Navniet Sekera is a 1996 UP cadre IPS officer. She is currently appointed as the Inspector General (IG) of Women’s Powerline, Uttar Pradesh. Additionally, Sekera is a Keynote Speaker, Corporate Mentor, Growth Hacker, Public Servant, Women Empowerment Practitioner and Policy Design expert.
Wiki/Biography
Navniet Sekera was born as Navniet Yadav on Friday, 22 October 1971 (age 48 years; as of 2020), in Etah, Uttar Pradesh in a lower middle class farming family. His zodiac sign is Libra. He attended formal schooling from an All-Boys government school in the Etah district of UP. Later, he cracked the IIT entrance exam and enrolled himself in IIT Roorkee, where he majored in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) (1989-93). After his graduation, he joined IIT Delhi to pursue his masters, but, due to some unfortunate events, he had to drop the course in between to start preparing for the Civil Services Examination (CSE). Navniet Sekera cleared the UPSC exam in her first attempt; he joined the Indian Police Service in 1996. After serving 14 years in the Indian Police Service, he decided to further enhance his knowledge base. He passed the GMAT exam to enroll himself in the Indian Business School, where he earned an MBA in Finance, Strategy and Leadership.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Family & Caste
Navniet Sekera comes from a family with an agricultural background.
UP Police IG Navniet Sekera with 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, Counselor for Women Empowerment. She is the founder of “Mission Sashakt,” a foundation that works towards women’s empowerment. The couple has two children, Devyansh Sekera (son) and Arya Sekera (daughter).
Navniet Sekera with her son, Devyansh Sekera
Career
Navneet Sekera joined the Indian Police service in 1996. After two years of intensive training at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) in Hyderabad, he got the formative post of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) from Gorakhpur. Later, he was transferred to Meerut as ASP Meerut in Dec 1998. In 2001, he was promoted as Superintendent of Police (SP) as per protocol. His first post as an SP was the Railway SP police in Moradabad and later as SP Technical Services. After that, he served as SSP in many districts including, SSP Muzaffarnagar (Sep 2003 – Nov 2004), SSP Varanasi (Oct 2005 – March 2006), SSP Meerut (Mar 2006 – March 2007). She was promoted to the post of DIG (Deputy Inspector General of Police) in 2012 and then promoted to IG Rank (the third highest rank in the Indian Police) after 2 years in 2014. Currently, she is appointed as the Inspector General (IG) of the Women’s Powerline , Uttar Pradesh.
Bhaukaal: Web Series
MX Player Web Series “Bhaukaal” is a story inspired by the true incident of Navniet Sekera. It is set in Muzaffarnagar, in the year 2004. The series shows how a brave IPS officer, Navniet Sekera breaks into the criminal activities of the then crime capital of India, Muzaffarnagar. Sekera does several encounters, therefore, bringing down the crime activity graph and putting an end to the violence of gangsters like Shaukeen Khan and the Dedha brothers.
UP meeting don Ramesh Kalia
identification
Ramesh Kalia is a notorious fraudster based in Lucknow, who mostly used to extort huge amounts of money from contractors and builders of Uttar Pradesh. In 2004, when the Samajwadi Party was in power in UP, the biggest challenge before CM Mulayam Singh Yadav was to curb the rising crime levels in the state. Especially, in its capital Lucknow, which was then in the grip of a crime wave. A number of criminals including, Ramesh Kalia (once one of the most dreaded Mafias in the state) have become a headache for the UP Government. Kalia’s violence among the public was so high that no one dared to testify against him. In September 2004, Kalia was allegedly involved in the killing of Samajwadi Party MLC Ajit Singh at his birthday party. The news shocked the state, raising questions about the government’s standards for the safety and security of its citizens. This was the time when IPS officer Navniet Sekera, who had led the encounter of more than 40 criminals was called to Lucknow from Muzaffarnagar, to curb the graph of criminal activities.
A Dramatic Encounter
This incident is from February 2005, when Kalia had demanded an extortion amount of five lakh from a local builder and had contacted him at a house under construction in Neelmatha area of Lucknow. Kalia had prepared her goons everywhere around the place. Now, Navniet Sekera and his policemen had to use a unique trick to reach Kalia. Sekera prepares a police script disguised as a wedding procession (Western) when there is no way to reach his base. According to the ruse, a female constable was dressed as a bride and made to sit in a doli, while an inspector posed as a groom. A team of armed policemen with inspectors were part of the procession. With a band-baaja, the procession reached Ramesh Kalia’s base at Nilmatha. In the operation that lasted about 20 minutes, more than 50 bullets were exchanged between the police and Kalia’s group; leaving dreaded thug Ramesh Kalia dead.
Service Awards & Decorations
Here are some of the prominent awards and medals won by Navniet Sekera during his tenure.
- Chief Minister’s Award for Innovation (2002)
- Presidential Police Medal for distinguished service (2005)
- Presidential Police Medal for meritorious service (2013)
- Director General’s Commendation Disc – Perak (2015)
- Director General’s Commendation Disc- GOLD (2018)
Facts/Trivia
- After his 12th grade exams, Sekera went to Hansraj College in Delhi, to get admission in the BSc course. Due to his appearance, he was humiliated and pushed out of the office by a clerk present there. But, the embarrassing jump did not dent his confidence. The small town boy’s grit and determination kept him going, and the kid who had earlier studied in a Hindi medium school cracked the IIT & UPSC exams.
- IITian, Navniet Sekera wanted to become a software engineer but, reportedly, abandoned his master’s and started preparing for the Civil Services Examination when he and his father were humiliated and forcibly evicted from the police station by the police.
- In UPSC final result, Sekera secured a very high rank where he could have easily got the post of IAS officer, however, he decided for Indian Police Service.
- At the age of 32, Sekera became the youngest police chief (SSP) of the state capital (Lucknow).
- In 2001, Software Engineer Navniet Sekera won a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh by the then UP CM Rajnath Singh for developing the GPS-GIS based Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) when he was SP Technical Services.
- Navniet focuses on the empowerment of girls and women. She is the person behind the concept of ‘Women Power Line 1090,’ which was started by the UP government in 2012.
- Sekera is an active member of Screenwriters Association of India.
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- The supercop has presided over 60 encounters in his distinguished career so far.
- According to Navnmiet Sekera,
There is no such thing as talent, if you have fire in you talent follows you.
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