Nationality Indian Books Triumph of truth Name D. Karthikeyan | Awards Padma Shri
2010 Religion Hindu | |
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Alma mater Annamalai University
Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai Occupation IPS Officer
Director General, National Human Rights Commission (India)
Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (1998)
Former Special Director General, Central Reserve Police Force Education Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, Annamalai University | ||
D. R. Karthikeyan (Devarayapuram Ramasamy Karthikeyan) is an Indian Police Service Officer from Tamil Nadu, and a former special director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Director General, National Human Rights Commission.
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Personal life
D. R. Karthikeyan was born to an agricultural family in a small village called Devarayapuram in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and Agriculture from the Annamalai University. He worked in the field of agriculture in the ancestral farm of his native village for a year. He also obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the Madras Law College and was enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Madras.
After passing the Combined Competitive Examinations for Senior Civil Services, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1964. Mr. Karthikeyan went through extensive training in that field which included being trained at the National Police Academy in Mount Abu.
Offices held
Karthikeyan has held various offices:
Recognition
Karthikeyan was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution to the field of Indian Civil Service.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
Karthikeyan headed the Special Investigation Team that probed the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. At the invitation of INTERPOL, he made an audiovisual presentation of the investigation before an assembly of top police officers, who commended Mr Karthikeyan for the model investigation.