P Vijayan
| P. Vijayan IPS | |
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| പി. വിജയ൯ ഐ.പി.എസ്. | |
P. Vijayan IPS, speaking at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA, 2013
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| Inspector General of Police | |
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| Born |
Puthiyottil Vijayan 4 February 1968 Puthoormadam near Kozhikode District, North Kerala, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Beena Vijayan IAS |
| Children | Kumari Vishnu Priya & Master Vignesh |
| Parents | P.Velayudhan & P.Leela |
| Residence | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Education | Master's Degrees in Economics, Bachelor's Degree in Education Qualified UGC Lectureship & JRF Exams Perusing research for Doctoral Degree in Economics |
| Alma mater | The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut Government Arts & Science College, Calicut University of Calicut, Calicut University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Occupation | Inspector General of Police, Kochi Range |
| Awards | CNN-IBN Indian of the Year (Popular Choice), 2014 President 's Police Medal for Meritorious Service, 2015 Chief Minister’s awards for Innovation in Public Policy, 2013 Fellowship of Global Tobacco Control Programme at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Institute for Public Health in Washington DC, USA, 2013 |
| Website | pvijayanips |
P Vijayan IPS, (born 4 February 1968), is an Indian Police Service officer and a socially oriented Officer in uniform. He is a 1999 batch official of the Indian Police Service, currently serves as Inspector General of Police Kochi Range. He holds an MA in Economics from Calicut University. He is a voracious reader and motivational orator who always believe in multitasking. An accomplished and highly effective public speaker, Vijayan is very much in demand for his ability to deliver motivational speeches on a wide range of topics. He strongly believes and practise that a true leader is who develops more leaders. He is the founder and Chief Architect of the nationally-acclaimed Student Police Cadet Project, a youth development initiative. He also encompasses prominent positions in several community-based initiatives including;
In recognition of his social commitment and appreciable service, Vijayan was honoured with CNN-IBN Indian of the Year (Popular Choice) - 2014, an honour that embodies Greatness.
He also had held simultaneous charge as Deputy Inspector General of Police (Battalions) overseeing all Police Battalions in Kerala, as well as official-in-charge of the Kerala Railway Police while holding the position of DIG (Intelligence). Immediately prior to this, Vijayan headed the police organization of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state, as its Police Commissioner. Commencing his policing career as Assistant Police Superintendent (Kanhangad) in Kasaragod District in October 2001, Vijayan has been District Police Chief of several districts including Kasaragod, Thiruvananthapuram Rural, Malappuram, Ernakulam Rural and holds the unique distinction of being the first to have served as Commissioner of Police in all four Commissionerates in the state, viz. Thiruvananthapuram,Kozhikode, Thrissur & Kochi. In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, in particular among youth, P. Vijayan IPS was awarded a fellowship in 2013 to attend the Global Tobacco Control Leadership Programme at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Washington DC, USA.
Puthiyottil Vijayan was born on 4 February 1968 in a not-so-affluent family in a remote hamlet called Puthoormadam near Kozhikode in North Kerala. He is the 3rd child of P. Velayudhan and Leela. He has four brothers & two sisters. Vijayan studied in High School at Pantheerankavu High School, Kozhikode. When he failed to clear the SSLC exam on his first attempt, he had to take up employment in construction sites at an early age. It was only after a gap of two years that he managed to pass this exam. Determined to earn a college degree, he set up a small scale manufacturing unit soap unit and took classes for schoolchildren. Vijayan then went on to do an MA and MPhil in Economics from Calicut University, and finally passed the prestigious Civil Services examination in 1999 to join the IPS.
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