{{short description| Indian Police Service officer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date= June 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Anil Kant <ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala government extends tenure of DGP Anil Kant |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-government-extends-tenure-of-dgp-anil-kant/articleshow/87904276.cms |access-date=2 October 2025 |work=The Times of India |date=25 November 2021}}</ref> | honorific_suffix = IPS, PMMS | image = | caption = | office = Director General of Police and State Police Chief, Kerala | term_start = 1988 | term_end = 2023 | predecessor = Lokanath Behera | successor = Sheikh Darvesh Saheb | native_name = | native_name_lang = hi | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Delhi | occupation = IPS Officer | children = | party = | alma_mater = | profession = | sibling = | website = | awards = 30px Police Medal for Meritorious Service | module = {{Infobox police officer |child = yes |service_years = 1988-2023 |badge_number = 10663221 |rank = 25px Director General of Police |department = Kerala Police }} }}
'''Anil Kant''' is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who served as the State Police Chief and Director General of Police of Kerala.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-06-30|title=Anil Kant is new Kerala Police Chief|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/anil-kant-is-new-kerala-police-chief/article35050149.ece|access-date=2021-06-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-30|title=Anil Kant new Kerala police chief|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/anil-kant-new-kerala-police-chief-7382709/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anil Kant succeeds Loknath Behera as new Kerala police chief|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/anil-kant-succeeds-loknath-behera-as-new-kerala-police-chief-1.5792215|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Mathrubhumi|date=30 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He was the former Road Safety Commissioner of Kerala. He is the first dalit officer on the chief post in the police department of Kerala. Kant is from Delhi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-30|title=Anil Kant to be new police chief of Kerala|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/anil-kant-to-be-new-police-chief-of-kerala-101625047479916.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
== Education == Kant holds a Master's degree in Political science.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last1=|first1=|last2=|first2=|last3=|first3=|title=Anil Kant appointed as Kerala's new police chief|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/anil-kant-appointed-as-kerala-new-police-chief-1821181-2021-06-30|access-date=2021-06-30|website=India Today|date=30 June 2021|language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Kant is married to Preeta Harit and has a son Rohan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ലേഖകൻ|first=മാധ്യമം|date=2021-06-30|title=സംസ്ഥാന പൊലീസ് മേധാവിയായി അനിൽ കാന്ത് {{!}} Madhyamam|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/anil-kant-is-the-state-police-chief-817085|access-date=2021-07-01|website=www.madhyamam.com|language=en}}</ref> He is son of Late Rumal Singh and Shankuntala.
== Career == Kant is a 1988 batch IPS officer. He started his career in the Kerala cadre as an assistant superintendent in Kalpetta, in Wayanad district. He also served in Thiruvananthapuram rural and Railway in the same position. Provided distinguished services as Kochi City Police Commissioner and SP in Malappuram, Ernakulam, as also served in State Crime Branch and Special Branch as IG.<ref>[https://www.deshabhimani.com/english/news/kerala/anil-kant-is-new-police-chief/4453 Anil Kant Is New Police Chief]</ref>
He also served as the chief of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Prisons and Correctional Services and Fire and Rescue Services.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
Prior to being appointed as the DGP of the Kerala Police, he served as Road Safety Commissioner. He was chosen by Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala, after a cabinet meeting.<ref>[https://politicalmirror.com/2021/06/30/anil-kant-new-kerala-police-chief/ Anil Kant New Kerala Police Chief]</ref>
Notably, Kant made history as the first Dalit officer to hold the esteemed chief post within the Kerala police department.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-30 |title=Anil Kant to be new police chief of Kerala |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/anil-kant-to-be-new-police-chief-of-kerala-101625047479916.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards == Kant was awarded the President's Police Medal for meritorious services and also received Badge of Honour in 2018 for the successful conduct of All India Police Games.<ref name=":1" />
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