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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = D.R Kaarthikeyan
| image =
| office = Central Bureau of Investigation
| order = Director
| term_start = {{start date|1998|01|31|df=y}}
| term_end = {{end date|1998|03|31|df=y}}
| predecessor = R. C. Sharma
| successor = T. N. Mishra (acting)
| birth_date = 2 October 1939
|| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = Civil servant
| alma_mater = [[Annamalai University]]<br>[[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai]]
| awards = {{Awd|[[Padma Shri]]|2010}}
}}

'''Devarayapuram Ramasamy Kaarthikeyan''' is a former [[Indian Police Service]] officer (1964 Batch and Karnataka cadre) from [[Tamil Nadu]], and a former Director of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] and Director General, [[National Human Rights Commission]].

== Personal life ==
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D.R. Kaarthikeyan was born to an agricultural family in a small village called Devarayapuram in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and Agriculture from the Annamalai University. He worked in the field of agriculture in the ancestral farm of his native village for a year. He also obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the [[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai|Madras Law College]] and was enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Madras.

After passing the Combined Competitive Examinations for Senior Civil Services, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1964. Kaarthikeyan went through extensive training in that field which included being trained at the National Police Academy in [[Mount Abu]].

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2021/05/12/former-cbi-officer-who-probed-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-passes-way.html|title=Former CBI officer, who probed Rajiv Gandhi assassination, passes away}}</ref>

==Offices held==
Kaarthikeyan has held various offices:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesnacademy.ac.in/board-of-governors-karthikeyan.html|title=Profile of D.R.Karthikeyan}}</ref>
* Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Bangalore
* Deputy Inspector General of Police, Karnataka State Intelligence Department
* Head of Karnataka State Police Academy
* Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Southern Sector, Hyderabad
* First Secretary in the Embassy of India, Moscow, Russia (1974-1977)
* Embassy of India, Sydney, Australia (1985-1989), promoting Indian exports to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji
* Special Director General, Central Reserve Police Force
* Director, [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (1998)
* Director General, [[National Human Rights Commission]]
* President (Age-Care India, New Delhi)
* President, Foundation for Peace, Harmony and Good Governance

== Recognition ==
Kaarthikeyan was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2010 for his contribution to the field of [[Indian Civil Service]].<ref name="Aamir, Rahman awarded Padma Bhushan">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/Aamir-Rahman-awarded-Padma-Bhushan/Article1-525510.aspx |title=Aamir, Rahman awarded Padma Bhushan |date=March 31, 2010 |accessdate=January 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018053435/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/Aamir-Rahman-awarded-Padma-Bhushan/Article1-525510.aspx |archive-date=October 18, 2012 }}</ref>

== Rajiv Gandhi assassination case ==
Kaarthikeyan headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the [[Rajiv Gandhi assassination]] case.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lifepositive.com/mind/personal-growth/transformation/transformation2-article.asp |title=Transformation - Interviews - D.R. Kaarthikeyan |last=Varughese |first=Suma |work=Life Positive |accessdate=7 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118042245/http://www.lifepositive.com/mind/personal-growth/transformation/transformation2-article.asp |archive-date=18 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/14kar.htm|title=The Rediff Interview/ D R Karthikeyan|date=May 14, 1999|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=7 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1503/15030120.htm |title=A crack investigative team |volume=15 |issue=3 |date=February 7–20, 1998 |work=Frontline |accessdate=7 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418005516/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1503/15030120.htm |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref> At the invitation of [[INTERPOL]], he made an audiovisual presentation of the investigation before an assembly of top police officers, who commended Kaarthikeyan for the model investigation.

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Civil Service}}

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[[Category:Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]

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