Dhanushkodi Sivanandhan | |
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Director General of Police, Maharashtra | |
In office 14 June 2009 – 2011 | |
Preceded by | Hasan Gafoor |
Personal details | |
Born | Pollachi, Coimbatore |
Nationality | Indian |
Residence | Mumbai |
Occupation | Law enforcement & Social Worker |
Known for | Police Commissioner of Mumbai |
D. Sivanandhan is the former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, promoted as part of the aftermath of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. He is India's one of the most well-known and highly regarded Indian Police Service (IPS) 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 headed by Mr. Naresh Chandra IAS, former Cabinet Secretary, in the National Security Council Secretariat, he helped in restructuring India's internal and external security provisions in 2012.
During his tenure as joint CP Crime Mumbai (1998-2001), he was responsible for neutralising the nefarious activities of underworld headed by notorious criminals like Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Rajan, Arun Gawli and others. He used the power of detention of criminals (1600), mopping up of illegal weapons (2500) and electronic intelligence gathering system. He also helped making a new law called MCOCA and implemented it by arresting notorious criminals.
During his tenure as CP,Nagpur,Thane and Mumbai he helped establishing training centres, schools, canteens, gymnasiums and officers’ club- all with state of the art infrastructure for the welfare of the policemen. He provided the youth of the city an online portal for better communication called copconnect.com and created an online portal for the safety of senior citizens called humarisuraksha.com.
He now runs a nonprofit organisation called Mumbai Roti Bank and has served 11.5 Million meals to the poor since 2018.
He also delivers motivational lectures to the youth on cyber safety, women safety, leadership, organised crime control/mafia control.