P. K. Hormis Tharakan is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Kerala cadre (1968 batch) who served as the Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India's external intelligence agency, from 1 February 2005 to 31 January 2007.[1][2] He is the former Director General of the Kerala Police.[3]
P. K. Hormis Tharakan | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing | |
| In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | C. D. Sahay |
| Succeeded by | Ashok Chaturvedi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1947 Kerala, India |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
Tharakan succeeded C. D. Sahay, a 1967 batch officer of the IPS' Karnataka cadre on 31 January 2005 to take over as the Secretary of R&AW.[4] After his retirement from R&AW in 2007, Tharakan moved to Bangalore, Karnataka.[2]
He was one of the advisors to the Governor of Karnataka, when the state was brought under the President's rule prior to Assembly elections in the state in 2008.[1] He was a member of the National Security Council and was also the Chief Advisor of Strategic Affairs.[5][6]
In 2014, he moved to Olavaip, his ancestral village in Kerala.[2] Tharakan and his family are from Olavip.[2] In 2016, Tharakan began to experiment with paddy-shrimp farming in Olavaip and by 2019, he was a full time paddy-shrimp farmer.[2]
References
edit- 1 2 "TEDxXIMEKochi: Theme: Combating Resilience". TED. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Philip, Shaju (14 July 2019). "Former R&AW chief has a new mission: Paddy-shrimp farming in ancestral village". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ Kutty, C. K. (2 February 2005). "A RAW hand". Rediff. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ Pandit, Rajat (26 January 2005). "New RAW chief was an 'insider'". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "P K Hormis Tharakan, IPS (Retd)". Centre for Public Policy Research. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ Devasia, TK (24 November 2016). "Demonetisation in Kerala: Dismantling financial sources may have short-term effect, say experts". Firstpost. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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