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| Aparajita Rai the First Gorkha Female IPS Officer of Sikkim. |
Daughter of late Gyanendra Rai and Roma Rai, Aparajita Rai, had cracked UPSC Examinations in both 2011 and 2012. She ranked 358 in UPSC 2012 Examinations and was allocated IPS cadre.
During the course of her training she won many awards, which highlight her ability. In all she won the prestigious trophies such as 1) 1958 Batch IPS officers’ Trophy for the best Lady Outdoor Probationer. 2) Shri Umesh Chandra Trophy for Field Combat. 3) The 55th Batch of Senior Course Officers Trophy for Best Turn Out and 4) West Bengal Govt Trophy for Bengali.
Education
She did her nursery to UKG from the Holy Cross Montessori School, and studied from class-I to III at St Thomas School. She went on to complete her ISC from Tashi Namgyal Academy as a topper, where she was awarded the Founders Medal for best all rounder student in 2004. She was the state topper in the ISC board exams 2004 with 95% aggregate marks [best of 3]. She belonged to the commerce stream
She graduated in law in 2009. BA LLB (Hons) from the WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata with gold medals in Jurisprudence and Public International Law. She appeared for CSE in 2010 where she secured the 768 rank out of 920 in her first attempt itself.
She is the School topper (TNA ISC) 95%, recipient of the Best girl all rounder Shrimati Ratna Pradhan Memorial Trophy in TNA (Tashi Namgyal Academy) in Gangtok,Sikkim. She is the Gold medalist from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in both Jurisprudence and Public Administration. A 28 year old Aparajita Rai is now the First Female IPS Officer of Sikkim.
Aparajita is not just about studies though. She loves to play guitar and has won many intra and inter university competitions in art and western music.
With inputs from Sikkim Messenger / sikkimnow
