Praveen Sood is the
Director General and Inspector General of Police of Karnataka. He has hitherto
been known as one of the most dynamic and result oriented Police Commissioner
of a metropolitan city in the history of India. He has changed the way policing
was done as the Commissioner of Bengaluru.
Profile and Wiki
Praveen Sood was born in
Himachal Pradesh and brought up in Delhi. His father, late Om Prakash Sood, was
a government clerk in Delhi while his mother, late Kamlesh Sood, was a teacher
at a Delhi Government school. After completing his schooling, Praveen had
cracked IIT JEE Entrance examination and had gotten admission in the
prestigious IIT – Delhi. He has done B. Tech. with Electrical Engineering. He
had another change of mind after B. Tech. and decided to go for Civil Services.
He had sailed through at UPSC CSE in his very first attempt and was allotted
IPS with Karnataka cadre.
Praveen Sood is known as
an innovative and honest police officer since his first posting at Mysuru in
1989. He has also done MBA in Public Police and Management from IIM –
Ahmedabad.
Wife and Family
Praveen Sood was in news
when his daughter had gotten married with Indian Cricketer Mayank Aggarwal. His
wife Vineeta Sood is a social entrepreuner. The couple has two daughters and
both of them are doing great at their chosen field.
Interesting Facts and Info
Praveen Sood was made DG
& IGP by superseding two senior IPS officers. He belongs to 1986 batch and
has four years of service. It means he will be at helm for quite a long time.
Yeddyurappa might have chosen him keeping this fact in mind.
Praveen Sood has also
served as the Police Advisor to the Government of Mauritius. He was there for
three years.
Praveen Sood is known to have curbed the menace of cybercrime originating from Bengaluru.
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