Sanjukta Parashar: Assam's "Iron Lady" Is CRPF CoBRA's 1st Woman Chief
IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar has been appointed as the first woman Inspector General of the CRPF's CoBRA unit. Known for her counter-insurgency work in Assam, she will lead the elite jungle warfare commando force.
Why it matters
This appointment marks a significant milestone for gender representation in India's elite paramilitary and counter-insurgency forces.
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, 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 2022Photo Credit: PTIThe CRPF raised CoBRA in 2008-09 to tackle Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in multiple Indian states and insurgency in certain Northeast states.Who Is Sanjukta ParasharBorn in…
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