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Dr Repalle Shiva Praveen Kumar is an officer of Indian Police Service. He was born in 1967 in Alampur, Mahabubnagar (Dist), Telangana, India. His parents are Smt. Premamma and Sri. B.R.Savaranna of Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana. He is married and the couple have a son and a daughter. He is currently working as the Secretary of Telangana Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society of Government of Telangana, which gives free quality education to thousands of most marginalised children, dalits, and adivasis. He is the founder member of Swaeroes International. Early Life and Education

Dr. Praveen Kumar completed school education in a Government Schools in Achampet and Alampur, Mahabubnagar District. Later his parents admitted him into a Social Welfare Hostel, Kurnool town while he was pursuing his Intermediate (10+2) certificates from the Kurnool Government high school and junior college respectively. He obtained Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc – 1984-1990) and Master of Veterinary Science (MVSc - 1990-1992) degrees from the erstwhile AP Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Later, during his career in the Indian Police Service, he earned Master’s degree in Public Administration from the prestigious Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA in 2012. Dr Praveen is one among very few police officers from India who got selected as a fellow for prestigious Edward S Mason programme in Harvard University.

Police Career

Dr Praveen Kumar joined Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1995 and was allotted to the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh state cadre. After bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, he was allocated to the Telangana state cadre. In a career spanning 21 years, he held several important assignments with utmost sensitivity, prudence, and exemplary courage. He is widely known as the Superintendent of Police who won the hearts and minds of people through people friendly policing and mainstreaming of hundreds of armed insurgents in Karimnagar district, which is the cradle of Maoist revolution in the country. During his tenure, people of Karimnagar took oath under the infamous ‘Huzurabad Declaration” that they will not allowarmed insurgents to enter their villages. He designed ‘Stay in Our Villages Campaign’ to motivate the government employees to stay in rural areas to serve the people better. The campaign came to be known as ‘Karimnagar Model’ which made a major positive impact on the government employees across the state. He won the support of the government and made serious efforts to distribute the land to landless families in Karimnagar district.

He received prestigious Police Medal for Gallantry and President’s Police Medal for meritorious service, and Internal Security Medal from the Union Home Ministry, Government of India. He also got United Nations Police Medal for his service as civilian Police Officer and War Crimes Investigator in United Nations Mission in Kosovo. One of the highlights of his career was that he served as war crimes investigator, United Nations Mission in Kosovo, 2005-2006. In the state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, As Secretary of the Social Welfare Educational Institutions Society, Dr Praveen is well known for influencing the lakhs of needy and deprived children studying in state run Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare Residential Schools and hostels.

Important Positions Held

•District Superintendent of Police, Karim Nagar and Anantapur, AP 2001-2005

•	War Crimes Investigator, United Nations Mission in Kosovo - 2005-2006

•	Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Detective Department, Hyderabad City Police •	Joint Commissioner of Police, Special Branch, Hyderabad City Police - 2010- 2011

•Secretary, Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare Residential Schools, Telangana and Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh 2012- to date.

Swaeroes Network

Dr Praveen has been making concerted efforts to carry forward the legacies of social reformers like Jyothirao Phule, Savitribai Phule and Dr B.R. Ambedkar. Dr Praveen is the guiding force behind launching a payback movement called ‘Swaeroes” (‘SW’ means State Welfare; ‘aero’ means air and sky is the limit). Today all students of Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare Schools are proud to have the suffix of Swaero to their names and usage of word, Dalit is not encouraged in Swaeroes ideology.

Dr Praveen introduced Ten Commandments and all the Swaeroes take oath everyday to reaffirm their commitment to the observance of the commandments in their lives. Dr Praveen often exhorts to the underprivileged students: “we are not inferior to others and we should not seek sympathy. Only sky should be our limit”. His code of conduct with Ten Commandments and the Swaero Holy Month went viral and emerged as guiding principles for all the families of marginalised in the state.

Swaeroes Ten Commandments

1. I am not inferior to any one

2. I shall be the leader wherever I am

3. I shall do what I love and be different

4. I shall always think big and aim high

5. I shall be honest, hardworking, and punctual

6. I shall never blame others for my failures

7. I shall neither beg nor cheat

8. I shall repay what I borrow

9. I shall never fear the unknown

10.I shall never give up

Transformation of Social Welfare Residential Schools

Dr Praveen Kumar breathed new life into Social Welfare Residential Schools by introducing P5 Model. In this model, he added several innovative and path breaking programmes like E-Plus Clubs, Voice for Girls, Horse riding, film making, music, dance, water sports, mountaineering, Ignitor, W Plus Clubs, Impact, etc., for holistic development of the children. He played an indispensable role in transforming the lives of deprived children and under his leadership many students got admission into prestigious IITs, medical colleges, central universities, CCIP ( USA).

Operation of Mt. Everest

Dr Praveen Kumar is widely known as the brain behind the success story of the Everest conquerors Malavath Poorna and Anand. Poorna Malavath is the youngest girl in the world to achieve this feat and Anand Kumar is first dalit boy to scale Mount Everest. Both of them placed the portraits of Dr BR Ambedkar and SR Sankaran on the peak of Everest as a mark of respect. Poorna considers Dr Praveen as her role model and she wants to become an IPS officer in future. Noted Bollywood actor,director, and philanthropist, Rahul Bose is producing a biopic, Poorna in which he is playing the role of Praveen Kumar.

Controversies

Dr Praveen Kumar issued a circular holding back of salaries for month of June 2015 of the TSWREI teaching staff for their failure to recall the students on the reopening day. The staff staged dharna and demanded that the Secretary Dr RS Praveen Kumar be sent back to the police department. This move became highly controversial as many dalit organisations staged counter protests all over the state against teacher unions. The Chief Minister Sri K. Chandra Sekhar Rao did not heed to the demands of the staff and categorically said that Dr Praveen Kumar’s services will be continued for the cause of education of marginalized children in the state of Telangana.