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Prakriti has become the first woman to be directly inducted as combat officer into the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police). Prakriti is 25 years old. She has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. She had cleared the UPSC exam for officers' recruitment in CAPFs (Central Armed Police Forces) in her first attempt. She is now based in an ITBP unit in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Soon she will join the Officers' Training Academy of ITBP in Dehradun. ITBP has women in combat roles already. But they are present in constable ranks only. Prakriti is the first woman officer in combat role in ITBP.