IPS Robin Hibu of 1993 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer and first from Arunachal Pradesh, has been awarded  ‘Ati Utkrisht Seva Padak’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs for making Delhi a “much-safer capital” for the people of the Northeast. 

He has been recognised for his distinguished service to police, particularly by aiming to bridge the invisible gap that stands between the mainlanders and Northeastern Indians by using his out of box ideas. 

Apart from his job, he is an avid social worker and has won several prestigious awards. In 2016, he founded a non-profit called ‘Helping Hands’, to address distress calls from students, young men, and women from the region suffering exploitation at the hands of employers and middlemen. It includes a network of myriad professionals like lawyers, chartered accountants, government services, and ordinary citizens whose aim is to assist the Northeasterners in distress.

Chosen for a stint in Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2017, Hibu became the first IGP from the region to serve as the Joint Commissioner in Rashtrapati Bhavan Secretariat. He designed the first Model Anti-riot/ anti-fire/anti-water-resistant Beat Booth which stands tall near iconic India Gate, New Delhi.