Satish Khandare becomes first Head of Ladakh Union Territory police force
| Date :01-Nov-2019 |
Staff Reporter :
A Vidarbhaite, Satish Khandare, an officer of 1995 batch of Indian Police Service (IPS), has been chosen as first Head of Ladakh Union Territory police force in the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP), after Ladakh became a Union Territory on Thursday. Khandare is a native of Jalka Pata village in Dhamangaon (Rly) of Amravati district. He secured 425th rank in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam of 1995 and was allotted IPS cadre.
A bright student, Khandare had got 86 per cent at Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examination. He did his matriculation from Ashok Vidyalay at the village and later went to Safela High School at Dhamangaon (Rly) city from where Khandare completed his High School Secondary Certificate (HSSC). Later, he went to Pune and completed graduation in COUP Engineering College in 1992. After getting IPS cadre, Khandare was allotted Jammu & Kashmir police cadre where he worked in different capacities. He also worked in Maharashtra on deputation for about seven years.
In 2005, he was posted as Superintendent of Police, Hingoli district, and promoted as posted Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) to Pune. He also worked as Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl. IG) at Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Nagpur, New Mumbai and later with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He was repatriated to home cadre of J&K and assumed charge of Inspector General of Police on promotion for about two years. His wife Pournima Gaikwad is also working with police force and is currently posted in Pune Commissionerate where she is Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-III. His father Shreeram Khandare was overjoyed on getting news about his son glorious distinction.