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A Journey of Kiran Bedi-First Woman IPS

Prepared BY: Kapuriya Rupal D.

Kiran Bedi-India’s First Women To JoinOfficer Ranks Of The Indian Police Service….

Early Life..Kiran Bedi is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Bedi joined the police service in 1972 and became the first woman officer in the IPS.

Born : June 9, 1949 .

From : Amritsar, Punjab, India.

Education :

BA degree by the Government College for Women, Amritsar 

Master’s degree in Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh

Bachelor of Laws in 1988 from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Department of Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi on “Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence”.

Career… She began her career as a Lecturer in Political Science

(1970–72) at Khalsa College for Women, Amritsar. In July 1972, she joined the Indian Police Service.

She served in a number of tough assignments ranging from New Delhi traffic postings.

Deputy Inspector General of Police in Mizoram.

Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Chandigarh.

Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau, to a United Nations delegation, where she became the Civilian Police Advisor in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

She was last appointed as Director General of India's Bureau of Police Research and Development.

In 2014, she has joined parliament by offering herself as CM candidate of BJP.

Awards and Honour… President's Gallantry Award (1979)

Women of the Year Award (1980)

Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and Control (1991)

Magsaysay Award (1994) for Government Service

Manila Shiromani Award (1995)

Father Machismo Humanitarian Award (1995)

Lion of the Year (1995)

Joseph Beuys Award (1997)

Pride of India (1999)

Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice (2005)

Bibliography… It's always possible: transforming one of the largest prisons in the

world (1999) by Kiran Bedi

"What Went Wrong?", collection of The fortnightly column written by Kiran Bedi.

The Motivating Bedi by Kiran Bedi.

Government@net: new governance opportunities for India(2001) by Kiran Bedi, Sandeep Srivastava and Parminder Jeet Singh As I see-(2005) by Kiran Bedi

Himmat Hai by Kiran Bedi

Nidar Bano by Kiran Bedi Wisdom Village Publications ISBN 9789380710341

Nidar Bano by Kiran Bedi Wisdom Village Publications ISBN 9789380710358(hardbound)

Kiran Bedi : The Woman Of Substance Publisher Diamond Books Isbn9788128837463 

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