- Prasun Mukherjee
Prasun Mukherjee (1950-) the ex Commissioner of Police in the city of
Kolkata (Kolkata Police ),West Bengal ,India . He is an IPS officer. Recently he was elected President of theCricket Association of Bengal . [ [http://cricket.expressindia.com/fulleistory.php?content_id=80231 Kolkata Police Chief elected CAB President] Express India,24 January 2007 . Retrieved27 January 2007 .]Early life
Born in 1950, he earned a degree in Mathematics from
Patna University and qualified for the Civil Services and was allotted the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1973, with West Bengal Cadre. During his career so far in the IPS , he has held the following posts:
*As Supernumerary ASP while under field training in Jalpaigiri
*ASP & Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO),Arambagh
*Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl SP),Birbhum
*Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Detective Department (II),Calcutta Police
*DCP , 1st Battalion, Calcutta Armed Police
*DCP, North Division,Calcutta Police
*SP,Howrah
*Special Superintendent (SS) of Police, Criminal Investigative Department (C.I.D.),West Bengal
*DCP, Detective Department (I),Calcutta Police
*Deputy Inspector General (D.I.G.), C.I.D.( Operations),West Bengal
*D.I.G., C.I.D.,West Bengal
*D.I.G.( Headquarters), West Bengal
*Inspector-General of Police (Law & Order), West Bengal
*IGP, South Bengal Zone ,Kolkata
*IGP, Enforcement Branch, West Bengal
*Additional Commissioner of Police, Kolkata Police
*Additional Director General & IG of Police, Railways, West Bengal
*Commissioner of Police, Kolkata
*Additional Director General & IG of Police (Telecom),West BengalHe took over as the Commissioner of Police on 30th November, 2004, and on 17th October 2007, was transferred as Additional Director General of Police, Telecom, West Bengal.Previously, he has also held the post of the 'Secretary of the IPS Officers' Association of West Bengal for eight years in two stints. Is serving as the President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), having dethroned mighty Jagmohan Dalmia.
Interests
Mukherjee is interested in wildlife and nature conservation, and was one of the founder members of the NGO "Nature Environment & Wildlife Society" (NEWS), Calcutta in 1992. He has been the President of NEWS since 1996 and the organization has grown to become one of the leading NGO's working in this field. Mukherjee is also the Editor-in-Chief of the NEWS's quarterly colour magazine `ENVIRON', focusing on conservation of wildlife & nature.
Mukherjee has been the President of the West Bengal Athletic Association for the past three years, during which time he encouraged the involvement of sports-persons and corporate sector personalities in supporting the activities of athletes.
References
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