4 Women Officers Now at the Helm of CISF

Four of the eight inspector generals (IG)-rank cadre officers in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) are now women, a development the force hailed as a historical milestone in a statement issued on Monday.

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI:

Of the 16 IG rank posts in the CISF—eight allotted to IPS officers and the other to CISF cadre officers, the force said that 50% of the CISF cadres in these posts are women. The women officers holding IG-level posts are Shanti Jaidev [eastern sector], Jyoti Sinha [department of atomic energy (DAE) and department of space (DOS)], Pratibha Aggarwal [tech and provisioning (headquarters)] and Neelima Rani [central sector].