G. Thilakavathi (or Thilagavathi) (Tamil: ஜி. திலகவதி) is a police officer and Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu, India.
In 1976, she became the first woman from Tamil Nadu to become an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. She is a prolific writer who has written more than 300 short stories and a number of novels and poems. Her short stories Theiyumo Sooriyan (Will the Sun Wane) and Arasigal aluvathillai (Queens don’t rule) won the Government of Tamil Nadu's best short story prize for 1988-89. In 2005, she was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for her novel Kalmaram.
In 2007, she became Additional Director General of Police. In her police career, she has been the Director of Vigilance and the Inspector General of police-Headquarters. She has been promoted to Director General of Police.
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