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- Arup Patnaik (born 8 September 1955) was the 36th Police Commissioner of Mumbai. He is revered as one of the most dynamic and respected IPS officers of the Maharashtra cadre. He retired on 30 September 2015 after a distinguished career in the Maharashtra Police spanning over 36 years in service. He is a recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2003 and the Indian Police Medal for meritorious services in 1994. Known for his integrity and fearlessness, Patnaik is the first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post of Police Commissioner of Mumbai. Arup Patnaik has previously served as the Chairman of Odisha's State Youth Welfare Board, the Biju Yuva Vahini and was accorded the rank and status of Minister of State by the Odisha State Government. Patnaik started his political journey on April 18, 2018, by being personally inducted into the Biju Janata Dal by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri. Naveen Patnaik. Arup Patnaik was given the Lok Sabha ticket to contest from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency for the General Elections, 2019. In a close battle which went down to the wire, against BJP Candidate, Bihar born former IAS officer (Odisha Cadre), Aparajita Sarangi, Patnaik lost the Lok Sabha election by a small margin of 19,000 votes (less than 2% of the total votes polled). On October 25, 2019 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appointed Arup Patnaik as the Convenor of the Biju Janata Dal social service wing, 'Odisha Mo Parivar. On October 30, 2019, Arup Patnaik was inducted as a Co-Opted Member of the House Committee of the Odisha Assembly to look into aspects of Environmental Pollution in the State. Arup Patnaik has a natural flair for helping the distressed and the needy, apart from espousing the cause of the underprivileged and during his police career, he also took to helping and assisting Cancer patients, who used to travel to Mumbai for treatment at Tata Memorial Centre. This eventually led to the formation of the Konark Cancer Foundation, a one-stop charitable institution that caters to multifarious requirements of needy cancer patients. Sri Arup Patnaik is the Founder - Managing Trustee of Konark Cancer Foundation, located in Mumbai and having a branch office at Bhubaneswar. (en)
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