Every day, in every city and town across India, police officer go to work - to enforce the law,to make communities safer and to protect members of these communities - people like you and me.
The good news is that a positive transformation is slowly but steadily rolling in. And its happening due to honest and hardworking IPS officers who believe in contributing to social change, unwilling to buckle under pressure and who look forward to becoming the backbone of the country's fight against crime.
A highly respected name in the Indian police, IPS officer Manish Shanker Sharma's distinguished career spans several different fields, from law enforcement and transportation security to peacekeeping and diplomacy. However, it is in the field of counter-terrorism strategies and tactics that his contributions have earned the most wide-spread acclaim.
2. R Sreelekha
They told her that a woman IPS officer will not only find it hard to find a husband but will also a difficult marriage. these were some of the many arguments people gave R Sreelekha to dissuade her from joining the IPS back in the 80s. But the determined lady refused to give up, going on to become Kerala's first women IPS officer in 1987.
Last year, Telangana-cadre IPS officer Mahesh Murlidhar Bhagwat (currently Rachakonda Police Commissioner) was conferred with the 2017 Trafficking in persons (TIP) Report Heroes Award by the US state department for his vital role in elevating human trafficking as a goverment priority, his innovative approach to investigating cases and tireless efforts towards dismantling trafficking operations.
4. Asra Garg
After Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Asra Garg took over as Tirunelveli's Supritendent of Police (Rural), one of the first steps he took as forming a dedicated team to weed out loan sharks harrasing the local residents. He also asked local police to put up his phone number on a board so that anyone in distress could call him.
5. Roopa Moudgil
Few bureaucrats have a courage to stand out from the norm. One such IPS officer is Roopa Moudgil. As the Deputy Inspector General (prisons) of Karnataka, the lady made national news this year for exposing corruption in the prison system and the preferential treatment given to AIADMK interim general secretary, V K Sasikala (then lodged in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara central jail).
6. Sanjukta Parashar
A rare women IPS officer from Assam, Sanjukta parashar is one tough cop. Known as the Iron Lady of e, this officer has taken down 16 Bodo militants and arrested over five dozen insurgents in just 15 months while leading the counter-insurgency movement in Assam's treacherous terrains.
7. Shivdeep Lande
During Bihar-cadre IPS officer Shivdeep Lande's nine-month tenure in Patna, he made headlines for many of his creative ideas to counter crime in the city. For instance, in one of his popular initiatives, he asked female students of Magadh Mahila College and Patna Women's College who were facing crank calls and harassment to divert these calls to his number.
8. Arif Sheikh
In 2017, Bastar's Superintendent of Police (SP) Aarif Sheikh was awarded the prestigious International Association of Chief of Police (IACP) Award 2017 in Pennsylvania in the 'Homeland Security' category for his compaign 'Amcho Bastar, Amcho Police'. With this, he became the only IPS officer of the country to win this award in community policing twice in a row!
9. Ake Ravi Krishna
Setting an example for everyone, in 2017, IPS officer Ake Ravi Krishna (Suprintendent of Police in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district) adopted the entire village of Kapatrala at a time when the village was beset by a series of faction killings and revenge murders.
10. Shrestha Thakur
In 2017, UP-cadre IPS officer Shrestha Thakur proved that women in uniform are not to be messed with. In a video that went viral, the Bulandshar DSP was seen confronting BJP party workers and fining them for riding motarcycles "without any documents, number plate and helmet."
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