Archana Ramasundaram
IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram has been appointed as th director general of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the first woman officer to head a paramilitary force.
She is 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.SSB which guards India-Nepal and India-Bhutan border, is one of the five paramilitary forces, the others being Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
In 2014, she was appointed as additional director in the CBI. But she could not handle any affairs as her appointment was challenged in the Supreme Court by Tamil Nadu government.
She is 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.SSB which guards India-Nepal and India-Bhutan border, is one of the five paramilitary forces, the others being Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
In 2014, she was appointed as additional director in the CBI. But she could not handle any affairs as her appointment was challenged in the Supreme Court by Tamil Nadu government.
