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{{Infobox police officer
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|name = Ravi Joseph Lokku, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref name="UPP">{{cite web |url=https://uppolice.gov.in/hi/officerprofile?transid=244&slugName=Deputation |title=Ravi Joseph Lokku |author= |date=10 May 2024 |website=Uttar Pradesh Police |publisher=Government of Uttar Pradesh |access-date=10 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
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|birth_name = Ravi Kumar Lokku<ref name="Gazette">{{cite press release |author= |title=The Gazette of India, 2011, No. 266 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.gazette.2011.266/W_45_2011_096_djvu.txt |location=New Delhi |publisher=Department of Printing |agency=Government of India |date=5 November 2011 |access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref><ref name="CDTI"/>
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|08|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Kurnool]],<ref name="UPP"/> [[Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)|Andhra Pradesh]]
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|service_years = 4 September 1995<ref name="List">{{cite report |title=Indian Police Service Service List |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|url=https://ips.gov.in/Empanelment/IPSCIVILLIST-2023_06062023.pdf|date=1 January 2023}}</ref> -''Present''
|status = Additional Director General, [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]]
|rank = [[File:Director General of Police.png|25px]] [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General of Police]]
|badge_number = 19951075 of 1995 batch (48 Regular Recruit)
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* [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]] DGs Commendation Disc {{small|(2006)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|Police Medal for Meritorious Service]] {{small|(2011)}},<ref name="PMMS">{{cite press release |author= |title=Police Medal for Meritorious Service Independence Day 2011|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/pm-id11.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |agency=Government of India |date=2011 |access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref>
* [[Border Security Force]] DGs Commendation Gold Disc {{small|(2016)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[National Disaster Response Force]] DGs Commendation Disc {{small|(2017)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation]] DGs Commendation Disc {{small|(2017)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|Utkrisht Seva Padak]] {{small|(2020)}},<ref name="List"/>
* [[Director General of Police|Director General of Police's]] Commendation Disci Silver {{small|(2020)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] {{small|(2021)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* Director General of Police's Commendation Disc Gold {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="UPP"/>
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'''Ravi Joseph Lokku''', [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], {{post nominals|list= [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|USP]] [[Police Medal (India)|PMMS]] [[President's Police Medal|PPMDS]]<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service, Republic Day 2021 |url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/assets/doc/distinguished2021.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |agency=Government of India |date=2021 |access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref>}} (born 10 August 1966) is the present [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General]], [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]], [[New Delhi]]. He is also on the Executive Council<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rru.ac.in/about-us/executive-council/ |title=Executive Council |author= |date=15 May 2024 |website=Rashtriya Raksha University |publisher=RRU |access-date=15 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref> of [[Rashtriya Raksha University]], New Delhi.

Joseph is a nationally known [[Police officer|Police Officer]], having served in Central Detective Training Institute,<ref name="CDTI"/> [[Border Security Force]],<ref name="BSF"/> [[National Disaster Response Force]],<ref name="IM"/> [[Fire department|Fire Services]], [[Civil defense|Civil Defence]] and [[Home Guard (India)|Home Guards]].<ref name="DGFS"/> Owing allegiance to the [[Uttar Pradesh Police|Uttar Pradesh Police Cadre]] (1995 batch), he served in strategic positions across [[Uttar Pradesh]] for nearly three decades (1995 to 2023).

At the 8th National Conference of Heads of Prisons of all States and Union Territories held in the port city of [[Visakhapatnam]] on 11 and 12 September 2023,<ref>{{cite news |last=Potnuru |first=Vasu |date=12 September 2023 |title= Govt improving amenities at Central jails: Vanitha|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/visakhapatnam/govt-improving-amenities-at-central-jails-vanitha-822019?infinitescroll=1 |work=Hans India |location=Visakhapatnam |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> he liaised with [[Harish Kumar Gupta]], IPS of the [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] to jointly conduct the programme. He also addressed<ref>{{cite news |last=Devalla |first=Rani |date=12 September 2023 |title=Governor stresses on use of technology in correctional administration |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/governor-stresses-on-use-of-technology-in-correctional-administration-822166 |work=Hans India |location=Andhra pradesh |access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> the delegates in the presence of his Director, Balaji Srivastav, IPS of the [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]], [[New Delhi]]

==Early life and education==
Ravi Joseph was born in [[Kurnool]]<ref name="UPP"/> Town in [[Andhra Pradesh]],.<ref name="List"/> He graduated with a [[B.Sc.]] degree.<ref name="List"/> He also pursued a [[postgraduate]] degree leading to [[Master of Arts|M.A.]]<ref name="UPP"/> In addition, Ravi also has a [[Postgraduate diploma|Postgraduate diploma in International Humanitarian Law]].<ref name="UPP"/>

==Career==
After getting selected to the [[Union Public Service Commission]], Ravi Joseph began his training as an [[Indian Police Service]] Probationer of 1995 batch<ref name="UPP"/><ref name="SVPNPA"/> (48 Regular Recruit<ref name="SVPNPA"/>) at [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration]], [[Mussorie]] and the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]], [[Hyderabad]]. During the years' 1994–1995, he was in Hyderabad, training under the successive Directorships of Sankar Sen, IPS and A. P. Durai, IPS.<ref name="SVPNPA">{{cite web |url=https://www.svpnpa.gov.in/home |title=Memories/Alumni Gallery|author= |date=6 May 2024 |website=|publisher=SVPNPA |access-date=6 May 2024 |quote=SVPNPA}}</ref>

===The first decade: 1995-2004===
In 2002 Joseph was Principal of Central Detective Training School, Hyderabad.<ref name="CDTI">{{cite book |author= |date=2002 |title=The Civil list of Indian Police Service |location=New Delhi |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |page=441 |oclc=500026189 |issn=0536-9479}}</ref>

===The second decade: 2005-2014===
In the year 2010,<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=20 April 2010 |title=Police raid Mukhtar Ansari's dens, four gang members arrested |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/police-raid-mukhtar-ansari-s-dens-four-gang/ |work=The Indian Express |location=Lucknow |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Joseph was [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]], [[Ghaziabad]]. In 2011, he was [[Deputy Inspector General]],<ref name="Gazette"/> [[Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary]], [[Lucknow]].<ref name="Gazette"/> The following year in 2012, he moved to [[Allahabad]].<ref name="SHUATS">{{cite news |author= |date= |title=Two-day seminar on secondary education to start from today|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/12645383.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst |work= The Times of India|location=Allahabad |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> At an event hosted by the century-old [[Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences]], Allahabad in 2012 on the theme ''Vocationalisation of Secondary Education'', he was invited as Chief Guest and shared dais along with [[Professor|Prof.]] Harikesh Singh of the [[National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration]].<ref name="SHUATS"/>

In early 2013, he moved to the [[Border Security Force]], [[Ferozepur]].<ref>{{cite report |author= |author-link= |date=2014 |title=Indian Police Service (IPS) - Civil List 2014 |url=https://dtf.in/wp-content/files/Indian_Police_Service_IPS_-_Civil_List_2014.htm |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |page= |docket= |access-date=10 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref> He was noted to have been tough on border intrusions during his tenure at the Western Command, Punjab Frontier, Ferozepur Sector.<ref name="BSF">{{cite news |last=Monga |first=Harish K. |date=19 March 2013 |title=BSF kills smuggler in encounter, recovers Rs.50 crore heroin on Indo-Pak border |url=https://www.cityairnews.com/content/bsf-kills-smuggler-encounter-recovers-rs50-crore-heroin-indo-pak-border|work=City Air News |location=Ludhiana |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |date=14 January 2014 |title=DG BSF rewards Ferozepur Sector |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/dg-bsf-rewards-ferozepur-sector-114011401079_1.html |work=The Business Standard |location=Ferozepur |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>

During the [[2014 Indian general election in Bihar]], Joseph was Police Observer in Assembly Constituencies of [[Sultanganj Assembly constituency|Sultanganj]], [[Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Amarpur]], [[Dhoraiya Assembly constituency|Dhoraiya]], [[Banka Assembly constituency|Banka]], [[Katoria Assembly constituency|Katoria]], and [[Belhar Assembly constituency|Belhar]].<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=List of Deployed Police Observers, Bihar, 2014 |url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/1461-bihar/?do=download&r=3415&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=708c1dc74d483e25e2ad1552a4bd021f |location=New Delhi |publisher=Election Commission of India |agency= |date=18 April 2014 |access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref>

===The third decade: 2015-2024===
Continuing his stint at the BSF, Joseph was elevated to the rank of [[Inspector general of police|Inspector General]] in June 2016.<ref name="IM"/>

In April 2017,<ref name="IM">{{cite news |author= |date=21 April 2017 |title=Joseph will be IG, NDRF|url=https://www.indianmandarins.com/news/joseph-will-be-ig-ndrf/5419 |work=Indian Mandarins |location= |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> Joseph became Inspector General<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |title=Editorial Advisory Board|url=https://www.ndrf.gov.in/sites/default/files/NDRF%20Newsletter%20%288%29.pdf |magazine=The Saviour |location=New Delhi |publisher= NDRF India|date=April–June 2018 |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> of [[National Disaster Response Force]] (NDRF).<ref name="Jap">{{cite web|url=https://nidm.gov.in/PDF/pubs/Indo-JapanWorkshop_Proceedings.pdf|title=Proceedings: India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018|date=20 March 2018|website=National Institute of Disaster Management|access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> When [[Cyclone Ockhi]] struck parts of India in December 2017, Joseph was already at the helm of NDRF. He deposed before a Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on the impact of the cyclone on fisherfolk and the damage caused by it.<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=The Cyclone Ockhi-Its Impact on Fishermen and damage caused by it |url=https://sdma.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Ockhi-Parliamentary-Standing-Committee-Full-Report-2018.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Rajya Sabha |agency=Parliament of India |date=4 April 2018 |access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref> In 2018, he spoke on the role of NDRF to earthquakes at the ''India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction''.<ref name="Jap"/> During this period from 31 December 2018 to 1 March 2019, he also held the additional charge of Director General, [[Fire department|Fire Services]], [[Civil defense|Civil Defence]] and [[Home Guard (India)|Home Guards]].<ref name="DGFS">{{cite web |url=https://dgfscdhg.gov.in/list-director-generals |title=Directorate General - Fire Services, Civil Defence & Home Guards |author= |date=10 May 2024 |website=DGFSCDHG |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India |access-date=10 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref> In May 2019 [[Cyclone Fani]] made its landfall in [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bisoyi|first=Sujit Kumar |date=3 May 2019 |title=Cyclone Fani: Odisha seeks 20 more units of NDRF teams for relief and rescue operations|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/cyclone-fani-odisha-seeks-20-more-units-of-ndrf-teams-for-relief-and-rescue-operations/articleshow/69153447.cms |work=The Times of India |location= |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> Joseph reported that NDRF was making efforts to prevent human loss and restore normalcy.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Mirror Now |author-link=Mirror Now|user=MirrorNow|number=1124329167414128641 |title=Cyclone Fani - Ravi Joseph Lokku (IPS), NDRF, gives a sense of the situation on the ground in Odisha & other affected states}}</ref>

By early 2019<ref name="DGFS"/> Joseph completed his deputation and returned to his parent cadre in Uttar Pradesh. The same year in August 2019,<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=28 August 2019 |title=Ravi Joseph Lokku IPS transferred as IG- Security, UP |url=https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/ravi-joseph-lokku-ips-transferred-as-ig-security-up/ |work=Indian Bureaucracy |location= |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> he became Inspector General, Security of [[Uttar Pradesh Police]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/wire-updates/national/2019/08/26/des74-up-ips-transfers.html|title=UP Government transfers 12 IPS officers|website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |date=10 May 2024|access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> In March 2020, Joseph became General Staff Officer<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=2 March 2020 |title=UP: Rampur SP among 11 IPS officers moved out |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/up-rampur-sp-among-11-ips-officers-moved-out-6294725/ |work=The New Indian Express |location=Lucknow |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> to Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh, [[Mukul Goel]], IPS.<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=Yogi reviews Up law and order, shuffles 15 IPS Officers|url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/yogi-reviews-up-law-and-order-shuffles-15-ips-officers/74451051 |location= |publisher=Economic Times |agency=ET Government |date=3 March 2020 |access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> During the [[2021 elections in India]], Joseph was named as Police Observer by the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=3 March 2021 |title= After babus, now EC names 24 IPS officers for 5 states|url=https://firstindia.co.in/public/epapers/March2021/161471213503032021_First%20India%20Lucknow.pdf |work=First India |location=Lucknow |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref>

In March 2022,<ref>{{cite press release |last=Yadav |first=Ishika |date=15 March 2022 |title= 'UP Police demoralised...': Akhilesh slams Yogi Adityanath over DGP's removal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/up-police-demoralised-akhilesh-slams-yogi-adityanath-over-dgp-s-removal-101652609193916.html |location= Lucknow|publisher=Hindustan Times |agency= |access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> he was transferred to Vigilance.<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=22 April 2022 |title=9 IPS Officers transferred|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2022/epaper/april/lucknow-english-edition-2022-04-22.pdf|work=The Pioneer|location= Lucknow|access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> In April 2022,<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=22 April 2022 |title=Nine senior IPS Officers get new assignments in UP |url=https://whispersinthecorridors.com/detail/81168-Nine+senior+IPS+officers+get+new+assignments+in+UP.html |work=Whispers in the Corridors |location= |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> he was made Additional Director General of Police Training College, [[Moradabad]],<ref name="List"/> a position he held until March 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indianmandarins.com/news/up-three-ips-officers-reshuffled/26758 |title=UP: Three IPS Officers shifted |author= |date=15 March 2023 |website=Indian Mandarins |publisher= |access-date= 10 May 2024|quote=}}</ref>

On 21 March 2023, he was sent on central deputation to [[New Delhi]]<ref name="MHA">{{cite press release |author= |title=Appointment of Sri Ravi Joseph Lokku, IPS (UP:1995) as Inspector-General in BPR&D on deputation basis |url=https://ips.gov.in/Appointment/RaviJosephLokku_27032023.pdf |location=New Delhi |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |agency=Government of India |date= 21 March 2023|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> to the [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]], where he is expected to serve until his superannuation.<ref name="MHA"/> In April 2024, he was promoted as Additional Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianmasterminds.com/news/ips-news/ips-ravi-joseph-lokku-promoted-as-adg-bprd/ |title=IPS Ravi Joseph promoted as ADG, BPR&D |author= |date=15 April 2024 |website=Indian Masterminds |publisher=Indian Masterminds Bureau |access-date=13 May 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

Joseph is also a Police Observer<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=27 March 2024 |title=ECI appoints Police Observer for ANI Parliamentary Constituency |url=https://dt.andaman.gov.in/epaper/28320249153531.pdf |work=The Daily Telegrams |location=Port Blair |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> for the [[2024 Indian general election]] in [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=Report on General Election to Lok Sabha 2024 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands |url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/doip/uploads/preleases/2046.pdf|location=Andaman and Nicobar Islands|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer |agency= |date= 13 April 2024|access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref>

==Awards and medals==
Ravi Joseph won many medals, these include:
* [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]] DGs Commendation Disc {{small|(2006)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|Police Medal for Meritorious Service]] {{small|(2011)}},<ref name="PMMS"/>
* [[Border Security Force]] DGs Commendation Gold Disc {{small|(2016)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[National Disaster Response Force]] DGs Commendation Disc {{small|(2017)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation]] DGs Commendation Disc {{small|(2017)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|Utkrisht Seva Padak]] {{small|(2020)}},<ref name="List"/>
* [[Director General of Police|Director General of Police's]] Commendation Disci Silver {{small|(2020)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] {{small|(2021)}},<ref name="UPP"/>
* Director General of Police's Commendation Disc Gold {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="UPP"/>

== References ==
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{{s-ttl|title=Director General (Additional Charge),<br>[[List of fire departments in India|Fire Services]], Civil Defence and [[Home Guard (India)|Home Guards]],<br>[[New Delhi]]
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