Gurjot Singh Kaler is an Indian police officer, author, and singer who serves as a Superintendent of Police in the Punjab Police. He has been associated with cybercrime investigations, community awareness campaigns, and mountaineering.
He is the author of New India - The Reality Reloaded (2018) and The Battle of Longewala: Grit, Guts & Glory (2023).
Kaler has released songs addressing social issues, including My Hero Farmer, Dil Se Salaam, and Bandeya, released by Times Music.
Kaler was born and brought up in Chandigarh, India. He holds a master's degree in Psychology and a master's in Police Administration from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
He is a Commonwealth Scholar and earned a master's degree in International Development and Security from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.He also pursued short-term training in organisational leadership and emotional intelligence at the University of Oxford.
Kaler joined the Punjab Police after clearing the Punjab Civil Services Examination in 2012. He has served in the intelligence and cybercrime divisions of the force. He has trained with international law-enforcement agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Singapore Police Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In June 2020, Kaler conducted a peaceful march along with other Indians at Trafalgar Square in London, calling for the removal of the statues of Henry Havelock and Robert Clive and raising his voice against racial discrimination. He also performed a 15,000-foot skydive in September 2020 to salute frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has also created awareness works on drug abuse prevention, gender equality, and community welfare.
Along with his police service, Kaler has pursued an interest in mountaineering and adventure sports. He completed training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, and the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (ABVIMAS), Manali.
He has climbed several peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Mount Elbrus in Russia, and Mount Shinkun East in India. In May 2019, he climbed the Hurro Mountain of the Machaadhar range in the Himalayas at a height of 14,500 ft.
Kaler has received several awards and recognitions, including: