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UP Police bags SKOCH award for Mahakumbh ICCC, Social Media Centre

DGP says priority being given to use of technology, AI in policing in line with CM’s vision

skoch awardUttar Pradesh police gets SKOCH award. (Photo: UP Police)
Written by: Bhupendra Pandey
2 min readLucknowJan 12, 2026 10:12 AM IST First published on: Jan 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday was awarded SKOCH Award-2025 (Gold Category) at the 105th SKOCH Summit held in New Delhi for the innovative Meta Suicidal Alert initiative of the Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC) established during Mahakumbh 2025 and the UP Police Social Media Centre.

The theme of this year’s summit was “Governing Viksit Bharat.”

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The award for ICCC Mahakumbh-2025 was conferred upon Bhanu Bhaskar, then ADG Zone Prayagraj, and received by Amit Kumar, IPS, SP ICCC.

DGP Rajeev Krishna said that in line with the Chief Minister’s vision, priority is being given to the use of technology and artificial intelligence in policing. UP Police is also effectively implementing technological innovations. Receiving the prestigious SKOCH Award-25 reflects strong national-level recognition of UP Police’s technological innovations, excellence in governance, and impactful work in the field of public safety and protection of life.

Bhupendra Pandey is the Resident Editor of the Lucknow edition of Read More

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