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Some careers are measured in years. Others are measured in the mark they leave on institutions, on colleagues, and on the communities they served. Smt. Lavanya B.N. — Superintendent of Police with BESCOM Vigilance in Karnataka — built the…

Most senior police officers of two decades' standing would be well past the point of standing alone at a bus stop at 2 AM to see what happens. B. Sumathi is not most senior police officers. In May 2026, the Commissioner of Police for the…

Not every IPS officer makes national headlines. Some do their most important work quietly — in districts most people cannot find on a map, dealing with problems that city-based policy conversations rarely address. Rajat Saklecha is that…

There's a particular kind of IPS officer that doesn't make the front pages but makes a real difference — the ones quietly posted to districts across a state, handling everything from law and order to sensitive investigations, moving from…

Some careers are chosen. Others feel almost inevitable — like the person and the profession were always moving toward each other, and it was only a matter of time before they met. Chandana Deepti IPS gives that impression. As a serving…

There are police officers, and then there are officers who leave a mark that outlasts their posting. Tafseer Iqbal IPS belongs firmly in the second category. As a senior Indian Police Service officer with decades of front-line experience,…

In a country where the police uniform often evokes mixed emotions — authority on one hand, distance on the other — Dr. M. Ravi IPS built a career doing something quietly radical: making ordinary people feel like the police were actually on…

There's a particular kind of resolve it takes to sit the UPSC Civil Services Examination — one of the most competitive tests in the world — and emerge not just passing, but earning a posting in the Indian Police Service. For every name that…