UP govt assigns regular field roles to 22 IPS trainees

In a key administrative development, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday (July 26, 2025) issued posting orders for 22 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers belonging to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 batches.

Until now, these officers were serving in different districts and commissionerates as probationers during their training phase. With this order, they have been assigned regular postings as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) or Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP), marking their formal induction into independent field responsibilities.

Here is the complete list of officers and their fresh assignments:

1. Vinayak Gopal (IPS:2022:UP) – Posted as ASP, Sitapur. Earlier served as ACP, Agra Commissionerate.
2. Rajesh Gunawat (IPS:2021:UP) – Posted as ASP, Firozabad. Earlier served in Muzaffarnagar.
3. Areeba Nomaan (IPS:2022:UP) – Transferred from Aligarh and posted as ASP, Jhansi.
4. Kritika Shukla (IPS:2022:UP) – Appointed as ACP, Prayagraj Commissionerate. She was earlier posted in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
5. Devesh Chaturvedi (IPS:2022:UP) – Transferred from Meerut and posted as ASP, Ayodhya.
6. Vivek Tiwari (IPS:2022:UP) – Transferred from Saharanpur and posted as ASP, Khiri.
7. Alok Raj Narayan (IPS:2022:UP) – Moved from Agra Commissionerate to take charge as ASP, Hardoi.
8. Mavis Tak (IPS:2022:UP) – Earlier serving in Bareilly, now posted as ASP, Banda.
9. Gautam Rai (IPS:2022:UP) – Transferred from Ghaziabad Commissionerate to Bijnor as ASP.
10. Mahadik Akshay Sanjay (IPS:2022:UP) – Appointed as regular ACP, Agra Commissionerate.
11. Prashant Raj (IPS:2023:UP) – Moved from Azamgarh to Pratapgarh as ASP.
12. Siddharth K Mishra (IPS:2023:UP) – Earlier posted in Lucknow Commissionerate, now posted as ASP, Muzaffarnagar.
13. Aashna Chaudhary (IPS:2023:UP) – Transferred from Gorakhpur and posted as ASP, Mathura.
14. Vishwajeet Souryan (IPS:2023:UP) – Moved from Prayagraj Commissionerate and posted as ASP, Siddharthnagar.
15. Shivam Ashutosh (IPS:2023:UP) – Transferred from Jhansi to Bareilly as ASP.
16. Abhinav Dwivedi (IPS:2023:UP) – Posted as ASP, Moradabad. He was earlier in Ayodhya.
17. Sonal Mishra (IPS:2023:UP) – Posted as ASP, Gorakhpur. She was earlier in Moradabad.
18. Natasha Goyal (IPS:2023:UP) – Appointed as ASP, Pilibhit. Previously served in Varanasi Commissionerate.
19. Goldy Gupta (IPS:2023:UP) – Moved from Mathura to Jaunpur as ASP.
20. Arun Kumar S (IPS:2023:UP) – Transferred from Kanpur Commissionerate and posted as ASP, Fatehgarh.
21. Deepak Yadav (IPS:2023:UP) – Posted as ASP, Unnao. He was previously ACP in Kanpur Commissionerate.
22. Abhishek Dawachya (IPS:2023:UP) – Posted as ASP, Gonda. He earlier served as ACP, Lucknow Commissionerate.