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{{Infobox police officer
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| name = K Vijay Kumar
| office =
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| image = The DG, CRPF, Shri K. Vijay Kumar addressing the recruits after reviewing the Passing Out- cum -Attestation Parade of 664 recruits, at RTC – AVADI, CRPF, in Chennai on August 31, 2012 (cropped).jpg
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| currentstatus = 
| department = [[Indian Police Service]]
| nickname = 
| badgenumber = 
| birth_name = Krishnan Vijay Kumar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|9|15}}
| birth_place = 
| death_place = 
| allegiance = 
| service = [[India]]
| serviceyears = 1975 - 2012
| rank = [[File:Director_General_of_Police.png|20px]] [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]]
| awards = [[File:IND President's Police Medal for Gallantry.png|20px]] [[President's Police Medal|President’s Police Medal for Gallantry]] <br> [[File:IND President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.png|20px]] [[President's Police Medal|President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] <br> [[File:IND Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png|20px]] [[President's Police Medal|Police Medal for Meritorious Service]] <br> Counter Insurgency Medal <br> Jammu & Kashmir Medal
| relations = 
| almamater = [[Madras Christian College]]
| laterwork =
* Senior Security Adviser in [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)]]
* Adviser to [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]]
|status=Retired}}
'''K Vijay Kumar''', [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (born 15 September 1952), is a retired [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer. He was the chief of the [[Special Task Force (India)|Special Task Force]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] that was involved in the death of the [[Veerappan]] during [[Operation Cocoon]] of 2004. He had also been the senior advisor to Home Ministry for the Left Wing Extremism areas. Currently he is the advisor to [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/k-vijay-kumar-is-senior-security-advisor-in-union-home-ministry/article30207884.ece|title=K Vijay Kumar is senior security advisor in Union Home Ministry|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> with Home, Forest, Ecology & Environment, Health & Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Hospitality & Protocol, Civil Aviation, Estates and Information portfolios.<ref>{{cite web | title = Present Advisors to Governor| url = http://jammukashmir.nic.in/leftMenu/AdviserToGovnment.aspx |date=1 June 2019| accessdate = 1 July 2019 | website = Government of Jammu and Kashmir}}</ref> He joined back as senior security adviser in Ministry of Home Affairs in December 2019.

==Early life==
Vijay Kumar grew up in Tamil Nadu with five other siblings. His father M. Krishnan Nair was a retired police officer.<ref>https://byjus.com/free-ias-prep/super-cop-k-vijay-kumar-ips/</ref> He has bachelor's and master's degrees in law (BL and ML) from [[Madras University]] and an MBA from [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]] (IGNOU). In 2010, he also earned his master's degree in business law at [[National Law School of India University]], [[Bangalore]].<ref>The Times Of India Bangalore; 6 September 2010; Education Times; Page: 32 ‘Great to be a student again’</ref>
[[File:K Vijay Kumar IPS Passing Out Parred SVPNPA.JPG|thumbnail|K Vijay Kumar]]

==Career==
Vijay Kumar joined the [[Indian Police Service]] on 10 November 1975. He served as [[Assistant superintendent]] in [[Pattukkottai]], [[Trichy]] and Sembiam. As [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]], he served in [[Dharmapuri]] from 1982 to 1983 and Salem from 1983 to 1985. He assisted [[Walter Devaram]] during this tenure. He served from 1985 to 1990 in the Elite [[Special Protection Group]] (SPG) with former Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. In 1990, he was posted as the SP of [[Dindigul district]] followed by [[Vellore district]] in 1991. He dealt with the Bus conductors and drivers strike with a firm hand like a jolly good British officer. In 1991 he along with Sanjay Arora went on to form the Special Security Group (SSG) to provide security to Former Chief Minister [[J. Jayalalithaa]]. In 1997 he was posted as the first [[Inspector General of Police]] for the South Zone of Tamil Nadu after having handled the caste clashes in the southern districts. He served from 1998 to 2000 as the Inspector General, [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) Srinagar during the peak of militancy. He also served as IG (Operations), BSF before being recalled to the state to head the operations to hunt the forest brigand Veerapan. In December 2001, he was appointed [[Commissioner of Police]] for [[Chennai city]]. The highlight of his career came was when he headed the task force operation, [[Operation Cocoon]] in which [[Veerappan]] was killed in October 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title= Veerappan shot dead |url= http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/19/stories/2004101916450100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041020061134/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/19/stories/2004101916450100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 October 2004 |date= 18 October 2004 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 30 September 2013}}</ref>

In 2008, Vijay Kumar was chosen to head the [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]] in [[Hyderabad]].<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/01/stories/2008120159840700.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201173710/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/01/stories/2008120159840700.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-01 |title=Vijay Kumar chosen to head National Police Academy |date=2008-12-01 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/pressrelease/archives/pr2004/pr211004/pr211004.htm |title=Thiru K Vijay Kumar IPS, the Chief of the STF called on the Hon'ble Chief Minister at Secretariat |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |date=2004-10-21 |accessdate=2010-05-24}}</ref> He served as the Director-general of [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF) from 2010 to 2012. In December 2012, the Union government appointed him as Senior Security Adviser in [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] in [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Vijay Kumar appointed Senior Security Adviser in Home Ministry |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vijay-kumar-appointed-senior-security-adviser-in-home-ministry/article4188982.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 12 December 2012 |accessdate= 30 September 2013}}</ref>

In June 2018, Vijay Kumar was appointed as adviser to Governor Vohra, along with Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer [[BVR Subrahmanyam]]. A 1975-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Vijay Kumar had earlier served in the Kashmir Valley as Inspector General of BSF 1998-2001 when the border guarding force was actively involved in the counter-militancy operations. Vijay Kumar was shot to fame when he headed the Special Task Force (STF) for a long-time and strategised operations that culminated in the elimination of the dreaded sandalwood smuggler Veerappan in October 2004. He was appointed as Director General of the world's largest paramilitary force—the CRPF—after naxals killed 75 personnel in Dantewada in 2010. The names of adviser was cleared by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] in [[Government of India]] after the state was put under the Governor's rule.<ref>{{cite news |title= Governor NN Vohra takes charge of Jammu and Kashmir; former top cop Vijay Kumar made his adviser |url= https://www.firstpost.com/india/governor-nn-vohra-takes-charge-of-jammu-and-kashmir-former-top-cop-vijay-kumar-made-his-adviser-4555571.html |publisher= The News Minute |date= 20 June 2018}}</ref>

== Awards and recognitions ==
During his 37 years of service he has been awarded with Jammu & Kashmir Medal, Counter Insurgency Medal, Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1993, [[President's Police Medal|President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] in 1999 and [[President's Police Medal|President’s Police Medal for Gallantry]] on 58th [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] in 2005 (for his role in catching [[Veerappan]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=K Vijay Kumar - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/litfest/litfest-2017/speakers/k-vijay-kumar/articleshow/61103820.cms|access-date=2020-07-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In 2013, Kannada film ''[[Attahasa]]'', also made as ''[[Vana Yuddham]]'' in Tamil, based on the life and death of Veerappan, the role of Vijay Kumar was played by [[Arjun Sarja]], and in 2016 the role was essayed by K. S. Sridhar in [[Killing Veerappan]].

== Book ==
His book '''''Veerappan: Chasing the Brigand''''' ({{ISBN|978-81-291-4530-7}}) gives an account of the rise and fall of [[Veerappan]]. The last section details about the [[Operation Cocoon]].

==References==
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