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Kiran Bedi – Bio
- India’s first woman IPS officer - 1972
- Been in Delhi since 1974 – started as probationer in IPS
- Led the Delhi Police Parade for Republic Day 1975
- Various policing assignments
- Chanakyapuri
- New Delhi
- Old Delhi
- West Delhi
- North Delhi
- DCP Traffic (all Delhi)
- Special Commisioner Training – Delhi Police
- Ramon Magsaysay award for – for leadership in government service and effective innovations in crime control, drug rehabilitation and humane prison reforms
- President’s Gallantry Medal for act of bravery in Delhi
- First woman police advisor to Secretary General, United Nations
- Won inter-state national tennis championship for Delhi in 1978
Social Work in and around Delhi:
- Set up 8 Nashamukti kendras in the city – deaddiction, crime prevention work Social development work in slums/resettlement colonies in and around Delhi – Yamuna Pushta, Bawana, Karala, Sultanpur Majri, Jehangirpuri
- Family counseling centers
- Vocational and skills training development
- Education of underprivileged clhildren, youth and women – creches, gali schools
- Self help groups in and around Delhi and villages
- Tihar jail reformist – education, health, meditation, spiritual development of inmates and their children
Education:
- IIT Delhi (Dept of Social Sciences) – Ph.D.
- Delhi University – Law Degree
- Punjab University, Chandigarh – MA Political Science
- Government College for Women, Amritsar – BA English (Hons)
- Two honorary doctorates
Awards & Recognition:
- Most Trusted Person, Most Admired Indian by various national opinion polls – Microsoft MSN, Navbharat Times, Readers Digest, Economic Times, The Week
- Author of several books and anchor of social-focused TV shows such as Aap Ki Kacheri
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