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{{Indian name|Jacob|Punnoose}}
[[File:Jacob_Punnoose_IPS.jpg | thumb | right | alt=Jacob Punnoose | Jacob Punnoose]]
'''Jacob Punnoose''' was the [[Director General of Police]] (DGP) of [[Kerala]] and the State Police Chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&id=3652&linkid=27|title=Kerala Police Women's Cell: DGP Jacob Punnoose switches on the camera for a documentary film on atrocities against women and children, Vanchiyoor police station|date=18 June 2008|work=keralaevents.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144407/http://www.keralaevents.com/KeralaEventsDetail-27/KERALA+POLICE+WOMENS+CELL+DGP+JACOB+PUNNOOSE+SWITCHES+ON+THE+CAMERA+FOR+A+DOCUMENTARY+FILM+ON+ATROCITIES+AGAINST+WOMEN+AND+CHILDREN+VANCHIYOOR+POLICE+STATION+930+AM.html?event_type=L&id=3652&linkid=27|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He retired on 31 August 2012 after serving more than 35 years in the Indian Police Service and in Kerala Police. He was succeeded by Sri K.S.Balasubramanian IPS as the State Police Chief on 1 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|title=State Police Chief's Message|first=Jacob|last=Punnoose|website=Kerala Police|date=29 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829180105/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/dg_msg.html|archive-date=29 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 31 January 2018 he became Executive Director of [[Pushpagiri Medical College]].<ref name="catholicate">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholicate.net/news/shri-jacob-punnoose-rtd-dgp-the-new-executive-director-of-pushpagiri-medical-college/553|title=Shri. Jacob Punnoose (Rtd. DGP), the new Executive Director of Pushpagiri Medical College|website=www.catholicate.net|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> He is Secretary of the Pastoral Council in the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum(Thiruvananthapuram).<ref name="catholicate" />

== Education ==
He had his education in Government U.P.S. [[Thekkekara, Kerala|Thekkekkara]] ([[Mavelikara]]), P C High School ([[Ranni, Kerala|Ranni]]), S C High School (Ranni), [[St. Xavier's College, Thumba]] ([[Thiruvananthapuram]]), University College (Thiruvananthapuram) and [[Cochin University]].

== Career ==
He became the City Police Commissioner of [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Kozhikode]], Joint Excise Commissioner, Zonal IG of Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, Intelligence [[Inspector General of Police|IG]], Additional DGP (Training) and Intelligence DGP.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jacob Punnoose |author= |website=Indian Police Foundation |date=27 November 2008 |url= https://www.policefoundationindia.org/our-people/ipf-members/jacob-punnoose |language=en }}</ref> He was the Vigilance Director.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|title=Ministerial Chart 8_7_08|publisher=keravigilance.org|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215722/http://www.keralavigilance.org/pdfs/ministerialchart8_7_08.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the chairman Kerala Police Act Review Committee.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|title=The Kerala Police Act 2008 (draft)|author=The Police Act Review Committee
|publisher=keralapolice.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209083815/http://www.keralapolice.org/newsite/pdfs/police_act2008.pdf|date=6 June 2008|archive-date=9 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was appointed DGP of [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] in [[Kerala]] on 26 November 2008. He was a member of 1975 IPS Batch.

== Personal life ==
He belongs to the Kurudamannil family. Rebecca is his wife. The couple have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurudamannil.co.uk/kurumpelil.htm|title=Kurudamannil Kurumpelil|website=www.kurudamannil.co.uk}}</ref>

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