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Kunnuvarankottai V. V. Subrahmanyam (1930 – July 2013) was a senior officer of the Indian Police Service. He last served as Principal Home Secretary in the rank of Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh state.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
editSubrahmanyam was born in a village near Madurai, Tamil Nadu.[4] He belonged to the 1954 batch of the Indian Police Service in the Andhra Pradesh cadre. His first assignment with the IPS was as assistant superintendent of police in Tenali, Guntur district.[2]
Later career
editSubrahmanyam was deputy commissioner of police (law and order) in Hyderabad during the separatist Telangana agitation of 1969. He was later superintendent of police of Vishakhapatnam during the agitation about the establishment of the Vizag steel plant ("'Vizag Steel'".) [5] and of the Krishna district during the Jai Andhra agitation in 1972. He held several other posts such as transport commissioner[6][7] and vice-chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Housing Board and retired in 1988.[8]
Literary career
editHe was also a writer in English and published many articles and poems.[9][1][2][10][11][12][13]
He wrote two books of poems entitled Ray of Hope and Other Poems and Sunny Reveries. He also published a book of selected newspaper articles called Semitone Select.[2]
He participated in the World Congress of Poets in Bangkok in 1988. His name has been included in the Cambridge Bibliography of English Poets. He was a member of the Hyderabad Poetry Society. His articles on many topics including Indian bureaucracy appeared in leading Indian daily newspapers such as Indian Express, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Andhra Bhoomi, Triveni, and the New Swatantra Times.[9]
Bibliography
edit- Subrahmanyam, KVV (1989), Ray of Hope and Other Poems, New Delhi: Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division, ISBN 978-8120711235
- Subrahmanyam, KVV (2011), Sunny Reveries, Hyderabad: Triveni Foundation
References
edit- ^ a b Hyderabad (15 July 2013.). SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. "Retired IPS Officer Passes away" 'The HINDU', ENGLISH Daily newspaper.
- ^ a b c d K Ramachandra Murthy (26 December 2013). "A no nonsense saintly top gun". The HANS INDIA (Hyderabad). Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Official directory.(1975). India: Ministry of Home Affairs.
- ^ The Civil List of Indian Police Service. (1986). India: Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
- ^ "Splendid performance by Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in 2021-22". New Indian Express. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ State Administration Report. Page 271. (1976). India: (n.p.).
- ^ A.P. Year Book. Page 408. (1979). India: Hyderabad Publications & Newspapers.
- ^ Kumkumam.Tamil: குங்குமம் (28th February 1982). Page 41. Pulligal Vivarangal.Tamil: புள்ளிகள் விவரங்கள் KVV Subrahmanyam IPS., Tamil Periodical, Tamilnadu, India.
- ^ a b (Hyderabad. 2 October 2011. pp. 14 of 16). Editor. "Book review of Sunny Reveries by KVV Subrahmanyam", 'Bulletin of the centre for policy studies, vol 16, No. 1', English Periodical.
- ^ Naha, Souvik. (n.d.). University of Glasgow. Page 51,61 Cricket, Public Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Calcutta. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Ram Reddy, G. K.Seshadri. (1972). Page 69, 81, 83 Developing Society and Police.India: Osmania University; [sole distributors: Booklinks Corporation].| Original from: University of Michigan. Digitized 16 August 2006.
- ^ Ramachandhra Reddy, G. (2007) Page 116, Chapter 10.-Author views on Police reforms. Threats to Indian Republic. India: APH Publishing, 5, Ansari road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002.
- ^ (2004) Page 12, 24, 4. It's a weird world. Triveni: Journal of Indian Renaissance volumes 73, 77-78 lccn={53032814}, Triveni Publishers. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized 21 Oct 2010
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