Prakash Singh has been a distinguished officer of the Indian Police Service. He has had the unique
distinction of having commanded the world’s largest single police force—that of Uttar Pradesh—
and also the world’s largest border guarding outfit—the Border Security Force. He has also led the
Assam Police in India’s turbulent Northeast. Singh has contributed to combating the insurgency
in Nagaland, containing the threat of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), neutralizing
the terrorist movement in Punjab and the Terai area of Uttar Pradesh, and tackling the separatist
elements in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Government of India, in recognition of his outstanding services to national security, awarded
him the Padma Shri in 1991. He was also member, National Security Advisory Board (2013–14),
and is considered the architect of police reforms in the country.