Navniet Sekera is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is currently posted as Inspector General (IG) of Women Power Line, Uttar Pradesh. Apart from this, Sekera is also a keynote speaker, business mentor, growth hacker, civil servant, women empowerment practitioner and policy design expert.
Wiki/Biography
Navneet Sekera was born as Navneet Yadav on Friday, October 22, 1971 (48 years old in 2020) in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, to a lower-middle-class farming family. His star sign is Libra. He received his formal education in a government-run boys’ school in Etah district, Uttar Pradesh. Later, he cleared the IIT entrance exam and joined Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, majoring in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) (1989-93). After graduation, he joined IIT Delhi for his Masters degree, but due to some unfortunate events, he had to abandon his studies midway and start preparing for the Civil Services Examination (CSE). Navneet Sekera successfully cleared the UPSC examination in his first attempt; he joined the Indian Police Service in 1996. After serving in the Indian Police Service for 14 years, he decided to further enrich his knowledge. He cleared the GMAT exam and joined the Indian School of Business, where he obtained an MBA in Finance, Strategy and Leadership.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 10″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and caste
Navniet Sekera comes from a peasant family.
Uttar Pradesh Police IG Navniet Sekera and his parents
His father Manohar Singh Yadav passed away in January 2020. His wife Dr. Puja Thakur Sekera is a social activist, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and women empowerment consultant. She is the founder of the “Mission Sashakt” foundation, which works towards women empowerment. The couple has two children, son Devyansh Sekera and daughter Arya Sekera.
Navniet Sekera and his son Devyansh Sekera
Profession
Navneet Sekera joined the Indian Police Force in 1996. After two years of intensive training at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad, he was offered the post of Assistant Superintendent of Police （In December 1998, he was transferred to Meerut as Superintendent of Police. In 2001, he was promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) under the rules. His first post as Superintendent of Police was as SP Railway Police in Moradabad and then as SP Technical Services. After that, he served as SSP in many districts including SSP of Muzaffarnagar (September 2003-November 2004), SSP of Varanasi (October 2005-March 2006), SSP of Meerut (March 2006-March 2007). In 2012, he was promoted to the post of DIG (Deputy Inspector General of Police) and two years later, in 2014, he was promoted to the rank of IG (third highest rank in the Indian Police Force). Currently, he is posted as the Inspector General (IG) of the Women’s Force Line in Uttar Pradesh.
Bhaukaal: Web Series
MX Player web series Bhaukaal is a story inspired by the true events of Navniet Sekera. The story takes place in Muzaffarnagar in 2004. The show tells the story of how the brave Indian policeman Navniet Sekera fights crime in Muzaffarnagar, the crime capital of India at that time. Sekera goes through many encounters to fight crime and put an end to the terror of gangsters like Shaukeen Khan and the Dedha brothers.
The plight of Uttar Pradesh don Ramesh Kalia
introduce
Ramesh Kalia was a notorious extortionist from Lucknow who extorted money on a large scale mainly from contractors and builders in Uttar Pradesh. In 2004, when the Samajwadi Party came to power in Uttar Pradesh, the biggest challenge facing Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav was to control the rising crime rate in the state. Especially in the capital city of Lucknow, a crime wave was sweeping across the state at that time. Many criminals including Ramesh Kalia, who was once one of the most feared mafias in the state, had become a headache for the Uttar Pradesh government. The public fear of Kalia was so high that no one dared to testify against him. In September 2004, Kalia was suspected of murdering Samajwadi Party MP Ajit Singh at his birthday party. The news shocked the entire state and people questioned the government’s standards in ensuring the safety of citizens. At that time, Indian police official Navniet Sekera was summoned to Lucknow from Muzaffarnagar to curb the rapid growth of criminal activities. Prior to this, he had already conducted the encounter of more than 40 criminals.
Dramatic Encounter
The incident took place in February 2005 when Kalia demanded Rs 5 lakh from a local builder and called him at a house under construction in Neelmatha area of Lucknow. Kalia had planted his goons at various places in the locality. Now, Navniet Sekera and his police personnel had to adopt a unique strategy to reach Kalia. When it was not possible to reach his base, Sekera prepared a script of police disguised as a marriage procession (Barat). According to this ruse, a woman police officer was dressed as a bride and made to sit in a doli while an inspector was disguised as a groom. A team of armed policemen and inspectors were part of the procession. Led by a band-baaja, the procession reached Ramesh Kalia’s base in Nilmatha. In the operation that lasted for about 20 minutes, more than 50 rounds of fire were exchanged between the police and Kalia gang; killing the dreaded gangster Ramesh Kalia.
Awards and Service Medals
Here are some of the notable awards and medals Navniet Sekera received during his tenure.
- Chief Minister’s Award for Innovation (2002)
- Presidential Police Distinguished Service Medal (2005)
- Presidential Police Medal of Merit (2013)
- Director-General’s Commendation Medal – Silver (2015)
- Director-General’s Commendation CD-ROM – Gold Award (2018)
Facts/Trivia
- After his Class 12 exams, Sekera went to Hansraj College in Delhi to pursue his B.Sc. course. He was humiliated and thrown out of the office by a clerk who was present there because of his appearance. But this ignominious expulsion did not dampen his confidence. The small-town boy’s grit and determination kept him going and the kid, who had been studying in a Hindi school, went on to qualify for IIT and UPSC.
- Navneet Sekera, an Indian Institute of Technology student who wanted to become a software engineer, reportedly dropped out of his master’s degree to prepare for the civil services exam when he and his father were humiliated and forcibly removed from the police station by police.
- In the UPSC final examination results, Sekera had secured a high rank, according to which he could have easily secured a post as an IAS officer, however, he ultimately chose the Indian Police Service.
- At the age of 32, Sekera became the youngest Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the state capital (Lucknow).
- In 2001, software engineer Navniet Sekera received a cash award of Rs 5 lakh from the then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rajnath Singh for developing a GPS-GIS based Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) while working as a technical services SP.
- Navneet is committed to empowering the girl child and women. He was the initiator of the concept of Women Power Line 1090 launched by the Uttar Pradesh government in 2012.
- Sekera is an active member of the Writers Guild of India.
- The super cop has led as many as 60 clashes so far in his illustrious career.
- According to Navnmiet Sekera,
There is no such thing as talent. If you have a passion in your heart, talent will follow you.”
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education