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An officer celebrated by his colleagues and common citizens alike, Shetty has a village in Karnataka named in his honour by grateful locals. He will be deeply missed.

Unwilling to be stifled by red-tapism, these 10 dedicated civil servants went above and beyond their duty in 2018 to change India for the better.

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.

From being the invisible student in the class to cracking the highly coveted UPSC exam to join the police service, his is a story of every ordinary student whose dreams are extraordinary.

Possibly the youngest IPS officer to be appointed as DGP, Rupin Sharma is no less than a phenomenon — never in the history of Nagaland has a police officer so galvanized the entire state!

The proactive IPS officer, who is regularly invited to give talks in schools, had a prominent role to play in bringing the number of police personnel who die due to Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) down to zero.

Bengal IAS officer Arvind Kumar Mina through this initiative, has set a great example for other officials in the state.

The IPS officer even requested local religious leaders like the imams to pacify the crowd. Yet, there was no respite. The frenzied crowd refused to listen and pelted stones at the leaders and the police.

He was also part of the team that investigated the 2006 Mumbai serial blasts. Jaiswal also served as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Anti-Terrorism Squad, where he probed the 2006 Malegaon blast case.

While the IPS officer has certainly won the hearts of the villagers and the respect of his seniors through the remarkable initiative, it is important to point out that this isn’t the first time the man has introduced social innovations in policing.