IPS Officer Shaik Darvesh Saheb Appointed As New DGP Of Kerala

Dr V Venu, Additional Secretary of Home Department appointed as the new chief secretary of Kerala.

Saheb was previously DGP of Prisons and Correctional Services.

IPS officer Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb appointed as the new DGP of Kerala. Dr V Venu, Additional Secretary of Home Department to be the new chief secretary of Kerala.

IPS officer Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb (in file pic) appointed as the new DGP of Kerala.

Dr V Venu, Additional Secretary of Home Department to be the new chief secretary of Kerala. pic.twitter.com/yDXLJ6RcBj

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2023

 

Saheb was previously DGP of Prisons and Correctional Services. He has also served as the Additional Director General of Police (Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau) and ADGP (Crimes). He belongs to the 1990 Kerala cadre of IPS officers. 

Venu is an IAS officer in the 1990 batch and was in charge of the home and environment departments.  

Dr Venu was also a former Secretary of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Kerala and Joint Secretary, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was during the tenure of Dr Venu as the Museum’s Director General that the National Museum in Delhi underwent a structural and organizational transformation, said Kerala Tourism website. 

Dr Venu also played a major role in the Incredible India campaign during his time in the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. 

He has contributed to the vision of Rural and Responsible Tourism initiatives and IT services were enabled for the promotion of tourism in the state.

(More details are awaited)