IPS Officer Manish Singh Appointed SSP at NHRC on Lateral Shift Basis

Manish Singh, a 2013-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, has been appointed as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a lateral shift basis, with a combined tenure extending to November 13, 2030. Prior to this appointment, Manish Singh was serving as Director at the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), the apex body under the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for research, training standards, and modernisation of police forces across India. His lateral placement at the NHRC places him in an institution that investigates human rights violations by state and central government agencies, including complaints against police forces and paramilitary units. The presence of a serving IPS officer at the SSP level within the NHRC is intended to support its investigative and coordination functions, particularly in matters involving police conduct. The lateral shift mechanism enables central government to place officers from specialised services in quasi-judicial and oversight bodies without a formal deputation, retaining the officer within their parent service while deploying their functional expertise to the receiving institution. Manish Singh's five-year tenure at the NHRC signals a long-term placement aligned with the commission's administrative requirements.