Meet N Ambika, got married at 14, became mother at 18, a school dropout, cracked UPSC exam to become IPS officer, her AIR was....

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It is the dream of thousands of aspirants to clear the UPSC Civil Services Examination and become an Indian Administrative Service(IAS), an Indian Foreign Service(IFS) Officer, and an Indian Police Service(IPS) Officer. However, to become one such officer, one needs to crack the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Services Commission annually. The exam is held in three phases: preliminary round, mains round, and interview(personality test). This woman, a school dropout, got married at 14, gave birth to two children by 18, later became an IPS Officer with AIR…, she is…, is posted at…
N Ambika realised the fact that she wanted to do something big in her life when she accompanied her husband to see the Republic Day Police parade. As she observed the ceremony, she noticed two top police officers being saluted with great respect and admiration. 'I want people to salute me, show me the same respect,' N Ambika said to her husband, reported Onmanorama.
Her husband was amused and reminded her quietly that this sort of honor was not so easily attained—it required passing the tough IPS test and years of service to reach the rank of DGP or IG. She was a school drop-out and a mother, after all. But Ambika had already decided. If becoming an IPS officer was what people were willing to do in order to salute her with such reverence, then that was what she was going to become.
According to the Onmanorama, Ambika cleared the Class 10th examination via private coaching. . But there was no Civil Service examination coaching centre in Dindigul. Her husband arranged a place for her to stay in Chennai and said he would look after the children. But Ambika flunked in her exams. The couple did not lose hope, and she attempted again only to fail once more. When she failed the third time, her husband instructed her to pack her bags, but Ambika wished to go for one more attempt. She succeeded this time in the mains, prelims, and the interview of the Civil service test. Her name was short-listed for the 2008 IPS list. Her first assignment was in Maharashtra and within no time she gained the sobriquet of 'Lady Singham.' In 2019 while she was serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Maharashtra, she was selected for the Lokmath Maharashtrian of the Year award.