Woman chose police over IT, tops S-I exam 458 TAKE OATH AS S-I’s, 63 ARE WOMEN
Maloth Rama Devi, belonging to an agricultural family chose the police department over the IT industry and stood as the Best All Round Cadet Sub-inspector, leading the 12 contingents during the Stipendiary Cadet sub-inspectors.
The 24-year-old woman hailing from Jannaram village in Khammam completed her engineering from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in Basar, in Telangana. After graduation, Rama Devi got a job with Infosys that paid her `28,000 per month. But, she chose to serve the public by joining the police.
Rama Devi cleared the police recruitment board examination and got selected as a police constable. Later, she also wrote the entrance examination for stipendiary cadet sub-inspectors and got selected for that too.
“After undergoing five months of police constable training, I again took the SI training for nine months. It was my would-be husband who motivated me to write the S-I examination even after I got selected as a police constable,” a proud Rama Devi shared with the media.
“Though I just wanted a government job, I learned a lot while training as a police officer,” told Rama Devi.
She was awarded Chief Minister’s Revolver for Best All Round Cadet S-I, Home Minister’s Baton with Silver End for Best Indoor Cadet SI, and Director General’s Medal for Best in Law and Order. As many as 458 stipendiary cadet sub-inspectors (Civil, AR, TSSP and TSPF) took an oath to ensure the safety of the people, during the passing out parade at Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Telangana State Police Academy on Monday.
The 458 S-Is included
63 female officers. The best all round cadet S-I was awarded to Maloth Ramadevi. About 193 were selected for civil,
69 to armed reserve, 185 to Telangana state special police and 11 to special police force.
During the nine month training, the cadets were trained in Forensic Science, Medicine, IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.