Dr. Anand Prakash Maheshwari, is an IPS officer of 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre. His professional career as a soldier and policeman culminated as the Head of the largest paramilitary force in the world - The Central Reserve Police Force. He was posted as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Post retirement, he was appointed as the Advisor to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, Puducherry. 

Education: An alumnus of Sri Ram College of Commerce, Maheshwari post graduated as MBA, ACS and ACWA before getting inducted into IPS. He has Doctorate (Ph.D) in Sociology on the subject ‘Management of Communal Violence-Social Conflict Resolution’. He had a rich and varied training profile which includes top-notch institutions like London Business School, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, National Police Academy, IIM, IIT, IIPA, FICCI and CBI

Career:Uttar Pradesh Police Chief in towns of Moradabad, Kanpur, Allahabad and Gorakhpur and also headed Law & Order as well as Vigilance wings of UP Police. Worked in Intelligence, Security, Economic Offences, CID, Training & Human Rights divisions of the State Police. Worked with CRPF on counter insurgency grids of Assam, Kashmir and the states affected by left wing extremism and BSF as ADG, BSF Academy/Training and SDG Operations. He has also served as the D.G of Bureau of Police Research & Development, New Delhi and also as Spl. D.G (Operations) in the Border Security Force, besides serving as I.G. (Operations) and I.G. (Srinagar Sector) in CRPF itself.

Specializations: Leadership, inter personal relationship, human rights, communal harmony. Police Operations from reputed institutions that include London Business School, IIM Ahmadabad, IIPA New Delhi and National Police Academy, Hyderabad. In addition, he has gained rich experience in diverse policing domains which range from Counter Insurgency, Homeland Security, Crisis Management, Correctional Administration and Community Policing to Border management.