K Vijay Kumar | |
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| Born | Krishnan Vijay Kumar 15 September 1952 |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College |
| Police career | |
| Country | India |
| Department | Indian Police Service |
| Service years | 1975 - 2012 |
| Status | Retired |
| Rank |  Director General of Police |
| Awards |  President’s Police Medal for Gallantry  President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service  Police Medal for Meritorious Service Counter Insurgency Medal Jammu & Kashmir Medal |
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K Vijay Kumar, IPS (born 15 September 1952), is a retired IPS officer. He was the chief of the Special Task Force of Tamil Nadu that was involved in the death of the Veerappan during Operation Cocoon of 2004. He had also been the senior advisor to Home Ministry for the Left Wing Extremism areas. He served as the Advisor to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir[1] with Home, Forest, Ecology & Environment, Health & Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Hospitality & Protocol, Civil Aviation, Estates and Information portfolios.[2] Currently he has joined back as senior security adviser in Ministry of Home Affairs in December 2018.
- ^ PTI (6 December 2019). "K Vijay Kumar is senior security advisor in Union Home Ministry". @businessline. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Present Advisors to Governor". Government of Jammu and Kashmir. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.