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{{Infobox Officeholder<br />
|name = Amulya Patnaik<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|01|15|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}<br />
|office = 21st [[Commissioner of Police, Delhi]]<br />
|term = 31 January 2017 - 29 February 2020<br />
|predecessor = [[Alok Verma]]<br />
|successor = S.N. Shrivastava <br />
}}<br />
'''Amulya Kumar Patnaik''' (born 15 January 1960) is a former [[Indian Police Service]] officer who served as the 21st [[Commissioner of Police, Delhi| Commissioner of Delhi Police]] from 30 January 2017 till 29 February 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stage set for 'untouchable' Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik's grand farewell |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/feb/28/stage-set-for-untouchable-delhi-police-commissioner-amulya-patnaiks-grand-farewell-2109481.html |accessdate=26 August 2020 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==Career and Education==<br />
Patnaik born on 15 January 1960, who hails from Odisha. He has done his graduation in [[Political Science]] from [[Utkal University]] in 1979 and [[Master's degree| masters]] in same subject from [[University of Delhi]] in 1981. He is a 1985 batch [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer of AGMUT cadre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amulya Patnaik appointed Delhi Police Chief|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/amulya-patnaik-appointed-delhi-police-chief/articleshow/56874139.cms}}</ref> <br />
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His first posting as IPS was ACP Najafgarh (Delhi) and has also served as SSP of [[Pondicherry]] from 1989-93.<br />
In January 2017, He became the 21st [[Commissioner of Police, Delhi| Police Commissioner of Delhi]] and served till February 2020 and was succeeded by S. N. Shrivastava.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senior IPS Officer SN Shrivastava appointed Delhi Police Commissioner |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/senior-ips-officer-sn-shrivastava-appointed-delhi-police-commissioner/articleshow/74374696.cms |accessdate=26 August 2020 |work=The Economic Times}}</ref><br />
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He has been severely criticized for his role in not controlling the riots in [[North East Delhi]] in February 2020. His tenure has been full of criticism as he was unable to control the Police-Lawyers clash in Delhi in 2019, JNU scuffle, Jamia scuffle and Gargi college molestation on 8 February 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=From JNU to Jamia, Delhi Police chief Amulya Patnaik’s stint is marked by many storms he faced |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/a-police-story-amulya-patnaik-delhi-police-commissioner-jamia-violence-tis-hazari-lawyers-clash-6223698/ |accessdate=26 August 2020 |work=The Indian Express |date=19 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He was set to retire in January 2020<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi Police's top cop Amulya Patnaik to retire on 31 January after a tumultuous tenure |url=https://theprint.in/india/delhi-polices-top-cop-amulya-patnaik-to-retire-on-31-january-after-a-tumultuous-tenure/349521/ |accessdate=26 August 2020 |work=ThePrint |date=14 January 2020}}</ref> but his term was extended due to [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election| 2020 Delhi legislative elections]] and [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik gets one-month extension in 'public interest'; 1985 batch IPS officer was set to retire today - India News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/delhi-police-commissioner-amulya-patnaik-gets-one-month-extension-in-public-interest-1985-batch-ips-officer-was-set-to-retire-today-7983911.html |accessdate=26 August 2020 |work=Firstpost |date=31 January 2020}}</ref> Prior to this, he was serving as the Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance and Administration) in Delhi Police.<br />
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