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Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat: A distinguished career in policing and social service
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Discover the inspiring journey of Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat—from his civil engineering roots in Pune to becoming Hyderabad Police Commissioner, pioneering anti-human trafficking initiatives, and receiving international recognition from the US State Department.
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Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat served as Director General of Police
Hyderabad: Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat served as Director General of Police (Law and Order), Additional Director General of Police, CID, Railway and Road Safety, and as the first Commissioner of Police of Rachakonda Commissionerate, Hyderabad, for six-and-a-half years.
He completed his schooling at ZP School and Shri Tilok Jain Vidyalaya, Pathardi, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. He pursued his HSC at SP College, Pune, and graduated in Civil Engineering from COEP, Pune, in 1990. He obtained an LLB degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad, in 2015. In 2025, he received an honorary doctorate from D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, for his contributions to anti-human trafficking initiatives and mentoring UPSC aspirants. In 2004, he received the Community Policing Award and Homeland Security Special Honour from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, USA, for the 'Police Meekosam' initiative in Naxal-affected Adilabad district.
In 2017, he received the US Department of State's Trafficking in Persons Report Hero Award, becoming the first Marathi IPS officer and the third Indian to receive the recognition.
He has contributed to rescuing 7,000 child and bonded labourers and co-authored eight books on human trafficking. He has also mentored over 2,000 civil services aspirants who entered various services over the past decade.
