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{{Infobox police officer
|name = Mahendra Lal Kumawat
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|birth_place = [[Rajasthan]]
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|service = {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian Police Service]]
|cadre = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|batch = 1972
|rank = Former Director General of [[Border Security Force]]
|awards = [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] (1997)
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'''Mahendra Lal Kumawat''' (also known as M.L. Kumawat) is a former [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer of the 1972 batch of [[Andhra Pradesh]] cadre with a range of experience in the national and sub-national governments with a focus on border security, counter-[[terrorism]] and counter-[[Naxalism]].<ref name="OSSIM">{{cite web|url=http://www.ossim.in/advisory.html|title=Advisory and visiting faculty|publisher=Orian School of Security and Intelligence Management|accessdate=2 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102600/http://ossim.in/advisory.html|archivedate=27 March 2012}}</ref> Notably, he was the former Director General of the [[Border Security Force]] (BSF), the [[border guard|border patrol]] [[Government agency|agency]] of the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bsf.gov.in/HomeFIG?LangId=dHJ1ZQ==|title=Former Directors General|publisher=[[Border Security Force]]|accessdate=26 September 2021}}</ref> He also served as the Special Secretary (Internal Security) at the [[Ministry of Home Affairs]], Government of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7634100.stm|title=Church 'at risk' in Indian state|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=24 September 2008|access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref>

As Special Secretary (Internal Security) at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, he was also appointed the Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group for Nagaland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2008jun06/fratricidal_killings_put_strain_naga_truce.html|title=Fratricidal killings put strain on Naga truce|publisher=Two Circles|date=6 June 2008|accessdate=26 September 2021}}</ref> In October 2012, he was appointed the [[Vice Chancellor]] of the newly created [[Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice]] in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-hindus-sunny-sebastian-appointed-as-first-vc-of-newly-formed-university/article3997124.ece|title=The Hindu's Sunny Sebastian appointed as first VC of newly formed university|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 October 2012|accessdate=14 October 2012}}</ref> Previously, he was the chief of [[Greyhounds (police)]], the Anti-[[Naxalite|Naxal]] Commando Force of Andhra Pradesh from 1992 to 1994.<ref name="OSSIM"/> He also proposed the National Police University, later approved by the [[Union Cabinet]].<ref name="OSSIM"/> He was awarded the [[Police Medal (India)|Police Medal for Meritorious Service]] in 1989 and the [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] on 26 January 1997.<ref name="OSSIM"/>

As a Distinguished Visitor and later Advisor to the [[Observer Research Foundation]], he has authored various studies on security issues, most notably 'Building the resilience of India's internal security apparatus' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/building-the-resilience-of-indias-internal-security-apparatus-45753/|title=Building the resilience of India's internal security apparatus|publisher=[[Observer Research Foundation]]|date=26 November 2018|accessdate=26 September 2021}}</ref> and 'Fifty years after Naxalbari: It's time for a new narrative'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/fifty-years-after-naxalbari-its-time-for-a-new-narrative/|title=Fifty years after Naxalbari: It's time for a new narrative|publisher=[[Observer Research Foundation]]|date=26 May 2017|accessdate=26 September 2021}}</ref>

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