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| name = Dattatray Padsalgikar<br />
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| office = Deputy [[National Security Advisor (India)| National Security Advisor of India]]<br />
| term_start = 29 October 2019<ref>https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/former-maha-dgp-appointed-deputy-nsa/articleshow/71812445.cms</ref><br />
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| predecessor = [[R. N. Ravi]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| alongside = [[Pankaj Saran]], [[Rajinder Khanna]]<br />
| office2 = 40th [[Police Commissioner of Mumbai]]<br />
| term2 = 31 January 2016 – 29 June 2018<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Ahmed Javed|Ahmad Javed]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Subodh Kumar Jaiswal]]<br />
| office1 = 41st [[Director General of Police]] of [[Maharashtra Police]]<br />
| term1 = 1 July 2018 – 28 February 2019<br />
| predecessor1 = Satish Mathur<br />
| successor1 = [[Subodh Kumar Jaiswal]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|08|26|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Solapur]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]<br />
| department = [[Maharashtra Police]]<br />
| service = <br />
| serviceyears = 1982–2019<br />
| rank = [[File:Director General of Police.png|25px]] [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]]<br />
| awards = [[File:IND President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.png|30px]] [[President's Police Medal]] for Distinguished Service.<br />
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[[File:IND Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png|30px]] Police Medal for Meritorious Service.<br />
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[[File:Police (Special Duty) Medal.png|30px]] Police (Special Duty) Medal.<br />
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[[File:IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg|30px]] 50th Anniversary Independence Medal.<br />
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'''Dattatray "Datta" Padsalgikar''' (born 26 August 1958) is a senior Indian [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer of Maharashtra Cadre, who was, on 30 June 2018, named as the new Director General of Police of Maharashtra and succeeded Satish Mathur. <br />
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==Career==<br />
An [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer of the 1982 batch, Padsalgikar was on deputation to the central government in the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] (IB) for a few years until he was named as the new Mumbai police commissioner in 30 January 2016 succeeding [[Ahmed Javed|Ahmad Javed]]. He served as CP till 29 June 2018, when he was appointed as Maha DGP. On 29 October 2019, he was appointed as Deputy [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor of India]].<ref>https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/former-maha-dgp-appointed-deputy-nsa/articleshow/71812445.cms</ref><br />
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Padsalgikar hails from a town on the Solapur-Bijapur border, Mr Padsalgikar has a master's degree in French literature from Pune. After serving initial postings as Additional Superintendent of Police in Nagpur, Karad and Nashik he was promoted and went on to serve as Superintendent of Police in Osmanabad and Satara, following which he served his first stint in the IB in the early 90s.<ref name=H1>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/news/IB-man-Padsalgikar-crucial-for-Mumbai-Police/article14029386.ece | title= IB man Padsalgikar crucial for Mumbai Police | date=31 January 2016 | first=Gautam S | last=Mengle | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=14 September 2018 }}</ref><br />
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Padsalgikar would be the first Maharashtrian police chief of Mumbai after almost a decade, after D N Jadhav who held the office between March 2007 and February 2008.<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/dattatray-padsalgikar-to-replace-ahmad-javed-as-new-city-police-chief/</ref><br />
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Padsalgikar has worked as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Detection in the crime branch, DCP in Economic Offences Wing, DCP in South Mumbai (Zone 1), DCP of the [[Bandra]]-[[Jogeshwari]] stretch and Superintendent of Police in [[Osmanabad]] and [[Satara (city)|Satara]]. In the IB, he has worked in [[Nagaland]], New Delhi and Washington (US).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/new-mumbai-police-commissioner-appointed-who-is-dattatray-padsalgikar-2605402.html/ |title=New Mumbai Police Commissioner appointed: Who is Dattatray Padsalgikar? |publisher=First post |date= |accessdate=2016-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201074352/http://www.firstpost.com/india/new-mumbai-police-commissioner-appointed-who-is-dattatray-padsalgikar-2605402.html |archive-date=1 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Padsalgikar has said that fighting terror and [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] will be one of his top priorities.<br />
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He is also known to be an excellent badminton player and an athlete.<ref name=H1 /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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| Assistant superintendent of police in Nagpur and Karad (Satara) DCP (Detection)<br />
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| Mumbai crime branch DCP (Economic Offences Wing)<br />
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| DCP (Bandra Zone)<br />
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| Superintendent of police in Osmanabad and Satara (IB)<br />
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| Nagaland, New Delhi and Washington DC (IB)<br />
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| Joint and additional director in Mumbai<br />
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| Mumbai Police Commissioner<br />
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