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{{Short description|Indian Police Officer}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = P. Vijayan IPS
| name = P. Vijayan IPS
| image             = P - Vijayan - I P S - 5.jpg
| image = P_Vijayan_IPS.jpg
| native_name_lang   = ml
| native_name_lang = ml
| birth_name         = Puthiyottil Vijayan
| birth_name = Puthiyottil Vijayan
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|9|25}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|9|25}}
| birth_place       = Puthoormadam,<br /> [[Kunnamangalam]], <br />[[Kozhikode District]],<br />[[Kerala]],<br />[[India]]
| birth_place = Puthoormadam,<br /> [[Kunnamangalam]], <br />[[Kozhikode District]],<br />[[Kerala]],<br />[[India]]
| residence         = [[Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala]]
| residence = [[Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala]]
| nationality       = Indian
| nationality = Indian
| education         = Master's Degrees in Economics, Bachelor's Degree in Education<br />Qualified UGC Lectureship & JRF Exams<br />Pursuing research for Doctoral Degree in Economics
| education = Master's Degrees in crack, Bachelor's Degree in Education<br />Qualified UGC Lectureship & JRF Exams<br />Pursuing research for Doctoral Degree in Economics
| alma_mater         = The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut<br />Government Arts & Science College, Calicut<br />University of Calicut, Calicut<br />University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
| alma_mater = [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], [[Calicut]]<br />Government College, Meenchantha, [[Kozhikode]]<br />[[University of Calicut]]<br />[[University of Kerala]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| occupation         = Inspector General of Police, Admin, Police Headquarters, Kerala
| occupation = Director, Kerala Police Academy
| other positions   =
| other positions =  
| home_town          = [[Kozhikode district of Northern Kerala]]
| title = Chief of State Special Branch
| title             = [[Inspector General of Police]] <!-- [[File:Inspector General of Police.png|14px]] -->
| spouse = Dr. M.Beena, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| spouse             = Dr. Beena Vijayan IAS
| children = 2
| children           = 2
| awards = [[File:IND President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.svg|30px]] [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]]<br/> [[File:IND Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png|30px]] [[Police Medal (India)|Police Medal for Meritorious Service]]
| awards             = CNN-IBN Indian of the Year (Popular Choice), 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianoftheyear.com/winners-2014.php |title=Winners 2014|accessdate=2015-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034411/http://www.indianoftheyear.com/winners-2014.php |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all|website=Indian Of The Year}}</ref><br />President 's Police Medal for Meritorious Service, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PoliceMedalMeritoriousServiceID2015.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615203005/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PoliceMedalMeritoriousServiceID2015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-06-15|title=}}</ref><br />Chief Minister’s awards for Innovation in Public Policy, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIlA_BvqUgc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/JIlA_BvqUgc |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Chief Minister's awards for innovation in public policy 2013 distributed by Oommen Chandy|last=Oommen Chandy|date=27 October 2014|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />Fellowship of Global Tobacco Control Programme at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Institute for Public Health in Washington DC, USA, 2013<ref name="hopkins" />
| website = {{URL|pvijayanips.in}}
| department        = [[Indian Police Service]]
| footnotes =  
| website            = {{URL|pvijayanips.in}}
| honorific_prefix = Additional director general of police
| footnotes          =
| office = [[Additional Director General of Police]], Intelligence <!-- [[File:Additional Director General of Police.png|14px]] -->
| office2 = Director, Kerala Police Academy (KEPA)
| term2 = 2023-2024
| term_start = 08-10-2024
}}
}}


'''P Vijayan''' (born 4 February 1968), is the [[Inspector General of Police]]<ref>http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/Empanl_IPS_230813.pdf {{Dead link|date=December 2020}}</ref> [[Kochi]] Range. He is a 1999 batch official of the [[Indian Police Service]]. He is the founder and chief architect of the Student Police Cadet Project,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Origin & Growth|url=http://studentpolicecadet.org/overview/origin_growth|access-date=2021-02-19|website=studentpolicecadet.org}}</ref> a youth development initiative.
'''P Vijayan''' (born 4 February 1968), is the [[Additional director general of police|Additional Director General of Police]]. He is a 1999 batch official of the [[Indian Police Service]]. He is currently serving as the intelligence chief of [[Kerala Police]]. He is the founder and chief architect of the [[Student Police Cadet Project]] And CEEP,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Origin & Growth|url=http://studentpolicecadet.org/overview/origin_growth|access-date=2021-02-19|website=studentpolicecadet.org}}</ref> a youth development initiative.
 
Now Vijayan IPS is the IG of Kerala Coastal Police. Their HQ is in Kochi.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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 third child of seven siblings.
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 third child of seven siblings.


Vijayan studied in High School at Pantheerankavu High School, Kozhikode.  When he failed to clear the [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate]] 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 soap manufacturing unit and took classes for school children.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Meet the modern day role models|first=Krishna|last=Kumar|date=September 27, 2012|url=http://archive.asianage.com/kochi/meet-modern-day-role-models-673|newspaper=[[The Asian Age]]}}</ref>
Vijayan studied in High School at Pantheerankavu High School, Kozhikode.  When he failed to clear the [[Secondary School Leaving Certificate]] 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 soap manufacturing unit and took classes for school children.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Meet the modern day role models|first=Krishna|last=Kumar|date=September 27, 2012|url=http://archive.asianage.com/kochi/meet-modern-day-role-models-673|newspaper=[[The Asian Age]]}}</ref>


Vijayan went on to do an MA and MPhil in economics from [[Calicut University]], and finally passed the Civil Services examination in 1999 to join the IPS.<ref name="tehelka">{{cite mag|url=http://www.tehelka.com/life-lessons-from-a-police-officer-who-was-once-a-child-labourer/|title=Life lessons from a police officer who was once a child labourer|magazine=[[Tehelka]]}}{{dead link|date=February 2021}}</ref>
Vijayan went on to do an MA and MPhil in economics from [[Calicut University]], and finally passed the Civil Services examination in 1999 to join the IPS.<ref name="tehelka">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tehelka.com/life-lessons-from-a-police-officer-who-was-once-a-child-labourer/|title=Life lessons from a police officer who was once a child labourer|magazine=[[Tehelka]]|access-date=3 January 2015|archive-date=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227101014/http://www.tehelka.com/life-lessons-from-a-police-officer-who-was-once-a-child-labourer/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
===IPS Officer===
===IPS Officer===
In October 2001 he began his policing career as Assistant Police Superintendent (Kanhangad) in [[Kasaragod]] District. He has been District Police Chief of several districts including Kasaragod, Thiruvananthapuram Rural, Malappuram, Ernakulam Rural and was the first to have served as Commissioner of Police in all four Commissionerates in the state, viz. Thiruvananthapuram,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://news.entecity.com/trivandrum-can-sleep-well-the-city-police-commissioner-is-on-the-alert/|title=Trivandrum can sleep well- The City Police Commissioner is on the alert|date=5 February 2013|website=news.entecity.com}}</ref> [[Kozhikode]], [[Thrissur]] and [[Kochi]].
In October 2001 he began his policing career as the [[Assistant Superintendent of Police]] (Kanhangad) in [[Kasaragod]] District. He has been District Police Chief of several districts including Kasaragod, Thiruvananthapuram Rural, Malappuram, Ernakulam Rural and was the first to have served as Commissioner of Police in all four Commissionerates in the state, viz. Thiruvananthapuram,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://news.entecity.com/trivandrum-can-sleep-well-the-city-police-commissioner-is-on-the-alert/|title=Trivandrum can sleep well- The City Police Commissioner is on the alert|date=5 February 2013|website=news.entecity.com}}</ref> [[Kozhikode]], [[Thrissur]] and [[Kochi]].


Vijayan headed the police organization of [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of the state, as its [[Commissioner of Police#India|Police Commissioner]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/New-Commissioner-Takes-Charge/2014/02/18/article2062746.ece|title=New Commissioner Takes Charge|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref name="tehelka" />
Vijayan headed the police organization of [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital city of the state, as its [[Commissioner of Police#India|Police Commissioner]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/New-Commissioner-Takes-Charge/2014/02/18/article2062746.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103090157/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/New-Commissioner-Takes-Charge/2014/02/18/article2062746.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2015|title=New Commissioner Takes Charge|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref name="tehelka" />


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).
He also had held simultaneous charge as [[Deputy inspector general of police|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).


[[File:P. Vijayan IPS, speaking at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, 2013.jpg|thumb|P. Vijayan IPS, speaking at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA, 2013]]
[[File:P. Vijayan IPS, speaking at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, 2013.jpg|thumb|P. Vijayan IPS, speaking at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA, 2013]]
In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, in particular among youth, he 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emalayalee.com/varthaFull.php?newsId=52024|title=പി. വിജയന്‍ ഐ.പി.എസിനു യു.എസില്‍. നിന്നു അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്‌കാരം|publisher=}}</ref>
In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, in particular among youth, he 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emalayalee.com/varthaFull.php?newsId=52024|title=പി. വിജയന്‍ ഐ.പി.എസിനു യു.എസില്‍. നിന്നു അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്‌കാരം|date=6 June 2013 |publisher=}}</ref>
 
P Vijayan had held the post of [[Inspector-general of police|IG]] of [[Anti Terrorist Squad (India)|Anti Terrorist Squad]] and managing director of Kerala Books and Publications Society. later as the IG Training, Kerala Police. and was promoted as the [[Additional director general of police|ADGP]] in 2024. and holds the office of Director, Kerala Police Academy


===Investigating officer===
===Investigating officer===
A Kerala cadre police official, Vijayan led the teams that investigated the Kalamassery Bus Burning case,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/12/stories/2005091205970400.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150103040754/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/12/stories/2005091205970400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-03|title=Kerala / Kochi News : Seven being grilled in bus-burning case|date=2005-09-12|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> the Sabarimala Thanthri case,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Sobha-John-10-others-convicted-in-tantri-case/articleshow/15397593.cms?referral=PM|title=Sobha John, 10 others convicted in tantri case|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> the [[Chelembra bank robbery]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Dhoom-inspired-gang-found-guilty/articleshow/19119372.cms|title=Dhoom-inspired gang found guilty|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and the email threat case against the Prime Minister of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Email-threat-to-PM-Prez-3-held/articleshow/193593.cms?referral=PM|title=Email threat to PM, Prez; 3 held|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
A Kerala cadre police official, Vijayan led the teams that investigated the Kalamassery Bus Burning case,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/12/stories/2005091205970400.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150103040754/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/09/12/stories/2005091205970400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-03|title=Kerala / Kochi News : Seven being grilled in bus-burning case|date=2005-09-12|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> the Sabarimala [[Tantri case|Thanthri case]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Sobha-John-10-others-convicted-in-tantri-case/articleshow/15397593.cms?referral=PM|title=Sobha John, 10 others convicted in tantri case|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 August 2012 }}</ref> the [[Chelembra bank robbery]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Dhoom-inspired-gang-found-guilty/articleshow/19119372.cms|title=Dhoom-inspired gang found guilty|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 October 2017 }}</ref> and the email threat case against the Prime Minister of India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Email-threat-to-PM-Prez-3-held/articleshow/193593.cms?referral=PM|title=Email threat to PM, Prez; 3 held|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=28 October 2006 }}</ref>


===Contributions===
===Contributions===
Vijayan's community initiatives include a Police Call Centre at Kozhikode,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/police-call-centre-launched-104085.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195606/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/police-call-centre-launched-104085.html |archivedate=1 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/police-to-set-up-call-centre/article537800.ece|title=Police to set up call centre|date=28 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> and Pink Autos programme in Thiruvananthapuram for safe travel by women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/ReadMore/3466/after-she-taxi-now-its-pink-auto/E|title=സ്ത്രീകള്‍ക്കായി ഇനി പിങ്ക് ഓട്ടോ|publisher=mathrubhuminews.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.entecity.com/keralas-first-women-friendly-auto-rickshaws-to-be-inaugurated-in-trivandrum/|title=Kerala's first women friendly auto rickshaws to be inaugurated in Trivandrum|date=2 May 2013|publisher=}}</ref> He also initiated an innovative "Punyam Poonkavanam" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wirenews.in/sabarimala.html|title=WireNews.in - INDIA|publisher=}}</ref> project to promote waste cleanup at the Sabarimala pilgrimage site<ref>{{cite web
Vijayan's community initiatives include a Police Call Centre at Kozhikode,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/police-call-centre-launched-104085.html |title='Police Call Centre', launched, Kerala - Mathrubhumi English News Online |accessdate=2015-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195606/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/police-call-centre-launched-104085.html |archivedate=1 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/police-to-set-up-call-centre/article537800.ece|title=Police to set up call centre|date=28 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> and Pink Autos programme in Thiruvananthapuram for safe travel by women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/ReadMore/3466/after-she-taxi-now-its-pink-auto/E|title=സ്ത്രീകള്‍ക്കായി ഇനി പിങ്ക് ഓട്ടോ|publisher=mathrubhuminews.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.entecity.com/keralas-first-women-friendly-auto-rickshaws-to-be-inaugurated-in-trivandrum/|title=Kerala's first women friendly auto rickshaws to be inaugurated in Trivandrum|date=2 May 2013|publisher=}}</ref> He also initiated an innovative "Punyam Poonkavanam" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wirenews.in/sabarimala.html|title=WireNews.in - INDIA|publisher=}}</ref> project to promote waste cleanup at the Sabarimala pilgrimage site<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2665636.ece
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2665636.ece
|title=Cleaning Sabarimala becoming a collective responsibility
|title=Cleaning Sabarimala becoming a collective responsibility
|work=The Hindu
|work=The Hindu
|date=27 November 2011
|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sabarimala-sets-a-model-for-sustainable-waste-treatment/article4110321.ece
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sabarimala-sets-a-model-for-sustainable-waste-treatment/article4110321.ece
|title=Sabarimala sets a model for sustainable waste treatment
|title=Sabarimala sets a model for sustainable waste treatment
|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]
|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]
|accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/sabarimala/sabarimala/punyam-pookavanam-project-gains-momentum.html|title=Error 404 - Not found|publisher=|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195436/http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/sabarimala/sabarimala/punyam-pookavanam-project-gains-momentum.html|archive-date=1 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a Traffic Safety & Learning Centre at Thrissur,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.changemakers.com/project/traffic-education-road-safety-centre?enid=189641 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195536/http://www.changemakers.com/project/traffic-education-road-safety-centre?enid=189641 |archivedate=1 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and School Protection Groups.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/school-protection-groups-to-be-extended-to-more-schools-in-city/article3561781.ece|title=School Protection Groups to be extended to more schools in city|date=23 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/sabarimala/sabarimala/punyam-pookavanam-project-gains-momentum.html|title=Error 404 - Not found|publisher=|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195436/http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/sabarimala/sabarimala/punyam-pookavanam-project-gains-momentum.html|archive-date=1 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a Traffic Safety & Learning Centre at Thrissur,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.changemakers.com/project/traffic-education-road-safety-centre?enid=189641 |title=TRAFFIC EDUCATION & ROAD SAFETY CENTRE &#124; Changemakers |accessdate=2015-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101195536/http://www.changemakers.com/project/traffic-education-road-safety-centre?enid=189641 |archivedate=1 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and School Protection Groups.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/school-protection-groups-to-be-extended-to-more-schools-in-city/article3561781.ece|title=School Protection Groups to be extended to more schools in city|date=23 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>


In August 2005, Vijayan, as Commissioner of Police, Kochi City, constituted a team of "Shadow Police" as the first of its kind in the State. Subsequently, such units have been formed and are functional in Kozhikode, Thrissur and Trivandrum.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3420597.ece|title=Shadow Police complete a year|date=15 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He also initiated the State Temple anti-Theft Squad in Kerala.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/templetheft-gang-busted/article4528337.ece|title=Temple-theft gang busted|date=20 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
In August 2005, Vijayan, as Commissioner of Police, Kochi City, constituted a team of "Shadow Police" as the first of its kind in the State. Subsequently, such units have been formed and are functional in Kozhikode, Thrissur and Trivandrum.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article3420597.ece|title=Shadow Police complete a year|date=15 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He also initiated the State Temple anti-Theft Squad in Kerala.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/templetheft-gang-busted/article4528337.ece|title=Temple-theft gang busted|date=20 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>


In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, Vijayan was awarded a fellowship in 2013 to attend the Global Tobacco Control Leadership Programme at [[Johns Hopkins]] Bloomberg Institute for Public Health in Washington DC, USA.<ref name="hopkins">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/police-commissioner-selected-for-fellowship/article4816662.ece|title=Police Commissioner selected for fellowship|date=15 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Subsequently, Vijayan has been designated as state coordinator to lead the statewide school-level anti-drug abuse campaign of Government of Kerala, viz. "Safe Campus Clean Campus"<ref>http://safecampus.keralapolice.gov.in/messages/message_nodal_officer</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2020|reason=Citation doesn't say why he was selected as coordinator.}}
In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, Vijayan was awarded a fellowship in 2013 to attend the Global Tobacco Control Leadership Programme at [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] Bloomberg Institute for Public Health in Washington DC, USA.<ref name="hopkins">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/police-commissioner-selected-for-fellowship/article4816662.ece|title=Police Commissioner selected for fellowship|date=15 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Subsequently, Vijayan has been designated as state coordinator to lead the statewide school-level anti-drug abuse campaign of Government of Kerala, viz. "Safe Campus Clean Campus"<ref>{{cite web| url=http://safecampus.keralapolice.gov.in/messages/message_nodal_officer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614173829/http://safecampus.keralapolice.gov.in/messages/message_nodal_officer | archive-date=2017-06-14 | title=Message of State Coordinator, Clean Campus Safe Campus project}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2020|reason=Citation doesn't say why he was selected as coordinator.}}


===Youth initiatives===
===Youth initiatives===
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Early in his professional career, Vijayan realised that it was necessary for police to connect with youth in a healthy and positive manner. This would not only create a good image of the police in young minds, but also channel the adolescent fascination with authority in a positive and productive manner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnnews.com/2010/11/10/man-making-is-our-mission-crime-free-society-our-ambition/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707152107/http://apnnews.com/2010/11/10/man-making-is-our-mission-crime-free-society-our-ambition/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-07|title='Man making is our mission, Crime-free society our ambition'|publisher=[[APN News]]}}</ref>
Early in his professional career, Vijayan realised that it was necessary for police to connect with youth in a healthy and positive manner. This would not only create a good image of the police in young minds, but also channel the adolescent fascination with authority in a positive and productive manner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnnews.com/2010/11/10/man-making-is-our-mission-crime-free-society-our-ambition/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707152107/http://apnnews.com/2010/11/10/man-making-is-our-mission-crime-free-society-our-ambition/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-07|title='Man making is our mission, Crime-free society our ambition'|publisher=[[APN News]]}}</ref>


Thus, Vijayan launched a [[Student Police Cadet Project]] in August 2010 in 127 schools across Kerala, with 11176 students - both boys and girls - enrolled as Cadets (G.O (P) No 121/2010/Home dtd 29-05-2010). The project has now been expanded to a statewide network of 433 schools with a combined strength of nearly 35,000 SPCs, being trained by over 850 existing teachers and nearly 1,500 officers of Kerala Police.<ref>{{cite mag|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/student-police-cadet-a-success-story/14/40748/|title=Student Police Cadet, a success story - T. Satisan|magazine=The Sunday Indian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/student-police-cadet-project-to-go-national/article3207395.ece|title=Student Police Cadet project to go national|date=24 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|last1=Haridas|first1=Anand}}</ref> This programme is planned for expansion throughout India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spcgujarat.org/Eng/WhtSPC.aspx|title=SPC|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/state-to-replicate-kerala-s-student-police-cadet-project/article1-1135417.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120090957/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/state-to-replicate-kerala-s-student-police-cadet-project/article1-1135417.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2013|title=State to replicate Kerala's Student Police Cadet project|date=15 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
Thus, Vijayan launched a [[Student Police Cadet Project]] in August 2010 in 127 schools across Kerala, with 11,176 students - both boys and girls - enrolled as Cadets (G.O (P) No 121/2010/Home dtd 29-05-2010). The project has now been expanded to a statewide network of 433 schools with a combined strength of nearly 35,000 SPCs, being trained by over 850 existing teachers and nearly 1,500 officers of Kerala Police.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/student-police-cadet-a-success-story/14/40748/|title=Student Police Cadet, a success story - T. Satisan|magazine=The Sunday Indian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/student-police-cadet-project-to-go-national/article3207395.ece|title=Student Police Cadet project to go national|date=24 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|last1=Haridas|first1=Anand}}</ref> This programme is planned for expansion throughout India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spcgujarat.org/Eng/WhtSPC.aspx|title=SPC|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/state-to-replicate-kerala-s-student-police-cadet-project/article1-1135417.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120090957/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/state-to-replicate-kerala-s-student-police-cadet-project/article1-1135417.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2013|title=State to replicate Kerala's Student Police Cadet project|date=15 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>


As Kozhikode City Police Commissioner, Vijayan initiated the Our Responsibility to Children (ORC) project to address the increasing socially deviant behaviour among adolescents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Kozhikode-police-project-for-children-to-be-extended/articleshow/16510170.cms|title=Kozhikode police project for children to be extended|newspaper=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> The success of the project prompted Government of Kerala to take it up in all districts, under the aegis of the Kerala Social Security Mission.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/ORC-project-to-be-extended-to-all-districts/2013/04/30/article1568430.ece?service=print|title=ORC project to be extended to all districts|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref>
As Kozhikode City Police Commissioner, Vijayan initiated the Our Responsibility to Children (ORC) project to address the increasing socially deviant behaviour among adolescents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Kozhikode-police-project-for-children-to-be-extended/articleshow/16510170.cms|title=Kozhikode police project for children to be extended|newspaper=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> The success of the project prompted Government of Kerala to take it up in all districts, under the aegis of the Kerala Social Security Mission.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/ORC-project-to-be-extended-to-all-districts/2013/04/30/article1568430.ece?service=print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103061432/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/ORC-project-to-be-extended-to-all-districts/2013/04/30/article1568430.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2015|title=ORC project to be extended to all districts|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref>


Vijayan is also founder of the Police Youth Football Academy, a football programme for youth at Thrissur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.asianage.com/football/police-football-academy-kicks-374|title=Police football academy kicks off|website=[[The Asian Age]]}}</ref> He then founded a similar academy at Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballnewsindia.in/m-vijayan-head-kerala-police-football-academy/|title=I.M Vijayan to Head Kerala Police Football Academy - Football News India|date=16 October 2013|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/playing-a-game-that-counts/article3938642.ece|title=Playing a game that counts|date=26 September 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
Vijayan is also founder of the Police Youth Football Academy, a football programme for youth at Thrissur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.asianage.com/football/police-football-academy-kicks-374|title=Police football academy kicks off|website=[[The Asian Age]]}}</ref> He then founded a similar academy at Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballnewsindia.in/m-vijayan-head-kerala-police-football-academy/|title=I.M Vijayan to Head Kerala Police Football Academy - Football News India|date=16 October 2013|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/playing-a-game-that-counts/article3938642.ece|title=Playing a game that counts|date=26 September 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Vijayan is married to Dr Beena IAS, a medical doctor by training and a civil servant (Kerala cadre 1999)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article325124.ece?service=print|title=Steeled to cross all hurdles|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref> by profession, and the couple have two school-going children. In 2008, Vijayan And Beena were recognised as the Model Official Couple by Thrissur-based South Indian Bank Ltd.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/200804108677.htm|title=South Indian Bank Selects D.S.P.Mr.P.Vijayan and District Collector Dr.M.Beena As "Model Official Couple"|agency=India PR Wire}}</ref>
Vijayan is married to Dr M. Beena IAS, a medical doctor by training and a civil servant (Kerala cadre 1999)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article325124.ece?service=print|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103071338/http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article325124.ece?service=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2015|title=Steeled to cross all hurdles|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref> by profession, and the couple have two school-going children. In 2008, Vijayan And Beena were recognised as the Model Official Couple by Thrissur-based South Indian Bank Ltd.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/200804108677.htm|title=South Indian Bank Selects D.S.P.Mr.P.Vijayan and District Collector Dr.M.Beena As "Model Official Couple"|agency=India PR Wire}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Additional director general of police
P. Vijayan IPS
Additional Director General of Police, Intelligence
Chief of State Special Branch
Assumed office
08-10-2024
Director, Kerala Police Academy (KEPA)
In office
2023-2024
Personal details
Born
Puthiyottil Vijayan

(1968-09-25) 25 September 1968 (age 57)
Puthoormadam,
Kunnamangalam,
Kozhikode District,
Kerala,
India
NationalityIndian
Spouse(s)Dr. M.Beena, IAS
Children2
ResidenceThiruvananthapuram, Kerala
EducationMaster's Degrees in crack, Bachelor's Degree in Education
Qualified UGC Lectureship & JRF Exams
Pursuing research for Doctoral Degree in Economics
Alma materZamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut
Government College, Meenchantha, Kozhikode
University of Calicut
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
OccupationDirector, Kerala Police Academy
Awards President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
Police Medal for Meritorious Service
Websitepvijayanips.in

P Vijayan (born 4 February 1968), is the Additional Director General of Police. He is a 1999 batch official of the Indian Police Service. He is currently serving as the intelligence chief of Kerala Police. He is the founder and chief architect of the Student Police Cadet Project And CEEP,[1] a youth development initiative.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

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 third child of seven siblings.

Vijayan studied in High School at Pantheerankavu High School, Kozhikode. When he failed to clear the Secondary School Leaving Certificate 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 soap manufacturing unit and took classes for school children.[2]

Vijayan went on to do an MA and MPhil in economics from Calicut University, and finally passed the Civil Services examination in 1999 to join the IPS.[3]

Career[edit | edit source]

IPS Officer[edit | edit source]

In October 2001 he began his policing career as the Assistant Superintendent of Police (Kanhangad) in Kasaragod District. He has been District Police Chief of several districts including Kasaragod, Thiruvananthapuram Rural, Malappuram, Ernakulam Rural and was the first to have served as Commissioner of Police in all four Commissionerates in the state, viz. Thiruvananthapuram,[4] Kozhikode, Thrissur and Kochi.

Vijayan headed the police organization of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state, as its Police Commissioner.[5][3]

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).

P. Vijayan IPS, speaking at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA, 2013

In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, in particular among youth, he 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.[6]

P Vijayan had held the post of IG of Anti Terrorist Squad and managing director of Kerala Books and Publications Society. later as the IG Training, Kerala Police. and was promoted as the ADGP in 2024. and holds the office of Director, Kerala Police Academy

Investigating officer[edit | edit source]

A Kerala cadre police official, Vijayan led the teams that investigated the Kalamassery Bus Burning case,[7] the Sabarimala Thanthri case,[8] the Chelembra bank robbery,[9] and the email threat case against the Prime Minister of India.[10]

Contributions[edit | edit source]

Vijayan's community initiatives include a Police Call Centre at Kozhikode,[11][12] and Pink Autos programme in Thiruvananthapuram for safe travel by women.[13][14] He also initiated an innovative "Punyam Poonkavanam" [15] project to promote waste cleanup at the Sabarimala pilgrimage site[16][17][18] and a Traffic Safety & Learning Centre at Thrissur,[19] and School Protection Groups.[20]

In August 2005, Vijayan, as Commissioner of Police, Kochi City, constituted a team of "Shadow Police" as the first of its kind in the State. Subsequently, such units have been formed and are functional in Kozhikode, Thrissur and Trivandrum.[21] He also initiated the State Temple anti-Theft Squad in Kerala.[22]

In acknowledgement of his efforts to promote a drug-free community, Vijayan was awarded a fellowship in 2013 to attend the Global Tobacco Control Leadership Programme at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Institute for Public Health in Washington DC, USA.[23] Subsequently, Vijayan has been designated as state coordinator to lead the statewide school-level anti-drug abuse campaign of Government of Kerala, viz. "Safe Campus Clean Campus"[24][failed verification]

Youth initiatives[edit | edit source]

Student Police Cadets with P.Vijayan IPS

Early in his professional career, Vijayan realised that it was necessary for police to connect with youth in a healthy and positive manner. This would not only create a good image of the police in young minds, but also channel the adolescent fascination with authority in a positive and productive manner.[25]

Thus, Vijayan launched a Student Police Cadet Project in August 2010 in 127 schools across Kerala, with 11,176 students - both boys and girls - enrolled as Cadets (G.O (P) No 121/2010/Home dtd 29-05-2010). The project has now been expanded to a statewide network of 433 schools with a combined strength of nearly 35,000 SPCs, being trained by over 850 existing teachers and nearly 1,500 officers of Kerala Police.[26][27] This programme is planned for expansion throughout India.[28][29]

As Kozhikode City Police Commissioner, Vijayan initiated the Our Responsibility to Children (ORC) project to address the increasing socially deviant behaviour among adolescents.[30] The success of the project prompted Government of Kerala to take it up in all districts, under the aegis of the Kerala Social Security Mission.[31]

Vijayan is also founder of the Police Youth Football Academy, a football programme for youth at Thrissur.[32] He then founded a similar academy at Thiruvananthapuram.[33][34]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Vijayan is married to Dr M. Beena IAS, a medical doctor by training and a civil servant (Kerala cadre 1999)[35] by profession, and the couple have two school-going children. In 2008, Vijayan And Beena were recognised as the Model Official Couple by Thrissur-based South Indian Bank Ltd.[36]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Origin & Growth". studentpolicecadet.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Krishna (27 September 2012). "Meet the modern day role models". The Asian Age.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Life lessons from a police officer who was once a child labourer". Tehelka. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Trivandrum can sleep well- The City Police Commissioner is on the alert". news.entecity.com (Press release). 5 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "New Commissioner Takes Charge". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "പി. വിജയന്‍ ഐ.പി.എസിനു യു.എസില്‍. നിന്നു അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര പുരസ്‌കാരം". 6 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Kerala / Kochi News : Seven being grilled in bus-burning case". The Hindu. 12 September 2005.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "Sobha John, 10 others convicted in tantri case". The Times of India. 8 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Dhoom-inspired gang found guilty". The Times of India. 26 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Email threat to PM, Prez; 3 held". The Times of India. 28 October 2006.
  11. ↑ "'Police Call Centre', launched, Kerala - Mathrubhumi English News Online". Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Police to set up call centre". The Hindu. 28 July 2010.
  13. ↑ "സ്ത്രീകള്‍ക്കായി ഇനി പിങ്ക് ഓട്ടോ". mathrubhuminews.in.
  14. ↑ "Kerala's first women friendly auto rickshaws to be inaugurated in Trivandrum". 2 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "WireNews.in - INDIA".
  16. ↑ "Cleaning Sabarimala becoming a collective responsibility". The Hindu. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  17. ↑ "Sabarimala sets a model for sustainable waste treatment". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  18. ↑ "Error 404 - Not found". Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "TRAFFIC EDUCATION & ROAD SAFETY CENTRE | Changemakers". Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "School Protection Groups to be extended to more schools in city". The Hindu. 23 June 2012.
  21. ↑ "Shadow Police complete a year". The Hindu. 15 May 2012.
  22. ↑ "Temple-theft gang busted". The Hindu. 20 March 2013.
  23. ↑ "Police Commissioner selected for fellowship". The Hindu. 15 June 2013.
  24. ↑ "Message of State Coordinator, Clean Campus Safe Campus project". Archived from the original on 14 June 2017.
  25. ↑ "'Man making is our mission, Crime-free society our ambition'". APN News. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
  26. ↑ "Student Police Cadet, a success story - T. Satisan". The Sunday Indian.
  27. ↑ Haridas, Anand (24 March 2012). "Student Police Cadet project to go national". The Hindu.
  28. ↑ "SPC".
  29. ↑ "State to replicate Kerala's Student Police Cadet project". The Hindustan Times. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013.
  30. ↑ "Kozhikode police project for children to be extended". Times of India.
  31. ↑ "ORC project to be extended to all districts". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  32. ↑ "Police football academy kicks off". The Asian Age.
  33. ↑ "I.M Vijayan to Head Kerala Police Football Academy - Football News India". 16 October 2013.
  34. ↑ "Playing a game that counts". The Hindu. 26 September 2012.
  35. ↑ "Steeled to cross all hurdles". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  36. ↑ "South Indian Bank Selects D.S.P.Mr.P.Vijayan and District Collector Dr.M.Beena As "Model Official Couple"" (Press release). India PR Wire.
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