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Kiran Bedi PPMG PNBB (born 9 June 1949) is a former tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021.
Kumar was able to summit the Lobuche East peak (6,119 metres (20,075 ft)) in April 2013. In June 2013, Kumar successfully climbed Stok Kangri (approximately 20,182 feet (6,151 m)) in Ladakh, becoming the first-ever IPS/All India Service officer to do so. [citation needed] [6] Kumar is also known for her expedition of the Seven Summits.
Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya (c. 1947 - 26 August 2019) was the second woman officer in Indian Police Service (IPS) in India, the first being Kiran Bedi. [1] A 1973 batch IPS officer, she was the first woman to become Director General of Police of a state and retired on 31 October 2007 after 33 years of service.
Damayanti Sen (born 13 January 1970) is an Indian Police Service officer of the 1996 intake from the West Bengal cadre. She holds the rank of Additional Director General of Police in West Bengal Police. [2]
She was followed by Jija Madhavan Harisingh in 1975, who became the first woman Indian Police Service officer from South-India (Karnataka cadre) and she remained in service for 36 years before retirement in 2011 as Director General of Police (DGP), and Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, the second woman IPS officer belonging to the 1973 Batch ...
In 1976, she became the first woman from Tamil Nadu to become an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. She began her police career as an Assistant superintendent of Police serving in Vellore and later Tiruchirappalli .
Rashmi Shukla (born 30 June 1964) is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1988 batch who served as the Director General of Police DGP Maharashtra from January 2024 till January 2026. [2] [3] [4] She is the first woman to hold this post. [5] [6] Prior, to this she served as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal of India.
Laxmi Singh (born 2 May 1974) is a 2000 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who is currently serving as the Inspector General (IG) of Uttar Pradesh Police. [1] She became the first woman police commissioner of Uttar Pradesh on 28 November 2022.