S.N. Pradhan
Director general of police
About S.N. Pradhan
S.N. Pradhan was an Indian.
Satya Narayan Pradhan (6 August 1964) better known as S.N. Pradhan or Satya Pradhan is former Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau and a retired IPS officer of the 1988 batch from Jharkhand cadre.
He is the former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. While Pradhan is a native of Odisha he is born in Patna, Bihar.
He also served as a senior IPS officer at Odisha State.
Pradhan earlier worked as Assistant Director and Deputy Director at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad and trained 6 batches of IPS officers.
Prior to join SVPNPA he worked as Superintendent of Police and Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) in various districts of Bihar state.
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Awards Queen's Award 2008 for Innovation in Policing by the Government of UK
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