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R. Nishanthini IPS (born May 16, 1982) is an Indian Police Service officer and is currently serving as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Thiruvananthapuram range. She is a 2008-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. She is also the chairperson of the Janamaithri Suraksha Project Management Nodal Committee and the assistant nodal officer for social policing.

Career
R. Nishanthini IPS joined the Indian Police Service in 2008 as an officer from the Kerala Cadre. She started off as the Assistant Superintendent of Police of Thodupuzha subdivision. She was appointed Commandant of Kerala Armed Police Battalion 1 in 2010 after being promoted to Superintendent of Police. She was thereafter assigned as SP, Computer Cell, in 2012, and Assistant Inspector General, Police Headquarters, in 2013. In Cochin City, she served as the Deputy Commissioner for law and order from 2014 and 2015. She worked as District Police chief for Thrissur City and Thrissur Rural in alternate terms for three years. She worked at the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau units in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam, respectively. R. Nishanthini IPS was the first Commandant of the Kerala Armed Women Police Battalion, which was established under her guidance in 2017. She worked for the Crime-Branch Crime Investigation Department HHW 1 Unit in Thiruvananthapuram. Later, she served as the Superintendent of Police (HQ) at Police headquarters. In 2020, she worked as Superintendent of Police for Railways. She was later appointed as the District Police Chief of Pathanamthitta. On January 22, she was promoted and appointed as Deputy Inspector General, Thiruvananthapuram Range.