Maneyapanda Appaiah Ganapathy (DGP)

Maneyapanda Appaiah Ganapathy (DGP) from kodagu was an officer of the 1986 batch, from the UP/ Uttarakhand cadre. He was devoted officer who took over from B S Sidhu as the DGP of Uttarakhand.

Family

Father

Maneyapanda Appaiah (Vittala lawyer)

Mother

Maneyapanda Premalatha

Wife

Maneyapanda Sandhya

Education

• He completed his primary and secondary education at Ponnampet in Kodagu
• He graduated from the Madras Christian College Tambaram.
• He studied his post graduation at JNU New Delhi.

Achievements

• He was Deputy General of Police, Uttarakhand.
• He rose to the rank of Additional Secretary and was on the Personal Staff of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
• He also served a term as the spokesperson of the Union Home Ministry,

Awards

• Ganapathy was awarded the President’s Medal for Meritorious service
• He was later decorated with the President’s medal for distinguished service