Shankar Jiwal is a police officer of the 1990-batch Tamil Nadu cadre of the Indian Police Service (IPS). He has served in various capacities in the Tamil Nadu Police and became the Commissioner of Police of Tamil Nadu on July 1, 2023.
Wiki/Biography
Shankar Jiwal was born on Saturday, August 14, 1965, in Almora, Uttarakhand, India (57 years; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Leo. He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) (now Delhi Technological University) in 1987. He then studied for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration). Chennai, and received his Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering (MSIE) from Anna University, Chennai. He later pursued a career in the Indian police force.
Shankar Jiwal in the 1990s (in red shirt)
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′0″
Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
Eye color: black
family
He was born into a middle-class Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
wife and children
His wife’s name is Mamta Sharma Jiwal. The couple has two daughters.
religion
He believes in Hinduism.
Profession
He passed the UPSC examination in 1990 and was posted to the Tamil Nadu cadre of the Indian Police Service (IPS) on September 15, 1991. He was appointed as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Mannargudi in 1993, Salem District Superintendent of Police in 1995 and ADC to the then Governor of Tamil Nadu in 1996. He became the Madurai District Superintendent of Police in 1999, the Superintendent of Police and Regional Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Chennai in 2000. In 2004, he served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and Chief of Police (CoP) of Trichy City.
Shankar Jiwal’s early career
He was appointed as DIG, Intelligence Wing II, Chennai in 2008, as Director General of Intelligence Police (IGP), Chennai in 2011 and as IGP, Special Task Force (STF), Erode, in 2011. In 2015, he served as the Director General of Police (ADGP), Erode STF, and in 2021, he served as the DGP and CoP of Greater Chennai Police. He assumed office as DGP of Tamil Nadu on July 1, 2023. He also held other important positions including the IGP Internal Security Wing and set up the Organized Crime Intelligence Unit in Tamil Nadu. He is credited with acquiring modern, state-of-the-art surveillance tools for the Tamil Nadu police.
Shankar Jiwal (far left) heads Tamil Nadu DGP
Awards
- Presidential Police Medal for Meritorious Service (PMMS) 2007
- Presidential Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPMDS) 2019
Facts/Trivia
- He enjoys studying Vedic literature and hiking outdoors in his spare time.
- He also worked with SAIL and BHEL before joining IPS.
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