About Me

A prolific writer, Prakash Singh has written ten books so far. Six of these were published in India: Nagaland, The Naxalite Movement in India, Kohima to Kashmir, Internal Security Challenges and Responses, The Struggle for Police Reforms in India, and Prayagraj Kumbh, which was edited by him. Three other books were published in USA: India’s Northeast: The Frontier in Ferment; Irregular Warfare: The Maoist Challenge to India’s Internal Security, and Disaster Response in India. One book, Histoire du Naxalisme, was published in France.

Besides, he has contributed about 500 plus articles to the editorial and op-ed pages of national newspapers, magazines and journals.

Prakash Singh is a sought after speaker and has given lectures all over the world in Universities, Think Tanks, Police Institutes, Defense Colleges and international seminars.

Police Reforms

Prakash Singh is the architect and the foundation pillar for Police Reforms in the country. His PIL in the Supreme Court led to a landmark judgment in 2006 and is the most quoted reference in all matters related to Police issues. The Indian Institute of Public Administration gave him the ‘Paul Appleby Award 2019’ for outstanding services in the field of public administration.

Current Endeavours

Prakash Singh has been relentlessly campaigning for probity in public life. As member of Common Cause and India Rejuvenation Initiative, two reputed NGOs, he was involved in several PILs which sought to improve the quality of civil services and strengthen the anti-corruption mechanism of the Government. As President, Hamari Sanskriti, he is leading a movement against obscenity in public life. Singh has also been closely associated with the activities of Vivekananda Kendra.

Prakash Singh was Member, National Security Advisory Board (2013-14). Presently, he is Associate Fellow of the Joint Special Operations University (US). He is also Member, Advisory Council, Vivekananda International Foundation and Patron, Indian Police Foundation.

Prakash has been giving back to his roots at the ancestral village. He worked to successfully built an auditorium at the PG Kooba College in Mehnajpur, Distt Azamgarh – a college that was founded by his father. He runs an NGO called KARNA India in Lucknow that provides support to less-advantaged children in form of after-school support as well as education in Karate

Family

Prakash Singh was born on 10 January 1936 in district Azamgarh of Uttar Pradesh, and had his education in Allahabad. Married to Savitri Singh, they were blessed with two sons. His elder son, Pankaj Kumar Singh, was appointed as the Director General of Border Security Force in September 2021. His younger son, Piyush Kumar Singh, is a publicly recognized Insurance technology veteran, a F500 corporate executive, ran a successful software start-up with an exit and currently is the Cofounder of an IT company in the US.