Praveen Kumar takes additional charge as Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)

Key facts

• Praveen Kumar has taken additional charge of BSF Director General following the retirement of Daljit Singh Chawdhary.
• Daljit Singh Chawdhary handed over the responsibilities to Praveen Kumar at a BSF camp in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur.
• Praveen Kumar is the 35th Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
• Daljit Singh Chawdhary is a 1990-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
• Praveen Kumar is a 1993-batch officer of West Bengal cadre.
• Daljit Singh Chawdhary took charge as BSF Director General in August 2024.