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Meet IPS Anna Sinha: JNU Professor's Daughter and IAS Wife Who Cracked UPSC in First Attempt
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News18•12-10-2026, 17:43
Meet IPS Anna Sinha: JNU Professor's Daughter and IAS Wife Who Cracked UPSC in First Attempt
- •Anna Sinha cleared the prestigious UPSC Civil Services Examination in her very first attempt with All India Rank 112.
- •She comes from a highly educated family, with her father being a JNU professor and her husband Vidhu Shekhar an IAS officer.
- •She holds an Economics Honors degree from Ramjas College, a Master's degree, UGC NET-JRF, and was pursuing a PhD before joining civil services.
- •Besides academics, Anna is trained in Bharatanatyam and Hindustani classical music, and has worked with institutions like NITI Aayog.
- •She is currently posted as the SSP in the sensitive and challenging Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Anna Sinha secured All India Rank (AIR) 112 in the 2021 UPSC Civil Services Examination in her very first attempt.
IPS Anna Sinha has been entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order as SSP in the sensitive Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Anna Sinha completed an Honors degree in Economics from Ramjas College, a Master's in Economics with a Dean Academic Excellence Award from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, and a PhD in Economics while clearing the UGC NET-JRF.
