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{{Short description|Director General of Uttrakhand Police}}
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{{Infobox police officer
|honorific prefix=
|name=Abhinav Kumar
|honorific suffix=IPS
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|08|31}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPS : Query Result(s) |url=https://dtf.in/wp-content/files/Indian_Police_Service_IPS_-_Civil_List_2014.htm |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=dtf.in}}</ref>
|birth_place=Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
|education=
|alma_mater=[[The Doon School]]<br>[[Mansfield College, Oxford]]
|spouse=
|country=India
|rank=[[File:Director General of Police.png|30px]] Acting [[Director General of Police]] (2023–2024)
|batch=1996
|cadre=[[Uttarakhand Police|Uttarakhand]]
|awards={{ubl|[[Police Medal (India)|Police Medal]] (PM) for Meritorious Service|[[President's Police Medal]] (PPM) for Distinguished Service}}
}}

'''Abhinav Kumar''' (born 31 August 1973) is an [[Indian Police Service]] officer and former acting [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]] (DGP) of [[Uttarakhand Police]] who served from December 2023 until November 2024. He served as acting DGP of the Himalayan state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/abhinav-kumar-named-12th-dgp-of-uttarakhand/articleshow/105618127.cms|title=Abhinav Kumar named 12th DGP of Uttarakhand|date=30 November 2023|via=The Economic Times – The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/hindi/india/news-ips-abhinav-kumar-made-the-new-dgp-of-uttarakhand-after-ashok-kumar-retired-4107834|title=कौन हैं IPS अभिनव कुमार, जो बनेंगे उत्तराखंड के अगले DGP|website=DNA Hindi}}</ref> He is the youngest appointed acting DGP in India at 50.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Garhwal |date=2023-12-01 |title=Abhinav Kumar: From a journalist to top police officer of U’khand {{!}} Garhwal Post |url=https://garhwalpost.in/abhinav-kumar-from-a-journalist-to-top-police-officer-of-ukhand/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Kumar was born in Bareilly, [[Uttar Pradesh]], and attended the all-boys boarding [[The Doon School]] in Dehradun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://garhwalpost.in/abhinav-kumar-to-be-states-acting-dgp-from-1-dec/|title=Abhinav Kumar to be state’s Acting DGP from 1 Dec | Garhwal Post|first=Garhwal|last=Post|date=29 November 2023}}</ref> He then read philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at [[Mansfield College, Oxford]] in the [[University of Oxford]] in the United Kingdom.{{fact|date=July 2025}}

== Indian Police Service career ==

Kumar joined the Indian Police Service in 1996. Before becoming the acting DGP of Uttarakhand, Kumar served as Additional Director General of Police (ADG) in Uttarakhand as well as the Special Principal Secretary to [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]], the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.<ref>https://policeworld.businessworld.in/article/Ace-IPS-officer-Abhinav-Kumar-is-the-new-DGP-of-Uttarakhand-Police-/01-12-2023-500665/</ref>

== Awards ==
* Police Medal for Meritorious Service 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uppolice.gov.in/en/officerprofile?transid=288&slugName=Deputation|title=Uttar Pradesh Police | OfficerProfile|website=uppolice.gov.in}}</ref>
* President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service 2022<ref>{{Cite web| title=President's police medal for distinguished service – Republic day-2022 | url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/assets/doc/distinguished2022.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125073644/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/assets/doc/distinguished2022.pdf | archive-date=2022-01-25}}</ref>

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