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Shesh Paul Vaid

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Shesh Paul Vaid also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...

: शेष पॉल वैद), also known as S. P. Vaid, is the current Additional Director General of Police

Additional Director General of Police

In India the additional director general of police is a 3 star rank, the high ranking police officer in Indian States & Union Territories. All ADGPs are Indian Police Service officers and are in above super time scale grade...

(ADGP), Headquarters

Police Headquarters

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(PHQ) in Jammu & Kashmir.

Early life

Born in 1959, Vaid grew up in the Kathua district

Kathua district

Kathua district is one of 22 administrative districts that comprise the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and Pakistan's working boundary to...

in Jammu

Jammu

Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

and graduated in Veterinary Science

Bachelor of Veterinary Science

The Bachelor of Veterinary Science or "Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine" is a bachelor's degree for studies in veterinary science in the United Kingdom and some other countries. In the US, these degrees are equivalent to DVM/VMD degrees...

(B.V.Sc). He qualified for the Civil Services and was allotted the Indian Police Service

Indian Police Service

The Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...

(IPS) on 25 August 1986 with Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...

cadre.

Career

From 1988 to 1990, he was the Additional Superintendent of Police in Badgam

Badgam

Badgam is a town and a notified area committee in Badgam district in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, India.-Geography:Badgam is located at . It has an average elevation of 3194 metres .-Tehsils of Budgam:* Beerwah* Budgam...

and was promoted as Superintendent in the same district in 1990, the year when he faced maximum militant attacks. He also topped the International Commanders' programme at Police Staff College

Police Staff College, Bramshill

The Police Staff College, Bramshill, Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, England, is the principal police staff training establishment in the United Kingdom....

at UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

.
He also served as Deputy Inspector General of Police

Deputy Inspector General of Police

A deputy inspector general of police is a high ranking senior police officer in several countries.- India :Deputy inspector general of police or additional commissioner of police is a one-star rank in the Indian Police Service...

of Jammu

Jammu

, and after being promoted in 2003 he was appointed as Inspector General

Inspector General

An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...

(Crime), IGP

Inspector General

An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...

(Home Guards and Civil Defence), as Inspector General

Inspector General

An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...

Modernisation Police Headquarters and for nearly three and a half years as Inspector General of Police of Jammu eventually. Thereafter in 2008, Vaid was posted as IGP Crime and Railways and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Traffic Jammu & Kashmir in 2009 when he was sent on deputation to BPR&D in New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

where he was initially posted as Director of Special Policing then Director of Training and during the last months of his deputation as the Director of Administration

Central Administration

Central administration is the leading or presiding body or group of people, and the highest administrative department who oversee all lower departments of an organization.-Education:...

As of 23 February 2010 Dr. S P Vaid was also appointed as the new Secretary of Central Indian Police Service Association (CIPSA) as an additional central charge besides his assignment in Bureau of Police Research & Development.

On 17 June 2011, the Jammu & Kashmir Government ordered the J&K Home Department for the promotion of Mr. Vaid and two other 1986 Batch J&K Cadre IPS officers to the senior Indian police rank of Additional Director General of Police

Additional Director General of Police

. Due to promotion, Vaid was repatriated by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Ministry of Home Affairs (India)

Ministry of Home Affairs , known as the Home Ministry or MHA, is an Indian government ministry. It is an interior ministry mainly responsible for the maintenance of Internal security and domestic policy.-Ministerial Team:...

, Govt. of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

and he returned to his parent cadre on 15 September 2011.
On the 24 November 2011, the J&K State Cabinet ordered the posting of Vaid as Additional Director General of Police

Additional Director General of Police

(ADGP), Headquarters

Police Headquarters

(PHQ).

Contributions

In December 1999 Vaid supervised the release from Kot Bhalwal jail of Pakistani mujaheddin leader and the founder of the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed

Jaish-e-Mohammed

Jaish-e-Mohammed is a Pakistani-based, militant Islamic group established by Maulana Masood Azhar in March 2000...

, Azhar Masood

Maulana Masood Azhar

Maulana Masood Azhar is a Pakistani mujaheddin leader and the founder of the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed, based mainly in the Pakistan-administered portion of the state of Kashmir....

, who was exchanged for passengers on the hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814

Indian Airlines Flight 814

Indian Airlines Flight 814 commonly known as IC 814 was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 en route from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India on Friday, December 24, 1999, when it was hijacked...

(IC-814).

In August 2006 the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS)

Indo-Asian News Service

Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is India's largest private news agency. The IANS is run by a group of professional journalists.The IANS was founded by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the India Abroad News Service. It was later renamed the Indo-Asian News Service...

reported about Vaid's involvement in a project with state-owned Bharat Petroleum

Bharat Petroleum

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is a state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, India. In 2011, Fortune Global 500 ranked the company of 272.- History :...

to employ family members of the approximately 1,000 Jammu and Kashmir policemen who have died fighting separatists.

Then IGP Jammu, Vaid supervised the operation against the militants and regained control of the Kot Bhalwal prison following seven-hour clashes with more than 300 prisoners after the situation within the jail went out of control.

Vaid served as a chairman of the session, "Regional Cooperation to Fight Terrorism", at the March 2009 Asia Pacific Regional Conference of The World Federation of United Nations Associations

World Federation of United Nations Associations

The World Federation of United Nations Associations was created in 1946, inspired by the opening words of the United Nations Charter "We the Peoples". Today it is a global network of people linked together through United Nations Associations in over 100 member states of the United Nations...

. In the same year, he addressed the Governing Council Meeting of CAPSI (Central Association of Private Security Industry). He emphasized that CAPSI and BPR&D should work together to improve Indian national security and pointed out the importance of the security industry for the training and employment of rural youth.

In the Indian Police Journal's October–December 2009 edition , Vaid served as one of the members of the Editorial Board

Editorial board

The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.- Board makeup :...

.

In December 2010, Vaid served as one of the members of the Advisory Committee of "One Day National Summit On Cloud Computing

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

& Green IT Technology" organized by the Computer Society of India

Computer Society of India

The Computer Society of India is the first and the largest body of computer professionals in India. It was started on 6 March 1965 by a handful of computer professionals and has now grown to be the national body representing computer professionals...

at New Delhi

New Delhi

Assassination attempt

The then Deputy Inspector General of Police

Deputy Inspector General of Police

, Baramulla

Baramulla

Baramulla , known as Varahamula in antiquity, is a city in the Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India...

range in the Kashmir Valley, Vaid suffered a severe hand injury in March 1999 when 25 militants ambushed his car and two escort

Escort vehicle

An escort vehicle, also called a pilot vehicle in most areas, is an automobile used to escort trucks with large loads, convoys of large vehicles, guide motorists through construction sites, and assist aircraft in taxiing from the runway to the tarmac at many airports...

gypsies

Maruti Gypsy

The Maruti Gypsy is a four wheel drive SUV based on the long wheelbase Suzuki Jimny SJ40/410 series vehicles.-History:It is manufactured in India by Maruti Suzuki. It was introduced in the Indian market in December 1985 with the 970 cc F10A Suzuki engine and while sales were never very high it...

on the national highway, on his way to Baramulla

Baramulla

Baramulla , known as Varahamula in antiquity, is a city in the Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India...

after a review meeting at Srinagar

Srinagar

Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...

where he was officiating as Inspector General. The militants, aware that his car was bullet-proof

Armored car (VIP)

A civilian armored car is a security vehicle which made by replacing the windows of a standard vehicle with bulletproof glass and inserting layers of armor plate into the body panels...

, hurled hand-grenades

Hand grenade

A hand grenade is any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Hand grenades are classified into three categories, explosive grenades, chemical and gas grenades. Explosive grenades are the most commonly used in modern warfare, and are designed to detonate after impact or after a set amount of time...

and used powerful universal machine guns which pierce through bullet-proof glass, instead of the commonly used AK-47

AK-47

The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...

Positions held

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Early life

Career

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Assassination attempt

Positions held

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