Ashwani Kumar (15 November 1950 – 7 October 2020) was a 1973-Batch IPS officer who served as Governor of the Indian state of Nagaland,[2] and briefly as Governor of Manipur during 2013.

[3] He was the DGP of Himachal Pradesh from August 2006 - July 2008[4] and; He had served the elite Special Protection Group (SPG) as its deputy inspector general when Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister of India.

[5] Ashwani handled and or investigated an Amit Shan and Shorabuddin Sheikh investigation.

He was the Director of CBI between 2 August 2008 to 30 November 2010.

[6][7] Ashwani Kumar died in the evening on the 7 of October 2020 in Brockhurst in Shimla due to suicide by hanging.