Senior IPS officer Sheel Vardhan Singh on Monday assumed the charge of Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Prior to his appointment as DG, CISF, he was serving as Special Director, Intelligence Bureau.
Singh is B.A. (Honours) in English literature. He joined the Indian Police Service in the year 1986 at the age of 23 and was allotted the Bihar cadre. During his distinguished career spanning 35 years, he has held many important and sensitive positions in Bihar as also during his Central deputation. Singh has served in the Ministry of External affairs at the Indian High Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh as First Secretary. Later, in Intelligence Bureau he served as Addl. Director & Spl. Director. Singh was decorated with the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service in the year 2004 and President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2010. He has become the 29th DG of the CISF.