B. Sandhya

B. Sandhya
IPS
Born (1963-05-25) 25 May 1963 (age 63)
Palai, Kottayam, Kerala
OccupationPolice officer
Years active1988 – 2023
SpouseMadhu Kumar
Children1
Parents
  • S. Bharathadas
  • Karthyayani Amma

B. Sandhya (born May 25, 1963) is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service and a former Director General of the Kerala Fire and Rescue Services, Home Guard, and Civil Defence. She is also known for her literary contributions which have won her a number of awards including the Edasseri Award in 2007. She retired from the service with the rank of Director General of Police on May 31, 2023.

Early life

Sandhya was born on 25 May 1963 to Bharathadas and Karthyayani Amma at Palai in the Kottayam district of Kerala.

Sandhya is married to K. Madhukumar, the former Controller of Examinations, University of Kerala. The couple has a daughter, Hyma.

Education

Sandhya studied at St. Antony's Girls' High School in Alappuzha and at Sacred Heart Girls' High School, Bharananganam. She then completed her M.Sc. in Zoology from Alphonsa College, Palai.

She was trained in Human Resources Management at Wollongong University, Australia, and passed the PGDBA course from Pondicherry University. She then earned her Ph.D. from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Her dissertation was entitled "The Accessibility of Women to the Criminal Justice System and Customer Orientation of Police Personnel Towards Women."

Career

Sandhya started her career as Project Officer at Matsyafed (Kerala State Co-operative Fisheries Federation) from where she joined the Indian Police Service, after passing the Indian Civil Services Examination in 1988. She served as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Shornur, Joint Superintendent of Police, Alathur, Superintendent of Police, CBCID, Kannur, District Superintendent of Police, Kollam and Thrissur, Asst. Inspector General of Police, Headquarters, Thiruvananthapuram, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Crime Investigation, Southern Range, Thiruvananthapuram. Inspector General of Police Central Zone, Ernakulam. From 2013 Sandhya holds the post of Additional Director General of Police.

Police Service

InsigniaDesignationUnit Name
Director-GeneralKerala Fire and Rescue Services (January, 2021-May, 2023 )
ADGP(Training) &

Director, KEPA

 Kerala Police Academy (2018-2020)
ADGP South Zone (2016-2017)
ADGP Modernisation (2015)
ADGP Armed Police Battalions (2013-2015)
IG CBCID EOW CSO (2012)
IG Thrissur Range (2011)
IG Ernakulam Range(2010)
IG Traffic (2009)
IG Apbn. & Traffic (2007-2009)
DIG Thrissur Range (2005-2006)
DIG CBCID (2001-2005)
AIG PHQ (1999-2001)
SP Kollam (1994-1995) & (1998-1999)
Training in

Australia

 University of Wollongong (3 months)
SP Thrissur (1996-1998)
SP Kollam (1995 & 1998-1999)
SP CBCID (1993-1994)
AAIG PHQ (One month)
ASP & JSP Alathur (1992-1993)
ASP Shornur (1991-1992)

Significant contributions

Awards

Investigating officer

In 2006, Sandhya was involved in the investigation into allegations of sexual assault made against former Kerala Public Works minister P. J. Joseph. In 2009, Sandhya implemented The Janamaithri Suraksha Project (the Community Policing Project of Kerala), a successful model of Community Policing. She has also served as a member of the Micro Mission 02 project of the Bureau of Police Research & Development and in 2016, she led the investigation team in the Jisha murder case.

Awards and honours

In 2010, the International Association of Women Police (IAWP), based in the US, awarded Sandhya the International Scholarship of Distinction. In 2006, the Kerala Police awarded Sandhya the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Her novel Neelakoduveliyude Kavalkkari won the Edasseri Award in 2007, and the work Attakkilikunnile Athbhudangal won the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award in 2012 in children's literature category. She also received the Gopalakrishnan Kolazhi Award-2001, Kunjunni Puraskaram-2013, E.V Krishnapillai Sahithya Puraskaram-2019, and Punaloor Balan Puraskaram-2019.[citation needed]

Literary and creative work

Sandhya has published many books of literature and several research papers in police science. In addition, Sandhya edited Impressions, a Short History of Kerala Police, published by the Director General of Police, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. She also conceptualised a website, Kerala Police History

Literary publications (Malayalam)

Children's Literature

  • Tharatthu (The Lullabies) – 1999, Saindhava Books
  • Balavadi (The Nursery) – 2001, State Institute of Children's Literature. Won the Kolazhi Gopalakrishna Panikker memorial children's literature award.
  • Kattarente Koottukari (Forest river my friend) – 2007, Poorna Publications
  • Ethra Nalla Ammu (Ammu, how nice she is), Won Kunjunni Puraskaram 2013
  • Attakkilikunnile Athbhudangal (The Wonders in the Sparrow Hill) – 2009, Novel, SPCS, Kottayam. Won Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award – 2012

Collection of poems

  • Ranthal Vilakku (The lantern) – 2002, current Books, Kottayam
  • Neermaruthile Uppan (Greater coucal on the tree of Neermaruth) – 2004, Saindhava Books, Kollam
  • Chempakam Nee Madangippokalle (Oh ! Chempa tree, Do not Return) -2013, SPCS, Kottayam
  • Selected Poems of B.Sandhya – 2013, DC Books
  • Sakthi Seetha - 2020, Mathrubhumi Books

Novels

  • Neelakkoduvelitude Kavalkkari (The Protectress of Neelakkoduveli) – 2006, Mathrubhumi Books
  • Ithihasathinte Ithalukal (Petals of the Epic) – 2015, Mathrubhumi Books.

Articles

  • Oru Punchiri Mattullavarkkayi,(Collection of articles)-2021, Sign Books.
  • Mahapralayam,(കേരളം നേരിട്ട പ്രളയദുരന്തത്തിൽ സമാനതകളില്ലാത്തവിധം രക്ഷാപ്രവർത്തനം നടത്തിയ കേരളപോലീസിന്റെ ഇടപെടലുകളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള പഠനം)-2022, Mathrubhumi Books

References

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  7. 1 2 3 "2010 Award Recipients". International Association of Women Police. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
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  13. ↑ "Jisha rape and murder: ADGP B Sandhya to head investigation team". The News Minute. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Police Medal Winners". Kerala Police. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "അബുദാബി ശക്തി അവാര്‍ഡ് സമര്‍പ്പണം വ്യാഴാഴ്ച". ePathram. 18 October 2012. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Award for B Sandhya". The New Indian Express. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "KPA expects changes in police force". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006.
  18. ↑ Tharattu (in Malayalam).
  19. ↑ Kattarente koottukari (in Malayalam).
  20. ↑ Attakkilikkunnile adbhuthangal (in Malayalam).
  21. ↑ Ranthal vilakku (in Malayalam).
  22. ↑ Neermaruthile uppan (in Malayalam).
  23. ↑ Chempakam nee matangippokalle (in Malayalam).
  24. ↑ Thiranhedutha kavithakal (in Malayalam).
  25. ↑ ശക്തി സീത. 31 January 2020.
  26. ↑ നീലക്കൊടുവേലിയുടെ കാവൽക്കാരി. 27 September 2017.
  27. ↑ ഇതിഹാസത്തിന്റെ ഇതളുകൾ. 27 September 2017.

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