Ahmed Javed Ex-IPS |
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Born |
Uttar Pradesh, India |
2 January 1956
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
Awards |
President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Police Medal for Meritorious Service. 50th Anniversary Independence Medal. |
Police career | |
Department | Mumbai Police |
Country | Indian Police Service |
Years of service | 1980 – 2016 |
Rank | Mumbai Police Commissioner |
President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
Ahmed Javed (born 2 January 1956) was the 39th Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, India. He was succeeded by Dattatray Padsalgikar. He is currently Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Javed is the second former Mumbai police commissioner to get a prestigious diplomatic posting after J. F. Rebeiro who served as Indian ambassador to Romania between 1989-1993.
A 1980 batch IPS officer, Ahmed Javed was appointed as the commissioner of Mumbai Police on 8 September 2015 by the Maharashtra Government replacing Rakesh Maria.
He served as Superintendent of Police in Buldhana and Nanded before being posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Intelligence, in Mumbai. He then served in various postings, including a stint with the Delhi Police between 1983 and 1985. He returned to Mumbai in the early 2000s, serving as Additional Commissioner of Police of the Central Region and then the South Region, before being promoted as Joint Commissioner of Police, Law and Order. He served in this key post from 2002 to 2005.