IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar has been appointed as the first woman Inspector General (IG) of the Central Reserve Police Force’s CoBRA, the paramilitary force’s special jungle warfare commando unit.
Parashar then cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and joined the Indian Police Service (IPS).
Sanjukta Parashar previously served in the National Investigation Agency.
She completed her early education in Assam and later moved to Delhi for higher studies. She graduated in political science from Indraprastha College, Delhi University, and later her master’s in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Parashar, a 2006-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will succeed 1996-batch IPS officer Danesh Rana as the IG of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA). Sanjukta Parashar, the then NIA DIG, received a medal for excellence for Police training from Union Home Minister Amit Shah in April 2022 Photo Credit: PTI The CRPF raised CoBRA in 2008-09 to tackle Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in multiple Indian states and insurgency in certain Northeast states. The 46-year-old had led several counterinsurgency operations in Assam, particularly in the state’s upper region.
Born in October 1979, Sanjukta Parashar is also known as Assam’s “Iron Lady”.
She has previously served in the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in addition to working in her cadre state of Assam.
