Piyush Anand

Piyush Anand (born 18 June 1968 ) is an 1991- batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre and currently  serving as the  Director General of the National Disaster Response Force of India since 1 April 2024.

Early life
Anand was born to Anand Kr. Agarwal in 1968 and He hails from Delhi, India.

Education
Anand has completed M. Tech in (Mechanical engineering) from IIT Delhi and also Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from MDI Gurgaon.

Career
Anand holds many special or high rank post in central government's agencies and they has been awarded for his work.

He was served in CBI for more than 7 years, in CRPF for more than 3 years. He has also served in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) as ADG/SDG for more than a year and anand joining the National Disaster Response Force as Director General in 31 March 2024.

Awards
Anand is the recipients of the more awards for his unbelievable service in his career.


 * Indian Police Medal awarded by the central government for Meritorious Service.


 * President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.


 * Gold Medal by School of Public Policy & Management, MDI Gurgaon for outstanding performance.


 * Silver in 2018, Gold in 2019 and Platinum in 2020 and Kumbh Sewa Medal in 2019. He has also been awarded DG’s CRPF Commendation Disc in 2017.