First Woman IPS Officer- Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi, has been India’s first and highest (woman) ranking officer who joined the Ind ian Police Service in 1972. Her expertise includes more than 35 years of creative and reformative policing and prison management. Born:9 June 1949  Occupation: IPS Officer (1972–2012)Social activist Awards: Suryadatta National Award 2007         United Nations Medal 2004         Ramon Magsaysay Award 1994         President’s Gallantry Award 1979 She worked with the United Nations in New York as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations. She represented India in International forums on crime prevention, drug abuse, police and prison reforms and women's issues. She holds a Law, Masters, Doctorate degree. She is also a Nehru Fellow (post doctoral) -- Been a National and an Asian Tennis champion. She has addressed audiences at the American, British, European, Indian Universities, Corporate and Civil Society groups.   She is a recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (also called the Asian Nobel Prize), and several other national and international decorations, Dr. Bedi has a biography, I Dare, anchors radio and television shows and is a columnist with leading newspapers and magazines. She is the founder of two NGOs, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, which reach out to thousands of under -served children, women and men in the areas of education, vocational skills, environment, counseling, and health care to the urban and rural poor ,including prisoners and policemen's ' children. Currently her NGOs are running B-Schools in partnership with Universities and Vocational Institute to Indian youth.Kiran Bedi has been voted as India's most admired (THE WEEK 2002), most trusted woman in India. (Readers Digest, March 2010, Navbharat Times 2012), MSN Most Admired Indian Female Icon 2011 and amongst top 10 women Icons of 2013 by The Economic Times. A nonfiction feature film on Dr Bedi's life entitled Yes, Madam Sir has been produced by an Australian film maker, Megan Doneman. The film was adjudged the "Best Documentary" at Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It has been receiving standing ovation in most of its screenings around the world. May visitwww.kiranbedifilms.com She has been in the vanguard of a nationwide India Against Corruption Movement lead by Anna Hazare. The movement finally got Lokpal Act. Kiran is an author of several books, namely It's Always Possible, What Went Wrong, As I See, Broom and Groom and Uprising 2011..