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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Jacob_Punnoose_IPS.jpg | thumb | right | alt=Jacob Punnoose | Jacob Punnoose]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Jacob Punnoose&#039;&#039;&#039; was the [[Director General of Police]] (DGP) of [[Kerala]] and the State Police Chief.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&amp;amp;id=3652&amp;amp;linkid=27|title=Kerala Police Women&#039;s Cell: DGP Jacob Punnoose switches on the camera for a documentary film on atrocities against women and children, Vanchiyoor police station|date=18 June 2008|work=keralaevents.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144407/http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&amp;amp;id=3652&amp;amp;linkid=27|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He retired on 31 August 2012 after serving more than 35 years in the Indian Police Service and in Kerala Police. He was succeeded by Sri K.S.Balasubramanian IPS as the State Police Chief on 1 September 2012.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|title=State Police Chief&#039;s Message|first=Jacob|last=Punnoose|website=Kerala Police|date=29 August 2012&amp;lt;!--from page source--&amp;gt;|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180105/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|archive-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Jacob Punnoose&#039;&#039;&#039; was the [[Director General of Police]] of [[Kerala]] and as the State Police Chief.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&amp;amp;id=3652&amp;amp;linkid=27|title=Kerala Police Women&#039;s Cell: DGP Jacob Punnoose switches on the camera for a documentary film on atrocities against women and children, Vanchiyoor police station, 9.30 am|work=keralaevents.com|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144407/http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&amp;amp;id=3652&amp;amp;linkid=27|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He retired on 31 August 2012 after serving more than 35 years in the Indian Police Service and in Kerala Police. He was succeeded by Sri K.S.Balasubramanian IPS as the State Police Chief on 1 September 2012.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|website=Kerala Police|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180105/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|archive-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On 31 January 2018 he became Executive Director of [[Pushpagiri Medical College]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;catholicate&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholicate.net/news/shri-jacob-punnoose-rtd-dgp-the-new-executive-director-of-pushpagiri-medical-college/553|title=Shri. Jacob Punnoose (Rtd. DGP), the new Executive Director of Pushpagiri Medical College|website=www.catholicate.net|access-date=2019-01-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is Secretary of the Pastoral Council in the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(Thiruvananthapuram)&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;catholicate&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On 31 January 2018 he became Executive Director of [[Pushpagiri Medical College]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;catholicate&quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholicate.net/news/shri-jacob-punnoose-rtd-dgp-the-new-executive-director-of-pushpagiri-medical-college/553|title=Shri. Jacob Punnoose (Rtd. DGP), the new Executive Director of Pushpagiri Medical College|website=www.catholicate.net|access-date=2019-01-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is Secretary of the Pastoral Council in the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;catholicate&quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Education ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Education ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He had his education in Government U.P.S. [[Thekkekara, Kerala|Thekkekkara]] ([[Mavelikara]]), P C High School ([[Ranni]]), S C High School (Ranni), [[St. Xavier&#039;s College, Thumba]] ([[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Trivandrum&lt;/del&gt;]]), University  College (&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Trivandrum&lt;/del&gt;) and [[Cochin University]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He had his education in Government U.P.S. [[Thekkekara, Kerala|Thekkekkara]] ([[Mavelikara]]), P C High School ([[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ranni, Kerala|&lt;/ins&gt;Ranni]]), S C High School (Ranni), [[St. Xavier&#039;s College, Thumba]] ([[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thiruvananthapuram&lt;/ins&gt;]]), University  College (&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thiruvananthapuram&lt;/ins&gt;) and [[Cochin University]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He became the City Police Commissioner of [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Trivandrum&lt;/del&gt;]] and [[Kozhikode]], Joint Excise Commissioner, Zonal IG of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Trivandrum &lt;/del&gt;and Kozhikode, Intelligence [[Inspector General of Police|IG]], Additional DGP (Training)and Intelligence DGP.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cite &lt;/del&gt;news|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;newspaper&lt;/del&gt;=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Malayala Manorama]]&lt;/del&gt;|date=27 November 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the Vigilance Director.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;journal&lt;/del&gt;|url=http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|title=Ministerial Chart 8_7_08|publisher=keravigilance.org|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215722/http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the chairman Kerala Police Act Review Committee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;journal&lt;/del&gt;|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|title=Police Act 2008|publisher=keralapolice.org&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|access-date=21 September 2008&lt;/del&gt;|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209083815/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|archive-date=9 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was appointed DGP of [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] in [[Kerala]] on 26 November 2008. He &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;is &lt;/del&gt;a member of 1975 IPS Batch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He became the City Police Commissioner of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thiruvananthapuram&lt;/ins&gt;]] and [[Kozhikode]], Joint Excise Commissioner, Zonal IG of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thiruvananthapuram &lt;/ins&gt;and Kozhikode, Intelligence [[Inspector General of Police|IG]], Additional DGP (Training) and Intelligence DGP.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cite &lt;/ins&gt;news |&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;title=Jacob Punnoose |author= |website&lt;/ins&gt;=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian Police Foundation &lt;/ins&gt;|date=27 November 2008 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url= https://www.policefoundationindia.org/our-people/ipf-members/jacob-punnoose |language=en &lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the Vigilance Director.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;report&lt;/ins&gt;|url=http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|title=Ministerial Chart 8_7_08|publisher=keravigilance.org|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215722/http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the chairman Kerala Police Act Review Committee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;report&lt;/ins&gt;|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|title=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The Kerala &lt;/ins&gt;Police Act 2008 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(draft)|author=The Police Act Review Committee&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|publisher=keralapolice.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209083815/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=6 June 2008&amp;lt;!--from PDF source--&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;|archive-date=9 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was appointed DGP of [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] in [[Kerala]] on 26 November 2008. He &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;was &lt;/ins&gt;a member of 1975 IPS Batch.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Personal life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Personal life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He belongs to the Kurudamannil family&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. His parents are K.C. Punnoose and Annamma.Prof&lt;/del&gt;. Rebecca &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Msc. Mphil.  &lt;/del&gt;is his wife. The couple have two children&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;: Punnoose Jacob and Thomas Jacob&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kurudamannil.co.uk/kurumpelil.htm|title=Kurudamannil Kurumpelil|website=www.kurudamannil.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He belongs to the Kurudamannil family. Rebecca is his wife. The couple have two children.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kurudamannil.co.uk/kurumpelil.htm|title=Kurudamannil Kurumpelil|website=www.kurudamannil.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==References==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l25&quot;&gt;Line 25:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Indian civil servants]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Indian civil servants]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Kerala Police officers]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Kerala Police officers]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Civil &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Servants &lt;/del&gt;from Kerala]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Civil &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;servants &lt;/ins&gt;from &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kerala]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Indian police chiefs]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:People from Alappuzha district]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Cochin University of Science and Technology alumni]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:People from Pathanamthitta district]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:People from Thiruvananthapuram]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:20th-century Indian civil servants]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:21st-century Indian civil servants]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Indian Police Service officers]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:State Police Chiefs of &lt;/ins&gt;Kerala]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jacob Punnoose&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the [[Director General of Police]] of [[Kerala]] and as the State Police Chief.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&amp;amp;id=3652&amp;amp;linkid=27|title=Kerala Police Women&amp;#039;s Cell: DGP Jacob Punnoose switches on the camera for a documentary film on atrocities against women and children, Vanchiyoor police station, 9.30 am|work=keralaevents.com|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144407/http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&amp;amp;id=3652&amp;amp;linkid=27|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He retired on 31 August 2012 after serving more than 35 years in the Indian Police Service and in Kerala Police. He was succeeded by Sri K.S.Balasubramanian IPS as the State Police Chief on 1 September 2012.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|website=Kerala Police|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180105/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|archive-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 31 January 2018 he became Executive Director of [[Pushpagiri Medical College]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;catholicate&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholicate.net/news/shri-jacob-punnoose-rtd-dgp-the-new-executive-director-of-pushpagiri-medical-college/553|title=Shri. Jacob Punnoose (Rtd. DGP), the new Executive Director of Pushpagiri Medical College|website=www.catholicate.net|access-date=2019-01-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is Secretary of the Pastoral Council in the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;catholicate&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Education ==&lt;br /&gt;
He had his education in Government U.P.S. [[Thekkekara, Kerala|Thekkekkara]] ([[Mavelikara]]), P C High School ([[Ranni]]), S C High School (Ranni), [[St. Xavier&amp;#039;s College, Thumba]] ([[Trivandrum]]), University  College (Trivandrum) and [[Cochin University]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Career ==&lt;br /&gt;
He became the City Police Commissioner of [[Trivandrum]] and [[Kozhikode]], Joint Excise Commissioner, Zonal IG of Trivandrum and Kozhikode, Intelligence [[Inspector General of Police|IG]], Additional DGP (Training)and Intelligence DGP.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=27 November 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the Vigilance Director.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal|url=http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|title=Ministerial Chart 8_7_08|publisher=keravigilance.org|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215722/http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the chairman Kerala Police Act Review Committee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|title=Police Act 2008|publisher=keralapolice.org|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209083815/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|archive-date=9 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was appointed DGP of [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] in [[Kerala]] on 26 November 2008. He is a member of 1975 IPS Batch.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Personal life ==&lt;br /&gt;
He belongs to the Kurudamannil family. His parents are K.C. Punnoose and Annamma.Prof. Rebecca Msc. Mphil.  is his wife. The couple have two children: Punnoose Jacob and Thomas Jacob.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.kurudamannil.co.uk/kurumpelil.htm|title=Kurudamannil Kurumpelil|website=www.kurudamannil.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>-&gt;Agnihothri Sharath</name></author>
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