The first Gorkha Female IPS Officer of Sikkim, Aparajita Rai when she was 28 years old. She not only made the Gorakhs of Sikkim proud but also to the Kirat Khambu Rai Community and to the whole Indian Gorkha Community.She is now posted in Hoogly in West Bengal.
Aparajita Rai who is the daughter of late Gyanendra Rai and Roma Rai. She cracked the UPSC examination twice. Once in the year of 2011 and 2012. On her rank of 358 in UPSC 2012 Examinations, she was allocated IPS cadre.
Her abilities can be highlighted from medals which she had won during the course of her training. She had won many medals at that time. In all she has won the prestigious trophies such as:
- 1958 Batch IPS officers’ Trophy for the best Lady Outdoor Probationer.
- Shri Umesh Chandra Trophy for Field Combat.
- The 55th Batch of Senior Course Officers Trophy for Best Turn Out and
- West Bengal Govt Trophy for Bengali.
Talking about her education, she did her nursery to UKG from the
Holy cross Montessori School. In ST.Thomas School she studied from class 1 to class 3. 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 completed her studies in the commerce field.
Then 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. In her first attempt itself she secured the 768 rank out of 920 when she appeared for CSE in 2010.
Even in her school days she had been a brilliant student. She is the School topper (TNA ISC) 95%, also received 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.Her achievement list is outstanding.
She also loves to play guitar and has won many Intra and inter-university competitions in art and western music.
