Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal

From being the only woman in her class when she joined the Hyderabad Police Academy to becoming a trailblazer for women officers, this is IPS Archana Ramasundaram’s story.

For the first time in India, the government has appointed a woman IPS officer as the chief of a paramilitary force. 58-year-old Archana Ramasundram, a Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer, will take over as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).