Name Mr. K.

Radhakrishnan
Date of Birth 21st July, 1958

Educational qualification
Name of Year of Subject Institution / university Grade/
the course study Class
B.Sc Chemistry Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal First Class
College, Sivakasi. with
distinction
Ph.D. October University of Madras
2009
Position Held Past Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)-Civil Supplies, CID, Tamil Nadu
June 2011 - February 2016

Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) - Law and Order, Tamil Nadu
May 2009 – May 2011

Commissioner of Police, Chennai

November 2008 – May 2009

ADGP-Civil Supplies, CID, Tamil Nadu

September 2008- November 2008

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) -Law and Order, Tamil Nadu

2006- 2008

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) -Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Chennai

2002-2006

Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) –

Police Training College Chennai, Tamil Nadu

2001- 2002

Commissioner of Police - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

1998-2001

Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Trichy

1997-1998

Superintendent of Police, Vellore

1995-1997

Superintendent of Police, Chengalpattu

1994-1995

Superintendent of Police, Dharmapuri

1993-1994

Superintendent of Police, Sivagangai

1991-1993

Superintendent of Police, Tuticorin1990-1991

Superintendent of Police, Ramanathapuram

1988-1990

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) - Dindigul, Tamil Nadu

1986-1988

Present Director General of Police - Civil Supplies CID, Tamil Nadu

16 February 2016 – present
 In the course of his duty as Superintendent of Police, Vellore District, Dr. K.
Radhakrishnan was awarded the Gandhi Adigal Police Medal for eradication
Awards and rewards of illicit liquor menace in his region. Assuming role as the Commissioner of
Police of Coimbatore City in the immediate aftermath of the Serial Blasts of
1998 and in partnership with civil society, Radhakrishnan employed the
philosophy of ‘Community Policing’, which roped in the civil society’s
participation to fight communalism. This resulted in him being conferred
with the ‘Community Policing Award’ in 2002 by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Alexandria, VA, United States.
Later on he developed a model on ‘Communal Relations Management’
which won him the ‘Queen’s Award for Innovation in Police Training and
Development’ in 2004. During his stint as the Deputy Inspector General of
Police in the Police Training College Chennai, Radhakrishnan worked on a
project report that detailed into enhancing the roles of the women police
officers, which won him recognition by the Queen’s Award Panel once
again. He was awarded the ‘Queen’s Award for Innovation in Police
Training and Development’ in 2002. This project was then successfully
implemented in the Police Training College, Chennai.
He was awarded the President’s Police Medal in 1999 for "Distinguished
Service" during his stint as the Commissioner of Police in Coimbatore, for
his efforts towards restoring peace and harmony in the city that was left
dilapidated post the blasts.