"I'm here to do my best for the day", says Dr. Kiran Bedi.

 

"I'm here to do my best for the day"- says Dr. Kiran Bedi who was born on 9th June 1949 in Amritsar. She is the second of the four daughters of a couple, Parakash Lal Peshawaria and Prem Lata Peshawaria. She completed both her schooling and graduated in Arts from her birth place itself. On the following year, she earned a masters’ degree in Political Science from Punjab University. The ardent learner with active service in the Indian Police also acquired a Law Degree (LLB) from Delhi University. In 1993, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Social Sciences by the Department of Social Sciences, the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Since a child, Dr. Kiran Bedi realized how special her life was compared to the majority of Indian Children. He parents groomed her with a great deal only to ensure she could be exceptional in the male dominated country. As a teenager, she won the Asian Women’s Lawn Tennis Champion. In 1970, she began her career as a lecturer in Political Science. In 1972, she was recognized as the first women to join the Indian Police Services. She left lecturing and joined the Indian Police Service in the same year. She served as a Traffic Commissioner of New Delhi, a Deputy Inspector General of Police in insurgency prone Mizoram, an Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Chandigarh, a Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau and also a United Nations Deputation. Kiran did not fear anybody as for her the law was the same for all, be it the President of India or any commoner. It is said that once she towed the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s car for parking violation.
During her transfer to Tihar Jail as the Inspector General of Prison, she worked relentlessly to give prisoners a new lease of life through meditation and spiritualism. She initiated Yoga, Vipasana Meditation and transformed lives of prisoners. Her humane and fearless approach has contributed greatly to incalculable ground-breaking policing and prison reforms.  Today, Kiran Bedi has set up two major voluntary organizations called Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation with the objectives of improving the condition of the drug addicts and the downtrodden. Her organization was also awarded 'Serge Soitiroff Memorial Award' for drug abuse prevention by the United Nations. She has recently been appointed as Director General of India's Bureau of Police Research and Development. Earlier, she was a Police Advisor in the United Nations peacekeeping department, and has also been honored with the UN medal for outstanding service. ~By Meenakshi Kantasamy ~

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