investigations as a Police Officer and his efforts were much applauded when he received the ‘Award for Best Investigation’ from the then DGP of UK Police Shri Jyoti Swaroop Pandey on Jan 26, 2011. During his career, he had successfully conducted multiple departmental inquiries against the delinquent police officials as a precursor to take further disciplinary actions against them. In consideration of his long, dedicated and professionally competent service, he was reappointed by the Government of Uttarakhand post-retirement in 2016.