Given the question: What key details about m. l. kumawat  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: mahendra l. kumawat is a former director general of the border security force -lrb- bsf -rrb- , the border patrol agency of the government of india . on august 1 , 2009 he was succeeded by raman srivastava . in october 2012 , he was appointed the vice chancellor of a newly created university in rajasthan called the sardar patel university of police , security and criminal justice . he has also served as a special home secretary . kumawat was an ips officer of the andhra pradesh cadre in 1972 as an internal security expert had considerable experience in dealing with naxalism and terrorism . he was a member of the anti-naxal commando force from 1992 -- 94 and also proposed the national police university , later approved by the union cabinet . he was awarded the police medal for meritorious service in 1989 and the president 's police medal for distinguished service on 26 january 1997 .
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- service is india- awards is president -rrb- 's police medal for distinguished service -lrb- 1997- name is m. l. kumawat- birth place is rajasthan- rank is former director general of border security force