 From June 2017, she is the head of a newly created post, "Social Policing & Traffic" in Kerala.Her office is at the Police Headquarters.She became FIRE FORCE DGP and first woman DGP of independent charge in KERALA on 27 may 2020

In 2004, as DIG Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Sreelekha was awarded the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service.