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Tamil Nadu Cadre IPS officer Archana Ramasundram has become the first woman to head a paramilitary force. Ramasundram was yesterday appointed as the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, SSB, that guards India’s frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan. 58-year-old Ramasundram is currently the Director of National Crime Records Bureau.

Besides her, IPS officer K Durga Prasad has been appointed Director Generals of Central Reserve Police Force. Another IPS officer K K Sharma will be new Chief of the Border Security Force.