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{{short description|Indian Police officer}}
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{{Infobox police officer  
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| name             = Manoj Abraham
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
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| department       = Police Department
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1971|6|3}}
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| birth_place      = [[Kottayam Melukavu]], [[Kerala]], India
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| allegiance       = [[Indian Police Service]]
| serviceyears     = 27<!--He is a 1994 batch IPS Officer-->
| rank             = [[Additional Director General of Police]]
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| spouse           = Shyno
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'''Manoj Abraham''' (born 3 June 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dtf.in/wp-content/files/Indian_Police_Service_IPS_-_Civil_List_2014.htm|title=IPS : Query Result(s)|website=Disciplinary & Transparency Forum}}</ref> is the current [[Additional Director General of Police]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] Range. He has the additional charge of ADGP, State Crime Records Bureau and Nodal Officer of Kerala Police CyberDome.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/key-postings-made-in-kerala-police/article32547594.ece |title=Key postings made in Kerala Police|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |date=8 September 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Award">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kerala-adgp-manoj-abraham-bags-tech-leadership-award/1973655|title=Kerala ADGP Manoj Abraham bags tech leadership award|website=[[Outlook India]]}}</ref>

==Career==

Abraham joined the [[Indian Police Service]] as an officer in 1994, drawn on the Kerala Cadre. His first post was [[assistant superintendent]] of [[Kerala Police|Police]] in the [[Adoor]] and [[Kasaragod]] sub-divisions. After being promoted in 1998, he was posted in [[Pathanamthitta district]] and [[Kollam district]]. He was subsequently transferred to [[Kannur]] for four years, and then to [[Kerala Police]] Headquarters as Assistant Inspector General of Police. He worked for seven years as the [[Police commissioner|Commissioner of Police]] for [[Kochi|Cochin]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. Abraham also holds the position of Nodal Officer in the [[Kerala Police]] 'Cyber Dome'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polcyb.org/bod/manoj.html|title=Manoj Abraham|website=www.polcyb.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Manoj-Abraham-a-no-nonsense-officer/article15153451.ece|title=Manoj Abraham, a no-nonsense officer|date=30 January 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://egov.eletsonline.com/2016/02/tryst-with-technology/|title=Tryst with Technology - eGov Magazine|date=29 February 2016|website=Elets}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/disproportionate-assets-of-ig-manoj-abraham-kerala-hc-quashes-vigilance-courts-order/articleshow/59743464.cms|title=Manoj Abraham: 'Disproportionate' assets of IG Manoj Abraham: Kerala HC quashes vigilance court's order &#124; Kochi News|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/manoj-abraham-steps-down-as-secretary-as-rift-within-ips-association-widens-police-officers-dgp-behera-1.2114247|title=Manoj Abraham steps down as Secretary as rift within IPS Association widens|newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]]}}</ref> Currently he is serving as [[Additional director general of police|ADGP]] in Kerala.<ref name="Award">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kerala-adgp-manoj-abraham-bags-tech-leadership-award/1973655|title=Kerala ADGP Manoj Abraham bags tech leadership award|website=[[Outlook India]]}}</ref>

==Awards and recognitions==
Abraham has received awards for community policing initiatives and traffic reforms:

{{Awards table|3}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| Vocational Excellence Award
| Rotary International
| 
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| International Community Policing Award 
| International Association of Chiefs of Police, USA
| {{won}}
| 
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Excellence-award/article16473621.ece |title=Excellence award|date=11 November 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2010
| Significant Achievement Award
| Rotary International
| {{won}}
| Notes
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Excellence-award/article16473621.ece |title=A Gift for Traffic Personnal|date=18 August 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
| Man of the Decade Award
| People's Forum of Kochi
| {{won}}
| For effective crime control and successful management of law and order in Kochi.
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Excellence-award/article16473621.ece |title=Award presented to Manoj Abraham|date=23 January 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
| Police Medal for meritorious service.
| [[Law enforcement in India]]
| {{won}}
| By the Indian President
|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/aug/15/presidents-medal-for-18-cops-from-kerala-281694.html |title=President’s Medal for 18 cops from Kerala|date=15 August 2011|newspaper=[[New Indian Express]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| Technology Leadership award
| Kerala Management Association
| {{won}}
| By the Indian President
|<ref name="Award"/>
{{end}}

==Published works==
*In 2012, Abraham co-edited the book ''Global Community Policing - Problems and Prospects'', published by CRC Press. {{ISBN|9781439884164}}

==References==
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