Pratiksha Godara Takes Charge as Security Advisor at GAIL

By: Women Entrepreneurs Review Team | Thursday, 15 October 2026

Pratiksha Godara, IPS (AGMUT: 2011), has been appointed as Advisor in GAIL (India) Limited on deputation basis in the pay and rank of DIG for a period of three years. 

The 2011-batch AGMUT-cadre IPS officer has been appointed on deputation for three years in the rank and pay scale of Deputy Inspector General (DIG). Her tenure will begin from the date she assumes charge and continue for three years or until further orders, whichever comes first.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas communicated the approval of the competent authority through a letter dated October 8, 2026, bearing reference number L-11015/1/2013-GP-II (E: 37943). The cadre authorities have been instructed to relieve her immediately to enable her to take up the new assignment.

Pratiksha made history in July 2023 by becoming the first woman IPS officer appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in the Special Cell of Delhi Police. The unit is responsible for counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism operations.

Key Highlights:

• Pratiksha has been appointed Security Advisor at GAIL on a three-year deputation
• She became the first woman IPS officer to serve as DCP in Delhi Police’s Special Cell in July 2023
• Pratiksha received the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak in 2025 for her work in Special Operations

Before her Delhi posting, Pratiksha served in Puducherry as Senior Superintendent of Police (Headquarters), where she handled several key responsibilities, including crime-related assignments. Her appointment to the Special Cell was widely reported as a milestone for women's representation in the unit.

She was later sent to the Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Cell/Headquarters) and Additional CP/Director (Operations) at DPHCL in Delhi. In 2025, she received the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak in the field of Special Operations as an officer.

She was honored as an officer with the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak in 2025 for her work in the Special Operations field. She is a member of the cadre of AGMUT, hailing from Rajasthan, an MBA and has joined IPS on 29 August 2011.

The role of Advisor (Security) at GAIL, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, involves overseeing their security architecture including their physical asset protection, cyber security and other security-related activities.

IPS officers have served on deputation at the post earlier. Pratiksha's nomination brings a specialist counter-intelligence officer to the role of protecting vital energy infrastructure.

It was reported by several platforms for tracking the bureaucracy on 13-14 October 2026. She should be relieved at the earliest from her post to take up the role at GAIL, as per the latest orders received; she is to be relieved at the earliest.