Overview

• The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the transfer order under which Hooda will serve as DGP until further notice.
• Hooda is a 1997-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer who has been Special Commissioner of Intelligence in Delhi Police since January 2024.
• Inspector General Rajkumar Singh had acted as Chandigarh’s interim DGP since April after his predecessor was deputed to the Border Security Force.
• Hooda’s academic credentials include a master’s in public policy analysis as a Harvard Mason Fellow, a Duke University certificate in public finance and a PhD in sociology from Panjab University.
• The posting illustrates the AGMUT cadre system through which the Home Ministry rotates officers across union territories to ensure administrative continuity.