After Two Decades In Service, Additional CP, Mahesh Bharadwaj Takes Up VRS

Dr Mahesh Bhardwaj, IPS officer of  AGMUT cadre and 2007 batch, who has served for more than two decades in various wings of Delhi Police, took voluntary retirement from service w.e.f 1st August 23. He has also worked for a couple of years with the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Delhi Government, the National Human Rights  Commission and CBI. He had served for a year with UN Police in Eastern Europe as well. While recognizing his outstanding police career, he was awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2021 and Meritorious Service in 2015.  Prior to qualifying Civil Services Examination in 1992, Dr Bhardwaj qualified RAS examination in 1992 and joined Rajasthan Government for a brief period. Dr Mahesh Bhardwaj obtained PhD, MPhil, MA and BA Honours degrees in Political Science from the University of Rajasthan. He had taught Political Science in Colleges and worked as a Research Associate at the South Asia Studies Centre Univ of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Besides this, Dr Bhardwaj has been writing editorial articles on different concurrent and spiritual subjects in leading national newspapers for the last three decades. Dr Bhardwaj had also been associated with Doordarshan for Daily News Bulletin and Television and Radio Programmes on Policing.  Bharadwaj Is scheduled to retire in Sept this year.