page_title: D. Roopa
section_title: Early life and education
hierarchical_section_title: D. Roopa / Early life and education
caption_attribution_description: English: D Roopa IPS as NCC Best cadet At Delhi
context_page_description: Roopa Divakar Moudgil, commonly known as D. Roopa is an Indian Police Service officer from Davanagere, Karnataka.
  She is currently the Inspector-general of police Railways, in Bangalore, Karnataka. She was also posted as Additional Commandant General, Home Guards & Ex-Officio Additional Director, Civil defence, commissioner for traffic and road safety and Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in Karnataka.
  She has given various talks at TEDx conferences in India and is a popular face among IPS officers. She is also a playback singer in Kannada cinemas and has sung a song for Kannada film Bayalaatada Bheemanna, starring Ravichandran in the lead.
context_section_description: D. Roopa, was born in Davanagere. Her father is J. S. Divakar, a retired engineer and mother is Hemavathi. She has one younger sister , Rohini Divakar, who is an IRS officer of 2008 batch and is posted as Joint Commissioner Of Income Tax. Rohini was also an NCC cadet and has authored many articles in prominent national dailies.
  She completed her graduation from Kuvempu University Karnataka with a gold medal, and post graduation MA in psychology from Bangalore University. Roopa is a well versed with Hindustani Classical music and a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. She has recently released a music video on 2018's International Women's Day to inspire women.
  In 2003, she married Munish Moudgil, an alumnus of IIT Bombay and currently an IAS officer. They have two children Anagha and Roshil.
caption: D Roopa, with the then Prime Minister, V. P. Singh and Minister for Science & Technology Sri Raja Ramanna; as Best National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadet, represented Karnataka in New Delhi while in class 9.
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