| Name |
Kiran Bedi |
| Place of birth |
Amritsar , 1949 |
| Family |
Dad : Prakash
Mom : Prem Peshawaria
Sisters : Shashi(settled in Canada), Reeta (Tennis player,writer),Anu(Tennis player)
Husband : Shri Brij Bedi, a Textile Engineer in Amritsar.
Daughter : Saina Bedi |
| Education |
- Graduation English (Hons.) Government College for Women, Amritsar.
- Masters in Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh (Topped the University).
- Law Degree � Delhi University, New Delhi
- Ph.D I.I.T., Delhi (Department of Social Sciences) on `Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence’.
- Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship to write about the work done at Tihar Jail during my tenure as IG (Prisons)
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| Career |
- Joined Indian Police Service in 1972 (the first woman in India to do so).
- as Deputy Inspector General (Range) Mizoram.
- Inspector General of Prisons, of Tihar Jails, Delhi.
- Special Secretary to the Lt. Governor of Delhi
- Joint Commissioner with Delhi Police.
- Inspector General of Police, Chandigarh.
- Joint Commissioner of Police (Training), Delhi Police
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| Other interests |
Been a National Junior and Senior Tennis Champion and Asian Tennis Champion. |
| Community work |
Regd. (1994) |
| Books about her |
- “What Went Wrong?”.collection of The fortnightly column written by Kiran Bedi
- The Motivating Bediby Kiran Bedi
- It’s Always Possible-by Kiran
- I Dare! biography of kiran Bedi by Parmesh Dangwal
- Kiran Bedi � The Kindly Baton, by Dr Meenakshi Saksena,
- It is Always Possible-By Kiran Bedi
- “Government@net” by Sandeep Srivastava and Parminder Jeet Singh
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| Awards |
- President’s Gallantry Award, 1979
- Woman of the Year Award 1980
- Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1994
- Lion of the Year, 1995
- Pride of India, 1999
- Bharat Gaurav Award, 1999
- And a lot more……
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| Achievements |
- Placed in the 5th position amongst “Ten Most Admired Indians” as per an exclusive Opinion Poll amongst a list of 100 eminent Indians conducted jointly by “The Week” dated 10 September 2000.
- Voted 1st amongst “Ten Most Admired Women” through a nation-wide TN Sofres Mode Poll and published in “The Week” in its issue dated 15 September 2002
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| Invitations |
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To address International Police Chiefs Conference (1992), USA.
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To attend National Prayer Breakfast with the President of USA in 1995.
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To attend United Nations WomenConference at BEIJING (1995)
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Invited to address Prison Governors Association, Annual Conference at Buxton, U.K. March 2000.
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And a lot more…..
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