Haryana admin needs to adapt to 'peculiar needs' of millennials: O P Singh

The newly-appointed special officer in Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's office, O P Singh, said today the state administration needs to adapt itself to the "peculiar needs" of the millennials and engage with them to prevent a potential violent showdown.

Singh, a 1992-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, said millennials are a distinct segment, inter-connected and instantly informed because of their proximity to the Internet.

Singh has served across Haryana, in five districts as superintendent of police, over his 25 years in the service. That possibly could have weighed in his favour to be appointed the special officer (community policing and outreach) in the chief minister's office last week.

Before this assignment, he was posted as the additional director general of police (human rights and litigation).

Singh said he finds his new assignment "very exciting".

"It is extremely imaginative on the part of the government to create a vertical like this at the very top. I look forward to learn and contribute."
"However for this to happen, big-ticket investment and herculean effort are needed in education, skill development and health sector. The government is awake to it. It is doing its best to help young people realise their potential."