Ravi Joseph Lokku

Joseph is a nationally known Police Officer, having served in Central Detective Training Institute, he liaised with Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS of the Andhra Pradesh Police to jointly conduct the programme. He also addressed the delegates in the presence of his Director, Balaji Srivastav, IPS of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi

Early life and education Ravi Joseph was born in Kurnool

The first decade: 1995-2004 In 2002 Joseph was Principal of Central Detective Training School, Hyderabad.

The second decade: 2005-2014 In the year 2010, Joseph was Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad. In 2011, he was Deputy Inspector General, At an event hosted by the century-old Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad in 2012 on the theme Vocationalisation of Secondary Education, he was invited as Chief Guest and shared dais along with Prof. Harikesh Singh of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. He was noted to have been tough on border intrusions during his tenure at the Western Command, Punjab Frontier, Ferozepur Sector.

During the 2014 Indian general election in Bihar, Joseph was Police Observer in Assembly Constituencies of Sultanganj, Amarpur, Dhoraiya, Banka, Katoria, and Belhar.

The third decade: 2015-2024 Continuing his stint at the BSF, Joseph was elevated to the rank of Inspector General in June 2016. Joseph became Inspector General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). When Cyclone Ockhi struck parts of India in December 2017, Joseph was already at the helm of NDRF. He deposed before a Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on the impact of the cyclone on fisherfolk and the damage caused by it. In 2018, he spoke on the role of NDRF to earthquakes at the India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction. In May 2019 Cyclone Fani made its landfall in Odisha. Joseph reported that NDRF was making efforts to prevent human loss and restore normalcy.

By early 2019 he became Inspector General, Security of Uttar Pradesh Police. In March 2020, Joseph became General Staff Officer to Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh, Mukul Goel, IPS. During the 2021 elections in India, Joseph was named as Police Observer by the Election Commission of India.

In March 2022, he was transferred to Vigilance. In April 2022, he was made Additional Director General of Police Training College, Moradabad,

On 21 March 2023, he was sent on central deputation to New Delhi to the Bureau of Police Research and Development, where he is expected to serve until his superannuation.

Joseph is also a Police Observer for the 2024 Indian general election in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha constituency.

Awards and medals Ravi Joseph won many medals, these include: Bureau of Police Research and Development DGs Commendation Disc , Police Medal for Meritorious Service , Border Security Force DGs Commendation Gold Disc , National Disaster Response Force DGs Commendation Disc , Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation DGs Commendation Disc , Utkrisht Seva Padak , Director General of Police's Commendation Disci Silver , President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service , Director General of Police's Commendation Disc Gold