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[[File:Alok Mittal IPS.jpg|thumb|Alok Mittal, Additional Director General of Police]]
'''Alok Mittal''' (born in 1969 in Allahabad now known as Prayagraj) is an IPS officer of 1993 batch, Haryana cadre. Currently posted as ADGP (Additional Director General of Police) in Haryana. He has worked as Inspector General, [[National Investigation Agency]], [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsportalindia.com/new-appointments-promotions-transfers-on-08-april-2015/ |title=New Appointments / Promotions / Transfers on 08 April 2015 |date=8 April 2015 |work=News Portal India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135121/http://newsportalindia.com/new-appointments-promotions-transfers-on-08-april-2015/ |archivedate=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all |access-date=8 August 2015 }}</ref> from April 2015 - June 2020. He served as Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/alok-mittal-is-gurgaon-s-new-police-chief-crime-prevention-and-control-top-priority/1073771/ | title=Alok Mittal is Gurgaon's new police chief: Crime prevention and control top priority | publisher=Indian Express | date=14 February 2013 | accessdate=19 January 2014 | author=Dutta, Tuhin}}</ref> from February, 2013 to November, 2014.

==Early career==
* Inspector General, [[National Investigation Agency]], April 2015-June 2020 (5 year 2 months) New Delhi, India
* IGP Law & Order, Haryana Nov 2014-April 2015
* Commissoner of Police Gurgaon , Feb 2013- Nov 2014
* Inspector General of Police, Rohtak Range, [[Haryana Police]], October 2011 – February 2013 (1 year 5 months) Rohtak Area, India
* Joint Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon, June 2009 – October 2011 (2 years 5 months)
* SSP Rohtak, June 2008 – June 2009 (1 year 1 month)
* SSP Faridabad, [[Haryana]] January 2007 – June 2008 (1 year 6 months)
* SSP Panipat, [[Haryana]] December 2005 – January 2007 (1 year 2 months)
* SP CBI Economic Offences Wing & Cyber Crime Cell, [[Central Bureau of Investigation]], New Delhi November 2001 – November 2005 (4 years)
* SP Panchkula, December 1996 – October 1999 (2 years 11 months)

==Career==
Mittal started, for the first time in India, all Women PCR in Faridabad, Haryana in 2007 when he was posted as SSP there. His public centric initiatives to improve policing in Gurgaon received wide appreciation from all sections of society.

He also started the Cyber Safe Campaign in Gurgaon, along with Rakshit Tandon, a cyber security expert. It was conducted in two phases in July–August, 2013 and November, 2014 to educate and sensitise students, teachers and parents in schools and colleges about the various problems related to cyber security. The campaign covered more than 60 schools and around 60,000 students and 4,000 teachers/parents were educated and sensitised about the importance of cyber security.

A summer [[internship]] program with the Cyber Crime Cell of Gurgaon Police was also started as part of the Cyber Safe Campaign, the campaign saw engineering and management graduates from various colleges/universities spread in all parts of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cyber-crime-awareness-campaign-begins-in-gurgaon/1109516/|title=Cyber crime awareness campaign begins in Gurgaon|work=indianexpress.com|accessdate=8 August 2015}}</ref>

Mittal has been awarded with

# the [[Indian Police Medal]] for '''Meritorious Service''' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haryanapolice.nic.in/achievements.asp|title=Award Winners of Haryana Police|work=haryanapolice.nic.in|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122152642/http://haryanapolice.nic.in/achievements.asp|archivedate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
# the '''President’s Police Medal '''for Distinguished Services in 2016.
# the Unon Home Minister's ''' Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalata Padak 2021''' for excellent intelligence service.

==Education==
Mittal received a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]] in 1990, and master's degree in Police Management from [[Osmania University|Osmania University, Hyderabad]]. He has also completed his LLB from MDU, Rohtak, Haryana and his Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws (PGDCL) from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He did his schooling from Balrampur and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

== References ==
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