Senior Superintendent Ashish Tiwari currently serves as the senior superintendent of police at Uttar Pradesh (UP), which is the primary law enforcement agency in the largest state of India catering to 200 million citizens. In his storied career, he has led police forces of 2000–4000 police personnel, serving 2–5 million people as district police chief. He holds dual degrees in computer science and engineering.  

Recently, Senior Superintendent Tiwari faced his biggest leadership challenge as the youngest district police chief. Three decades of court cases to solve a nationwide dispute finally culminated in a historic Supreme Court Ayodhya verdict. He succeeded in maintaining peace during this verdict, which could have disturbed the communal harmony and resulted in violence across India.  

Senior Superintendent Tiwari has used his background in computer science to improve lives for the people of India as well as the officers that serve them. He has created a community policing app called C-plan, which has 1 million police users impacting 200 million community members; created the Smart e-Police app to increase transparency, which was scaled up to seven police districts; and worked to implement a facial recognition technology app Reunion, which helped in finding 82 lost kids in 20 days under Operation Smile. Senior Superintendent Tiwari is the recipient of Young Alumni Achiever Award, FICCI Smart Police Officer award, Governance award, and other recognitions for numerous initiatives displaying leadership, excellence, and commitment in law enforcement.  

“To achieve the goal of increasing empathy sustainably, I found respect for human rights, community policing, and technology-enabled governance to be excellent policy choices.”