Lokanath Behera
Indian Police Service officer
Loknath Behera (born 17 June 1961) is a retired Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officer. He was state police chief and director general of police of the Kerala State Police, and is the former director of Vigilance in the state of Kerala, after T. P. Senkumar IPS was reappointed as the Kerala state police chief and director general of police following the verdict of the honorable Supreme Court of India. Behera is from Odisha. He was one of the founding members of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He was also instrumental in modernizing the Kerala police, equipping it with modern vehicles and state-of-the-art small arms and non-lethal weaponry.
He was reappointed as managing director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited on 28 August 2021 by the government of Kerala.
On 30 August 2026, his term as Managing Director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited ended.
Education
Behera holds a master's degree in geology from Utkal University.
Career
Behera was appointed to the IPS in 1985 and is a part of the Kerala cadre. He started his career as an ASP, in Kerala and also served as Commissioner of Police in Kochi and DCP in Thiruvananthapuram.
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