Walter Issac Devaram is the former Director General of Police of Tamil Nadu and a native of Neyyoor in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, though he was born at Munnar. He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range. He led the joint forces set up by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Government to apprehend the forest brigand, Veerappan.