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Rahul Srivastav, the officer who played a leading role in transforming Uttar Pradesh Police into one of the country's most visible and digitally connected police forces, has been inducted into the Indian Police Service (IPS) after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs approved the promotion of 28 Provincial Police Service (PPS) officers from Uttar Pradesh. The promotions, cleared after the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) process and formal approval by the Union government, cover officers from the 1997 to 2000 PPS batches. Along with Rahul, officers including Purnendu Singh, Kamal Kishore, Suresh Chandra Rawat, Shoeb Iqbal, Vikas Tripathi and Abhay Nath Tripathi have also been elevated to the IPS cadre.
Currently serving as Public Relations Officer and Social Media Head of Uttar Pradesh Police, Rahul has spent more than two decades across operational policing, intelligence, security, policy formulation and public communication.