About Ms. M. Aruna Mohan Rao

An IPS Officer of 1987 batch, she is a well known police officer in the state of Madhya Pradesh. She has earned a name for herself with her dedication, strictness, hard work, sensitivity and empathy.

After a successful stint as ASP and Addl SP of Raipur district, she served as Superintendent of Police in Narsingpur district for almost three years. She also rendered valuable service as SP of Raise district, SP Rail Indore, DIG of Fire Services, DIG of Hoshangabad Range, IG Lokayukt, Inspector General of Rail and AJK. On promotion as Addl DG, she was the architect of a newly created branch of Crime Against Women. She set up a robust system both at the Headquarters as well as at the district level. Extensive awareness efforts, outreach programs helped to create a positive environment for women, girls and children across the state. Concerted efforts led to a large number of convictions especially of death sentences.

Achievements

In addition to various initiatives for the upliftment of the marginalised sections of society, as Collector of Dewas he pioneered the Water Conservation program. In addition to developing various water conservation structures, he successfully created the Dewas Model of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Filters. He transformed this initiative into a mass movement and succeeded in increasing the ground water level significantly.