Before her transfer to Prayagraj last month, she served as Additional DCP in the Varanasi Police Commissionerate. Shruti Srivastava, a 2020-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been serving as Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in the Prayagraj Police Commissionerate since September 19.
She initially aspired to become a professor. However, her career plans eventually took a different turn, and she began preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination. She cleared the examination through self-study, without relying on formal coaching. Delhi Native Studied At Hindu College, JNU A native of Delhi, Srivastava studied at Hindu College and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in English. Her father’s name is Sanjay Srivastava. During her IPS training at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad, Telangana, she received the Gandhi Gyan Mandir Yoga Centre Trophy for yoga as a member of the Uttar Pradesh cadre’s 73rd Regular Recruit (RR) batch. The interview subsequently went viral on social media.
Shruti Srivastava Cleared UPSC Civil Services Examination At 24 Srivastava cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination (CSE) at the age of 24. She secured All India Rank (AIR) 82 in the 2019 examination and joined the IPS as a 2020-batch officer in the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Srivastava was born on November 3, 1995, according to Uttar Pradesh Police records. A post shared by UP POLICE (@uppolice) During the 2025 Maha Kumbh, Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon visited Varanasi, where Srivastava interviewed her.
