In India the Director General of Police is the highest ranking police officer in Indian States. All DGP's belong are Indian Penal Service officers. The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ... The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the services of the government of the state of India; others being Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Engineering Service,Indian Economic Service etc. ...
An Inspector General of Police is a high ranking police officer of the Indian Police Service or Royal Malaysian Police (Polis Di-Raja Malaysia) cadre.
He is usually in charge of an administrative police zone in a state.
He reports the day to day functioning to the Additional DirectorGeneral who in turn reports to the DirectorGeneral of Police, the highest ranked police officer in the state.
The Director-General of Police shall be appointed by the President of the Republic.
Chiefs of division shall be appointed by the Director-General of Police, on the proposal of the Deputy Director-General for Operations.
They must be suited to serving in a police force which is designed, structured and operated as a civilian institution with the purpose of protecting and guaranteeing the free exercise of the rights and freedoms of individuals; preventing and combating all types of crimes; and maintaining internal peace, tranquillity, order and public security.