Laxmi Singh (born 2 May 1974) is a 2000 batch IPS officer of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

cadre, who is currently serving as the Inspector General (IG) of Uttar Pradesh Police. She became the first woman police commissioner of Uttar Pradesh on 28 November 2022.

Early life and education

Singh was born on 2 May 1974 to I. D. Singh at Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. She did her schooling from Loreto Convent, Lucknow. She received her B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from

University of Lucknow University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is one of the oldest public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second ...

Institute of Engineering and Technology Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow (IET, Lucknow) is a state government-funded technical institute in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a constituent college of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (erstwhile Utta ...

and was gold medalist. She also gained an M.A. in

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Personal life

Singh is married to Rajeshwar Singh, an MLA from Sarojini Nagar Assembly constituency of Lucknow district, with whom she has a daughter. Rajeshwar Singh was also an IPS officer and was retired as joint director of

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Career

Singh joined the Indian Police Service in 2000. In 2004, she was promoted to the rank of

Senior Superintendent of Police Senior superintendent, also police senior superintendent or senior superintendent of police, is a senior rank in police forces used in Brunei, Estonia, Germany, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Lesotho, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and formerly in ...

. She was posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in 2013, as

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(IG) in 2018. Singh has previously served as the IG/DIG of the Special Task Force (STF) in

Gautam Buddha Nagar Gautam Buddha Nagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh, named after Gautama Buddha. It is a part of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) and is divided into 3 sub-divisions (Tehsils) of Noida, Dadri and Jewar. Greater Noida is the administ ...

from 1 January 2018 to 5 March 2018. Thereafter, she was made IG of the police training school in

Meerut Meerut (, ISO 15919, ISO: ''Mēraṭh'') is a city in the western region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, it is northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and is ...

from March 2018 to 26 May 2020 before being moved as IG Range Lucknow. On 28 November 2022, she was appointed as the police commissioner of Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida), becoming the first woman police commissioner in Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web , date=2022-11-30 , title=Laxmi Singh, UP's first woman commissioner who took charge as Noida police chief, lists challenges ahead , url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/laxmi-singh-up-woman-commissioner-noida-police-chief-8298959/ , access-date=2023-04-20 , website=The Indian Express , language=en

References

1974 births Living people People from Lucknow district University of Lucknow alumni Indian Police Service officers IET Lucknow alumni