The one-man Committee on “Recruitment Plan (2009-2020) for the Indian Police Service” headed by Shri Kamal Kumar, currently Adviser at ASCI, and formerly Director-General of the SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad, submitted its Report to the Ministry of Home Affairs on 15 October 2009.

The Report pointed to the grave neglect in determining the number of candidates to be recruited to the Indian Police Service in the Civil Service Examination over several years in the past – resulting in a significant shortfall in recruitment. The Report recommended that that the annual recruitment between 2009-10 and 2019- 20 be fixed at 130 and that a limited competitive examination also be conducted for seven years to recruit an additional 448 candidates. This limited competitive examination will be open only to directly recruited Dy. Supdts of Police of the various State & Central Police Organisatios, providing a fast-track channel to them for induction into the IPS.

The Home Minister of India received the Report and directed that it be processed expeditiously for implementation with immediate effect.

Shri Kamal Kumar, who has an Office at ASCI, participates in several ASCI programmes on issues dealing with security and public order.