First woman IPS officer to command parade

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, OCT. 31. Yet another male bastion was stormed when Ms Laxmi Singh won the distinction as the first woman IPS officer to command the prestigious Dikshant Parade at the National Police Academy here on Wednesday.

By virtue of her best all-round performance in the 53rd batch of IPS officer trainees, she bagged the Prime Minister's Baton and Home Ministry's Revolver and the honour to command the parade.

In the presence of the Vice-President, Mr. Krishan Kant Singh and other dignitaries, Ms. Singh commanded the parade in style, drawing repeated applause from the gathering on Wednesday morning.

It was a proud moment for her father, Mr.Inder Dev Singh, an advocate, when she received the baton and the revolver from the Vice-President.

A resident of Uttar Pradesh, Ms Singh also led the largest team of eight IPS women officers to pass out from the portals of the academy in any single batch.

Twentysix-year-old Ms Singh boasts of an illutrious academic career, having figured among the ten top rankers of the B.Tech course and winning three gold medals. Her services have been earmarked for West Bengal.

Mr.J.P.Singh, allotted to Himachal Pradesh Cadre, won the Bhubannanda Misra Memorial Trophy for the second best all round trainee IPS officer.

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