Preceded by Hasan Gafoor Occupation Law enforcement Residence Mumbai | Nationality Indian Citizenship Indian Name Dhanushyakodi Sivanandan | |
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Known for Police Commissioner of Mumbai |
D. Sivanandhan was the Police Commissioner of Mumbai, promoted as part of the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. He is one of India's most well-known and highly regarded IPS (Indian Police Service) officers. His career spanned multiple high-profile postings over 35 years and he is known for his use of strategy & intelligence to uphold the rule of law.He served as an active member of the special task force in the National Security Council Secretariat, he helped in restructuring India's internal and external national security provisions.During his tenure he was involved in crushing a major part of the underworld and helped establishing training centers, schools, canteens, gymnasiums and officers’ club- all with state of the art infrastructure. He was also responsible for providing the youth of the city an online portal for better communication.
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He was also a member of the special task force in the National Security Council Secretariat (Prime Minister's Office) for revamping India's internal and external national security measures.
Currently, he serves as the chairman of a security investigations and assessments company called Securus First India Pvt. Ltd. and also chairman of MIPL ltd. Very many safe city projects have been done successfully by MIPL ltd recently. Nanded, Aurangabad,Kolhapur are some of the safe cities done by MIPL ltd. He also serves as a Director on the board of RBL Bank
He has also co-authored a National best seller titled "Chanakya"s seven secrets of leadership".
Incidents
Sivanandan was appointed Joint Commissioner (Crime) for Mumbai in the mid-1990s to tackle the growing gang wars in the city. During his tenure the city witnessed 238 "encounters" with gangsters.
He is of the 1976 intake.