Stephen Raveendra

Muthyala Stephen Raveendra (ముత్యాల స్టీఫెన్ రవీంద్ర ) (born 14 February 1973^[3])^[1] is the present Police commissioner of Cyberabad Metropolitan Police^[7] since from 25 August 2021. He was earlier, Inspector General of Police^[7] of West Zone (Hyderabad and Nizamabad Ranges)^[12] also holding full additional charge^[12] as Deputy Inspector General of Police (Hyderabad Range)^[7]

IGP M. Stephen Raveendra IPS
Born	Mutyala Stephen Raveendra 14 February,^[1] 1973^[2] Andhra Pradesh
Education	B. Sc.^[3] (Osmania) - 1994, M. Sc. (Osmania) - 1996^[3]
Alma mater	St. Paul's High School, Hyderabad, Nizam College, Hyderabad, University College of Science, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Secunderabad
Known for	Uprightness and impeccable track record
Spouse	Smt. Vineela-Raveendra
Relatives	Prof. M. Theophilus (Grandfather) Sri M. B. Ranjit (Father)^[4]
Police career
Country	India
Department	Indian Police Service officer (19991022)
Service years	1999^[3] -
Rank	Inspector General of Police,^[6]^[7]
Badge no.	19991022^[5]
Awards	2004, Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak,^[3] 2005, Police Medal for Gallantry,^[8]^[3] 2010, Prime Minister's Police Medal for Life Saving^[9] 2016, President's Police Medal^[10]

Raveendra is a 1999 batch Regular Recruit (52RR) of the Indian Police Service who got trained at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, India and was inducted into the IPS on 20 September 1999.^[1] Raveendra was the West Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City Police.^[13] and was DIG in the elite special forces of Greyhounds.^[14] In 2015,^[15] Raveendra was a resource person at the Strategic Gaming Exercise on Left Wing Extremism held by the United Service Institution, New Delhi.^[15]

Early life, schooling and collegiate studies

Officer Raveendra is the son of an illustrious Police Officer^[16] DSP M. B. Ranjit^[16] who earlier retired as the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Asifnagar Division, Hyderabad City Police. Raveendra was schooled at St. Paul's High School,^[17] Little Flower Junior College^[16] and Nizam College,^[3][16] all in Hyderabad. He passed out of Nizam College in 1994^[3] and then entered the portals of Department of Zoology at the University College of Science, Osmania University. There were learned Entomologists comprising Professors S.S.Thakur, B. Julius Divakar, P. Judson, B. Kishen Rao and others. Stephen was enthused by Entomology and specialized in it and passed out of the learned portals of the University in 1996.^[3]

After post-graduate studies at Department of Zoology,^[3] Osmania University^[16] where he received a gold medal in Zoology, he cleared the Union Public Service Commission entrance and opted for IPS and underwent training at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.^[1]

Career

Raveendra's initial posting was in Warangal District where he was groomed^[18] by Damodar Gautam Sawang, then the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Warangal Range.^[19] Incidentally, Noel Swaranjit Sen happened to be the Director General and Inspector General of Police of Andhra Pradesh when Raveendra was in Warangal District.^[20] The colleagueship of Swaranjit-Sawang-Stephen^[21] helped in containing the terrorist tactics of Naxalites.

In the past sometime in 2019, it was indicated that Stephen Raveendra has been tipped^[22] to be the new Intelligence Chief of Andhra Pradesh w.e.f 30 May.^[23] Moves by the incumbent Chief Minister, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy to his neighbouring counterpart, K. Chandrashekar Rao point towards this direction and steps seem to have been made at the Centre to quickly move the files and get the Officer on deputation from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh.^[24]

Achievements

So far in Raveendra's career he has encountered Naxalism^[25] (as SP-in-Warangal), Factionalism^[26] (as SP-in-Anantapur), Corruption^[27] (as SP-in-Karimnagar), Regionalism^[28] (as DCP-in-East Zone) and eradicated drugs from Hyderabad city.^[29] (as DCP-in-West Zone)

The areas under the jurisdiction of West Zone are in the news due to frequent arrests of persons possessing drugs.^[30] The problem of drugs is under current debate so much that the former Commissioner of Police, A. K. Khan, even addressed a seminar conducted at the Centre for Economic Studies in Hyderabad on the topic "War on Drugs"^[31] where Officer Raveendra was also present .Mr.Raveendra in a dare-devil act of self-less courage saved the lives of 61 patients who were trapped in a fire accident^[32] in a hospital for which he was awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Life saving Medal. Likewise, he was awarded Gallantry medal for high-risk anti-extremist operations.

Parallels may be drawn between the colleagueship of Commissioner of Police A. K. Khan and Deputy Commissioner of Police Raveendra to Mumbai's then Commissioner of Police Julio Francis Ribeiro and Deputy Commissioner of Police Y. C. Pawar who also waged a war on drugs during their tenures in the mid eighties.^[33]

Police appointments
Preceded by V. C. Sajjanar^[12]	Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad Metropolitan Police^[12] 25 August 2021-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Akun Sabharwal^[7]	Inspector General of Police, West Zone and ^[7] Deputy Inspector General of Police (Full additional charge)^[7] Hyderabad Range^[35] 24 March 2017-25 August 2021	Succeeded by Y. Nagi Reddy^[34]
Preceded by T. V. Shashidhar Reddy^[36]^[37]	Joint Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad West^[37] 28 June 2016^[37]-24 March 2017	Succeeded by Shahnawaz Qasim
Preceded by G. Pala Raju^[38]	Group Commander, Greyhounds 20 November 2012^[39]-2016^[40]	Succeeded by Tarun Joshi^[7]
Preceded by C. Ravi Varma	Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, Hyderabad City Police 18 January 2010–20 November 2012^[39]	Succeeded by G. Sudheer Babu^[39]
Preceded by	Deputy Commissioner of Police, East Zone, Hyderabad City Police 30 July 2009–18 January 2010^[28]	Succeeded by Mahesh Chandra Laddha
Preceded by Vikram Singh Mann^[41]	Superintendent of Police, Karimnagar District^[43] 25 June 2009–30 July 2009^[44]	Succeeded by N. Sivasankar Reddy^[42]
Preceded by	Superintendent of Police, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh's Security Group,^[45] 25 March 2008 – 25 June 2009	Succeeded by
Preceded by Sanjay Kumar Jain	Superintendent of Police, Anantapur District^[46] 17 September 2006–24 March 2008^[47]	Succeeded by Murgesh Kumar Singh
Preceded by K.Srinivasa Reddy	Superintendent of Police, Warangal District^[48] 29 December 2004 – 16 September 2006	Succeeded by Soumya Mishra
Preceded by M. M. Bhagawat^[49]	Additional Superintendent of Police, Bellampally,^[50] Adilabad District –29 December 2004	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Assistant Superintendent of Police, Parkal, Warangal District 1999–	Succeeded by

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