The Punjab government has appointed Brig. (Retd) Gautam Ganguly as Security Advisor (Training & Operations) in the rank and pay of DIG for three years. This is an attempt to strengthen the Special Operations Group (SoG) of State Police with improved training and equipping skills.

Ganguly had served more than 33 years in the armed forces, including four years on deputation with the NSG during 2015-19 as the NSG Force Commander handling counter-terror and anti-Hijacking operations. Ganguly has specialized in training of Special Forces and has been involved in the capacity building training programs for OCTOPUS & Grey Hounds (Andhra Pradesh & Telangana), TNCF (Tamil Nadu), Force One (Mumbai), CHEETAK (Gujarat), KAVACH (Haryana) and ATS of Utter Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Goa.

His operational expertise would benefit operations and training of the SOG, the crack Counter-Terror force of Punjab, which was raised in 2017. The main objective of SOG was to counter efforts of Pakistan to ratchet up & intensify its terrorist offensive in Punjab through a series of target killings in 2016 & 2017, which were threatening to disturb the hard-earned peace and communal harmony in the state.