Who has been appointed as the 37th CRPF Director General?

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  1. Rajendra Kumar
  2. Sujoy Lal Thaosen
  3. Anil Chauhan
  4. Vijay Jasuja

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Option 2 : Sujoy Lal Thaosen
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Key Points

  •  Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sujoy Lal Thaosen on Monday took charge as 37th Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the largest Central armed police force mandated to provide internal security in the country.
  • Sujoy Lal Thaosen had served twice in the SPG and was taking care of the security of PM Manmohan Singh and former Prime Ministers of India.
  • Thaosen also served the United Nations as part of the international Police Task Force (IPTF).
  • He was deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2000.

Additional Information

  •  Rajendra Kumar is an Indian bureaucrat who currently serves as the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
    • He is a 1992 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre.
  • General Anil Chauhan PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM (born 18 May 1961) is a four-star general of the Indian Army.
  • Vijay Jasuja is an Indian banker and former Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SBI Card, a subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI) which deals with credit cards.

  • Jasuja has over three decades of experience in the banking and financial services industry. He started his career with SBI in 1983 and worked in various roles before becoming the MD and CEO of SBI Card in 2014.

  • During his tenure, he led the company's growth and expansion, making it one of the largest credit card issuers in India.

  • Jasuja retired from SBI Card in 2018 after completing his term as MD and CEO.

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