Ravi Joseph Lokku

Ravi Joseph Lokku, IPS, (born 10 August 1966) is the present Additional Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi. He is also on the Executive Council of Rashtriya Raksha University, New Delhi.

Joseph is a nationally known Police Officer, having served in Central Detective Training Institute, Border Security Force, National Disaster Response Force, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards. Owing allegiance to the Uttar Pradesh Police Cadre (1995 batch), he served in strategic positions across Uttar Pradesh for nearly three decades (1995 to 2023).

At the 8th National Conference of Heads of Prisons of all States and Union Territories held in the port city of Visakhapatnam on 11 and 12 September 2023, 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