IPS officer Laxmi Singh: Laxmi Singh, an IPS officer, has been named the new head of the Noida Police Department by the Uttar Pradesh government, making her the first woman to lead a Police Commissionerate in the state. The 2000-batch officer, who replaced Alok Singh in Gautam Buddh Nagar. Alok Singh, a 1995-batch IPS officer, has been posted as an additional director general of police (ADGP) at the DGP office in state capital Lucknow.
January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
Career of Laxmi Singh:
- Laxmi, 48, has held the position of Inspector General of Police in the Lucknow district.
- She holds the distinction of being the first woman IPS topper (33rd rank overall) in the UPSC-held exams and was adjudged the best probationer at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, as per official records.
- She has also been awarded the PM’s silver bation and the home minister’s pistol during her training.
- In 2004, after receiving her B.Tech in mechanical engineering, she began working as a senior superintendent of police.
- In 2013, she was promoted as a deputy IG and in 2018 she was promoted to the rank of IG.
- Laxmi has previously served as the IG/DIG of the Special Task Force (STF) in Gautam Buddh Nagar from January 1, 2018 to March 5, 2018.
- Thereafter, she was made IG of the police training school in Meerut from March 2018 to May 26 in 2020 before being moved as IG Range Lucknow.
