Parveen Sood an IPS officer of Karnataka cadre 1986 batch, who belongs to Garli Pragpur of kangra district of Himachal Pradesh has been appointed as new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI.
His appointment was notified through an order by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.
“Approval of the Competent Authority, is hereby conveyed to the appointment of Praveen Sood, IPS-86 batch, as Director, CBI for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office vice Subhodh Kumar Jaiswal, consequent upon completion of his tenure,” the order read.
Sood, who is expected to take charge on May 25, succeeds Subhodh Kumar Jaiswal in the post. Jaiswal’s tenure ends on May 25.
Praveen Sood was born in 1964 in Himachal Pradesh and has a degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. He joined the IPS, or the Indian Police Service, in 1986 and his first posting was in Mysore in 1989. He returned to the Karnataka city as Commissioner of Police between 2004 and 2007
In 2013 he was appointed Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation and increased the turnover of the company from ₹160 crore to ₹282 crore in just nine months.
-He has also served as the Commissioner of Police for state capital Bengaluru and is credited with setting up the 'Namma 100' emergency response system for people in distress.
-Sood is a highly-decorated officer; he was awarded the Chief Minister's Gold Medal for Excellence in Service in 1996, the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002 and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2011.
As Additional Director General of Police Computer Wing his immediate challenge was to implement CCTNS i.e. Crime & Criminal Tracking Network System all over Karnataka by networking all Police Stations up to Delhi and ensuring data entry and retrieval of all information in police stations and higher police officers online in real-time. He was instrumental in introducing mobile governance through SMS gateways for collection of fees as well as service requests from public. He was also nodal officer for delivery of services to citizens under Karnataka Guarantee of Services to Citizens Act.
As Commissioner of Traffic and Road Safety he was involved in replicating Bangalore model of technology driven traffic management to entire state.
During 2013-14 he took over as Managing Director of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation and increased the turnover of the company from Rs 160 cr to Rs 282 cr in a short span of nine months.
Subsequently he worked as Principal Secretory, Home Department, Additional Director General of Police, Karnataka State Reserve Police and Additional Director General of Police, Administration.
As Additional Director General of Police, Karnataka State Reserve Police and Additional Director General of Police, Administration he was instrumental in introducing large scale reform in the internal procedures of department as well as Promotions and Welfare at cutting edge level i.e. Constabulary.
As Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru city, launched “Namma 100” an “Emergency Response System” for the citizens in distress. With 100 lines managed by multilingual “Communication Officers” 24 X 7, and support of 276 Emergency Response Vehicles (Hoyasala), spread all over Bengaluru City; he promised every call to be picked up in 15 seconds and every scene of distress to be visited by “Hoyasala” within 15 minutes. “Namma-100” or “My-100” was receiving, on an average, 6000 calls a day with average intervention time of 5 second and average response time of 17 minutes within 3 months of its launch.
He was also instrumental in launching “Suraksha” App and “Pink Hoyasala” managed by all-women cops especially for the women and children in distress.
As Director General of Police, CID, Economic offences & Special Units, he has taken major initiative for better investigation and awareness for prevention of cyber crimes, which is going to be the biggest challenge in the near future. CID in collaboration with Infosys Foundation has taken a big step by establishing state-of-art “Centre for Cyber-crime Investigation, Training & Research” for creating capacity for investigation and trials of cyber crimes among police officers, prosecutors and judiciary.
Presently working as Director General & Inspector General of Police, (Head of Police Force) Karnataka.