Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Kerala Names Sparjan Kumar Transport Commissioner in IPS Reshuffle
Kerala has changed some of its senior police assignments.
G. Sparjan Kumar is now the state’s Transport Commissioner.
He replaces C.H. Nagaraju in that role.
The Transport Commissionerate oversees vehicle registration, licenses, traffic enforcement, and road safety.
The government has made the commissioner’s post equal in rank to an Inspector General at Headquarters.
It also created a new position outside the regular cadre.
These changes are part of a larger restructuring of senior police jobs.
R. Nishanthini has also become the Inspector General of Police for the South Zone.
The government said the changes are intended to organize responsibilities across important departments.
G. Sparjan Kumar has been appointed Kerala’s new Transport Commissioner.
C.H. Nagaraju is being moved out of the Transport Commissioner post.
The government upgraded the position to a rank equivalent to Inspector General, Headquarters.
A new ex-cadre post was created as part of the senior IPS restructuring.
R. Nishanthini has been appointed Inspector General of Police for the South Zone.
- Who
- G. Sparjan Kumar, C.H. Nagaraju, and R. Nishanthini are among the senior IPS officers affected.
- What
- Kerala reshuffled senior IPS postings, appointing Sparjan Kumar Transport Commissioner and Nishanthini South Zone IG.
- When
- The appointments were announced in the latest round of senior IPS postings; no specific date was stated.
- Where
- Kerala, with the Transport Commissionerate based in the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Why
- The government cited restructuring of the senior police hierarchy and alignment of administrative responsibilities.
- New Transport Commissioner
- G. Sparjan Kumar
- Outgoing Transport Commissioner
- C.H. Nagaraju
- New rank status
- The Transport Commissioner post is now equivalent to Inspector General, Headquarters.
- Additional structural change
- The government created a new ex-cadre post.
- South Zone appointment
- R. Nishanthini is the new Inspector General of Police, South Zone.
- Department responsibilities
- The Transport Commissionerate handles vehicle registration, licensing, traffic enforcement, road safety, and transport regulation.