Kirpal Dhillon

Kirpal Dhillon has held some very important appointments, among them Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Director General of Police, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, which enabled him to gain deep insights into police problems and strategies. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of Bhopal University after retirement from the IPS, and was later elected a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. His earlier work on Indian police history, Defenders of the Establishment: Ruler-supportive Police Forces of South Asia was very well received. Widely travelled and a prolific writer on contemporary themes, he lives in Bhopal, India.