An officer par excellence: Kerala strongest cop Manoj Abraham awarded President’s Police Medal

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
15:
The
strongest
IPS
officer
in
the
Kerala
police
force
has
been
deservedly
awarded
the
President’s
Police
Medal.
Kerala
cadre
IPS
officer,
Manoj
Abraham
started
his
career
in
1994
as
an
assistant
superintendent
of
police
in
Adoor
and
Kasargod
sub-divisions.

In
1998,
he
was
appointed
as
the
chief
of
police
in
Pathanamthitta
and
Kollam
districts.
Later
he
became
the
SP
of
Kannur
and
it
was
Abraham’s
intervention
that
brought
peace
to
Kannur,
which
was
a
centre
of
political
riots.

He
served
as
Assistant
Inspector
General
in
Police
Headquarters
and
as
City
Police
Commissioner
in
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kochi
among
other
cities.
Abraham
was
the
Commissioner
of
the
Thiruvananthapuram
City
Police
at
the
the
time
the
CI
was
attached
during
a
conflict
in
the
MG
conflict.
He
oversaw
the
police
response
and
finally
in
order
to
withdraw
the
police
action,
the
Zonal
IG
had
to
personally
visit
the
location.
Due
to
his
tenure
as
the
police
commissioner,
the
police
handled
gangsters
in
Kochi
and
Thirunanthapuram.

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Abraham
was
promoted
as
IG
in
2014
had
led
many
police
operations
when
he
was
working
as
as
Thiruvananthapuram
Range
IG.
He
was
promoted
as
ADGP
in
2019.
He
was
then
appointed
to
the
administrative
department
at
the
police
headquarters
and
also
given
the
charge
of
nodal
officer
of
the
Kerala
Police
Cyber
Dome
by
the
state
government.

He
went
on
to
make
the
Cyber
Dome
the
most
powerful
cyber
system
in
the
country
in
the
wake
of
the
rising
number
of
cyber
crimes.
International
conferences
are
held
every
year
under
the
leadership
of
the
Cyber
Dome.
These
conferences
bring
together
experts
and
organisations
working
for
international
cyber
security.
Currently
many
states
are
following
the
Kerala
model.

The
Cyber
Dome
was
part
of
the
Civil
Service
Main
Exam
in
2019
and
in
this
regard
a
10
point
question
appeared
in
the
third
paper
of
the
general
knowledge
exam
examination.
What
is
the
Cyberdome
project,
and
how
useful
is
it
in
combating
Internet
crime
in
India?
This
is
the
question
that
clarifies
the
cyber
domain’s
relevance
in
the
new
age
of
technology.
Cyber
Dome
is
now
collaborating
with
experts
in
the
IT
sector
to
detect
cybercrime
using
cutting
edge
technology.
Despite
his
appointment
as
Director
of
Strategic
Vigilance,
Abraham
was
allowed
to
remain
in
charge
of
Cyber
Deme
and
this
is
thanks
to
his
special
skills
in
this
field.

Abraham
has
been
honoured
with
many
awards
in
the
past.
He
was
given
the
Award
for
Social
Policy
and
Traffic
Reforms
in
2009,
Rotary
International
Vocational
Excellence
Award
in
2010,
Y’s
Men
International
Award
in
2010,
Kochi
People’s
Forum
Award
in
2011
among
other
honours.

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Manoj
Abraham’s
signature
is
also
on
awards
given
to
the
Kerala
Police
for
the
prevention
and
detection
of
cybercrime
and
cyber
security.
Manoj
Abraham
received
special
recognition
in
the
Senior
Information
Security
Professional
category
at
the
ICC’s
7th
Annual
Asia-Pacific
Information
Security
Leadership
Conference
in
2013.
In
2016,
he
received
the
SVI
Innovation
and
Excellence
Award
for
Security
and
Police
for
‘Innovative
Use
of
Technology
in
Cyber
Security’ for
the
Cyber
Dome
project.