Shri Puneet Rastogi belongs to the 1995 batch of IPS and is borne on Tripura Cadre. He has done BSc in Statistics and MBA from Lucknow University. He has served in Tripura in various capacities as ASP (South), SDPO(Kanchanpur), Addl.SP(Urban), SP(West I/C),  SP(North),  SP(South) and SP(SB).He was awarded DGP’s commendation Disc in the year 2000. After that he proceeded on Central Deputation to Serious Fraud Investigation for five years with effect from 25.10.2004 to 31.12.2009.  After completion of 5 years of Central Deputation he reported back to the Cadre and was posted on promotion as DIGP(PHQ) on 04.01.2010. Thereafter he also served as DIG(N/R), DIG(CID) Addl. Charge,  DIG(S/R) Addl. Charge, DIG(S/R) Regular Charge, DIG(CID) Addl. Charge, IG(Int) and IGP(L/O) Addl. Charge. He received President’s Medal for Meritorious Service in the year 2011. In 2014 he proceeded on Central Deputation to ITBP. He served in ITBP as DIG in Eastern Frontier and was posted at Lucknow. He was promoted as Inspector General in ITBP in September 2015 and was posted as IG Eastern Frontier. During his stint in ITBP he received DGP’s commendation Disc thrice. His Frontier was also awarded as the best Frontier for carrying out maximum innovations in operational and administrative matters in the year 2018.   After successful completion of tenure in ITBP   he again joined back in the cadre and was posted as IGP(Crime Branch).During Loksabha Election 2019 he held the charge of  IGP(L/O) with effect from 17.04.2019 to 29.05.2019 with additional charge of IGP (Crime Branch). Presently he is posted as IGP(Crime Branch) from 30.05.2019.  On 01-01-2020 he is promoted as ADGP (Crime Branch) Tripura.

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At present working as Deputy Inspetor General of Police(Crime Branch) with additional charge of DIGP (Intelligence) and posted at Police Headquarter, Agartala.

                  Shri Sudipta Das is an IPS officer of the 2012 batch, borne on Tripura cadre. He holds a BE (Information Technology) from Jadavpur University, and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. Prior to joining police, he worked for 4½ years as a banker in ICICI Bank UK PLC, London. He has previously served as SDPO Kailashahar, Addl. SP (Rural) West District, SP Sepahijala District, Commandant 7^th BN TSR, and SP Dhalai District. He had represented Tripura’s security concerns in international Bangladesh-India DC-DM Joint Border Conferences in May 2017 in Comilla, Bangladesh, and again in May 2019 in Agartala, India.

                    Shri Das was awarded the Police (Special Duty) Medal (Tripura bar) in 2015, the President’s Secretariat instituted Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak in 2018, and the Tripura DGP’s Commendation Disc in 2015. He was also awarded the State Award (Tripura) 2019 for Excellence in Security Management in Dhalai District during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. He won the First Prize in the prestigious Prime Minister’s Silver Cup Essay Competition for the years 2014, 2015 and 2019.

                         Shri Das has written on topics of professional interest, as mentioned below:

1. “Changing contours of Cybersecurity: Challenges, Response and Preparedness” published in the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Journal – December 2019 edition.
2. “Emergence of Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for the Law Enforcement Agencies” published in SVP National Police Academy Journal – June 2016 edition.
3. “Role of Social Media in countering radicalisation and terrorism” presented at the 47^th All India Police Science Congress held at UP PHQ, Lucknow, on 28-29 Nov, 2019, and published in the 47^th AIPSC Compendium.

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