Stephen Raveendra

M. Stephen Raveendra
Born 14 February,[1] 1973[2]
Andhra Pradesh
Awards Police Medal for Gallantry (2005),[3] Prime Minister s Police Medal for Life Saving 2010, Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak 2004.

Police career

Department Indian Police Service officer (1999 RR)
Country Telangana Police Cadre[4]
Rank Deputy Inspector General, Greyhounds[5]

M. Stephen Raveendra(ముత్యాల స్టీఫెన్ రవీంద్ర ) is a 1999 batch Regular Recruit (RR) of the Indian Police Service who got trained at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad, India and was inducted into the IPS on 20 September 1999.[1] Raveendra was the West Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City Police.[6] and now is DIG in the elite special forces of Greyhounds.[7] In 2015,[8] Raveendra was a resource person at the Strategic Gaming Exercise on Left Wing Extremism held by the United Service Institution, New Delhi.

Early life and Schooling

Officer Raveendra is the son of an illustrious Police Officer[9] DSP M. B. Ranjit[9] who earlier retired as the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Asifnagar Division, Hyderabad City Police. Raveendra was schooled at St. Paul's High School,[10] Little Flower Junior College[9] and Nizam College,[9] all in Hyderabad. After post-graduate studies at the Osmania University[9] where he received a gold medal in Zoology, he cleared the Union Public Service Commission entrance and opted for IPS and underwent training at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.[1]

Career

Raveendra's initial posting was in Warangal District where he was groomed[11] by Damodar Gautam Sawang who was at that time Deputy Inspector General of Police, Warangal Range.[12] Incidentally, Noel Swaranjit Sen happened to be the Director General and Inspector General of Police of Andhra Pradesh when Raveendra was in Warangal District.[13] The colleagueship of Swaranjit-Sawang-Stephen[14] helped in containing the terrorist tactics of Naxalites.

Achievements

So far in Raveendra's career he has encountered Naxalism[15] (as SP-in-Warangal), Factionalism[16] (as SP-in-Anantapur), Corruption[17] (as SP-in-Karimangar), Regionalism[18] (as DCP-in-East Zone) and presently erdicated Drugs from Hyderabad city.[19] (as DCP-in-West Zone) and fought naxal terrorist violence as Group Commander (Ops) GreyHounds

The areas under the jurisdiction of West Zone are in the news due to frequent arrests of persons possessing drugs.[20] The problem of drugs is under current debate so much that the former Commissioner of Police A. K. Khan even addressed a seminar conducted at the Centre for Economic Studies in Hyderabad on the topic "War on Drugs"[21] where Officer Raveendra was also present .Mr.Raveendra in a dare-devil act of self-less courage saved the lives of 61 patients who were trapped in a fire accident[22] in a hospital for which he was awarded the prestigious Prime Minister s Life saving Medal. Likewise, he was awarded Gallantary medal for high-risk anti-extremist operations.

Parallels may be drawn between the colleagueship of Commissioner of Police A. K. Khan and Deputy Commissioner of Police Raveendra to Mumbai's then Commissioner of Police Julio Francis Ribeiro and Deputy Commissioner of Police Y. C. Pawar who also waged a war on drugs during their tenures in the mid eighties.[23]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Police Academy, Hyderabad – IPS Directory. . Internet, accessed 20 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Ministry of Home Affairs
  3. ↑ List of Awardees of Gallantry Medals on Independence Day 2005
  4. ↑ Government of India
  5. ↑ Telangana State Police Department
  6. ↑ Hyderabad City Police
  7. ↑ News Report on Transfers of IPS Officers
  8. ↑ United Service Institution, New Delhi.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Maju Kuriakose, Reachout, November 2000
  10. ↑ St. Paul's High School Alumni. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011.
  11. ↑ Damodar Gautam Sawang was Deputy Inspector General, Warangal Range
  12. ↑ United Nations Mission in Liberia. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011.
  13. ↑ Cf. Wikipedia article on Noel Swaranjit Sen
  14. ↑ Cf. Articles on Naxalism in Warangal District found on the web during the period 1999–2006 during Raveendra's posting in Warangal District
  15. ↑ Times of India, 16 September 2006.. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
  16. ↑ The Hindu, 25 March 2008. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
  17. ↑ The Hindu, 31 July 2009. See last paragraph on pressure from ruling political party on transfers. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
  18. ↑ Times of India, 19 January 2010. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011.
  19. ↑ Times of India, 24 July 2011. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
  20. ↑ Zee News 24, 21 August 2010. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
  21. ↑ Siasat 3 July 2011. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
  22. ↑ Bharat Kumar, What are some of the stories depicting positive image of the police in India?
  23. ↑ Mid Day, 30 July 2010. Julio Ribeiro and Y. C. Pawar waged a war on ganglords who were also involved in drug trafficking. Internet, accessed 25 July 2011.
Police appointments
Preceded by
 Assistant Superintendent of Police,
Parkal, Warangal District
1999– 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
M. M. Bhagawat[1]		 Additional Superintendent of Police,
Bellampally,[2] Adilabad District
–29 December 2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
K.Srinivasa Reddy		 Superintendent of Police,
Warangal District[3]
29 December 2004 – 16 September 2006 		Succeeded by
Soumya Mishra
Preceded by
Sanjay Kumar Jain		 Superintendent of Police,
Anantapur District[4]
17 September 2006–24 March 2008[5] 		Succeeded by
Murgesh Kumar Singh
Preceded by
 Superintendent of Police,
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh's Security Group,[6]
25 March 2008 – 25 June 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Vikram Singh Mann[7]		 Superintendent of Police,
Karimnagar District[8]
25 June 2009–30 July 2009[9] 		Succeeded by
N. Sivasankar Reddy[10]
Preceded by
 Deputy Commissioner of Police,
East Zone, Hyderabad City Police
30 July 2009–18 January 2010[11] 		Succeeded by
Mahesh Chandra Laddha
Preceded by
C. Ravi Varma		 Deputy Commissioner of Police,
West Zone, Hyderabad City Police
18 January 2010–2012[12] 		Succeeded by
G. Sudheer Babu[12]
Preceded by
G. Pala Raju[13]		 Group Commander, Greyhounds
2012[12]-Present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
  1. ↑ Peoples War in India Clippings 6/1/2015
  2. ↑ The Hindu, 27 December 2004. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011
  3. ↑ Warangal District Police – Leaders.. Internet, accessed 20 July 2011
  4. ↑ The Hindu, 17 September 2006.. Internet, accessed 21 July 2011
  5. ↑ The Hindu, 25 March 2008. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Times of India, 25 March 2008. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011
  7. ↑ The Hindu, Stephen Ravindra new Karimnagar SP, June 26, 2009
  8. ↑ The Hindu, 26 June 2009. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011.
  9. ↑ The Hindu, 31 July 2011. . Internet, accessed 21 July 2011.
  10. ↑ Sivasankar Reddy takes charge as Nalgonda SP in The Hindu, Nalgonda, June 11, 2011.
  11. ↑
  12. 1 2 3 Chief Minister reshuffles 43 IPS officers, posts new Home Secretary in The Hindu, November 20, 2012, Hyderabad.
  13. ↑ IPS Transfers
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