Guwahati, Jan 2: The Assam government has approved a major reshuffle and promotion exercise in the Indian Police Service (IPS), clearing a large batch of promotions and postings across intelligence, special branches, CID, security and field formations. The changes have come into effect from January 1, 2026.
Senior IPS officer Indrani Baruah has been promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP) and retained in charge of the Central Weapons Reserve (CWR), Guwahati. She has been elevated from Deputy Inspector General to IG in Super Time Scale-II (Level 14).
In another key development, Kangkan Jyoti Saikia has been promoted to Inspector General of Police and appointed as IGP (Special Branch), Assam.
Saikia was earlier serving as DIG (Southern Range). Following his elevation, the vacancy in Silchar has been filled by Jayshree Khersa, who has been promoted to Deputy Inspector General and posted as DIG (Southern Range).
The state government has also promoted several officers of the 2012 State Police Service batch to the rank of Deputy Inspector General in Super Time Scale-I (Level 13A).
David Neitham has been posted as DIG (Security), Assam; Mugdhajyoti Dev Mahanta has been appointed DIG (CID); while Bedanta Madhab Rajkhowa has been posted as DIG (Vigilance and Anti-Corruption) and attached to the Assam Police Headquarters.
A number of proforma promotions were cleared for officers currently serving on central deputation.
Vineeta Sharma has been granted proforma promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade Plus (HAG+), Level 16, while Sreejith T has been accorded proforma promotion to the rank of DIG.
Proforma promotions to Selection Grade (Level 13) were approved for Thube Prateek Vijaykumar, Robin Kumar, Ramandeep Kaur, Yuvraj and Bhanwar Lal Meena.
Among Assam cadre officers of the 2013 batch, Selection Grade promotions have been granted to Gautam Borah, Ranjan Bhuyan, Pranabjyoti Goswami, Amrit Bhuyan, Sudhakar Singh and Rajen Singh. All the officers will continue in their present postings until further orders.
The reshuffle is expected to bring significant administrative changes across key policing and intelligence units in the state.
