Senior IPS officer Nina Singh took over as the first woman Director General of CISF, a central force that guards civil airports and other vital installations.

• Singh, who served as DG in-charge of CISF after her predecessor Sheel Vardhan Singh retired on August 31, was accorded a guard of honour at the CISF headquarters.
• Among those present was her husband, IAS officer and Union consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh. 
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) issued an order for her appointment to the post on Thursday(28 December 203). 
• Originally from Bihar, Singh studied at the Patna Women’s College before obtaining Master’s degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Harvard.