Rajeev Krishna (Director General of Police) Height, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

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Full Name	Rajeev Krishna Singh
Profession	Civil Servant
Known For	Being an acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	26 June 1969 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	56 Years
Birthplace	Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Writing, Reading, Travelling
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	1996
Family
Wife/Spouse	Meenakshi Singh (Indian Revenue Service Officer)
Parents	Father- H.K.Mittal (Retired Chief Engineer in the Irrigation Department)
Children	Son(s)- 2 • Rudra Singh Krishna • Ribhav Singh Krishna Daughter- None
Other Relative(s)	Brother-in-Law(s)- 2 • Rajeshwar Singh (Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh) • YP Singh (Retire IPS Officer) Sister-in-Law(s)- 2 • Lakshmi Singh (IPS Officer) • Abha Singh (Retire IPS Officer) Niece- Isha Singh (IPS Officer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rajeev Krishna

• Rajeev Krishna was born and brought up in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.

• After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, he started preparing for the civil services.

• In 1991, Rajeev Krishna cleared the civil service exam, and appointed as an officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS).

• Krishna was one of the youngest to become an IPS officer at the age of 22.

• His police journey began at the Moradabad Police Training Centre. Later, 1992, he was posted in Prayagraj.

• In the 1992 end, he went to Hyderabad for further training.

• In October 1993, Rajeev returned to Uttar Pradesh, where he took charge as the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Bareilly.

• As an ASP, he served in sensitive districts of Uttar Pradesh such as Kanpur and Agra.

• During his posting in Bareilly,he met his future wife, Meenakshi Singh.

• Rajeev Krishna’s elder son, Rudra Singh Krishna, is pursuing law at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and his younger son, Ribhav Singh Krishna, has recently cleared his intermediate examinations.

• From 1995 to 2003, Rajeev served as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Kanpur and in Aligarh.

• After that he served as a Superintendent of Police in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Firozabad, Etawah, Mathura, Fatehgarh, Bulandshahr, Noida, Agra, Lucknow and Bareilly.

• In 2004, he was appointed as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Agra. During his service tenure in Agra, he handled high profile kidnapping and gang-related cases, which earned him recognition in Agra.

• In 2007, Krishna was appointed as the Deputy Inspector General of Uttar Pradesh.

• In the same year, he handled over the charge of Additional Director General (ADG) of the Uttar Pradesh Police Academy, where he trained and mentored new generations of police officers for modern policing techniques.

• From 2018 to 2019, he was appointed as an ADG of the Lucknow Zone.

• In 2020, Rajeev Krishna was appointed as an ADG of the Agra Zone.

• During his service tenture as ADG, he launched “Operation Pehchaan,” a mobile-based platform, that identifies and verifies unknown bodies and missing persons.

• Along with that he also introduced e-Malkhana, a system for digitising and streamlining police case records.

• Rajeev was the founding chief of the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).

• When the ATS was founded, Rajeev was appointed as the first Director Inspector General of Uttar Pradesh.

• During that time, Krishna was appointed as inspector general of operations in the Border Security Force. As IG in BSF, he introduced a sensor-based border management system for improved surveillance within the borders of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

• In August 2023, he was appointed as the Additional Director General of Vigilance in Lucknow, and later, in Jnauary 2024, he was promoted to the post of Director General.

• In March 2024, Rajeev gained widespread recognition, when Uttar Pradesh’s CM Yogi Adityanath gave him the responsibility of conducting the UP Police Recruitment Examination, post its leak incident.

• In the early 2025, he was appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Bhim Rao Ambedkar Police Academy in Uttar Pradesh.

• On 31 May 2025, Rajeev Krishna was appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh. After his appointment, he became the fifth acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh.

• Along with his DGP post, Krishna will continue to hold charge of the Director General of Vigilance and the Director of UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board.