LEADER WE ADMIRE THE MOST …
DR. KIRAN BEDI
Presented By-iWondersgroup
Journey From :
“WHAT IS POSSIBLE ?”
TO
“IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.”
EARLY LIFE
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
SPORTS
CAREER
CONTROVERSIES
CONTRIBUTIONS
ACHIEVEMENT'S
INVITATIONS
LEARNING’S FROM HER LIFE
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PATHWAY FOR PRESENTATION …
EARLY LIFE
Born in Amritsar in Punjab
She is the second daughter of four daughtersof
PrakashPeshawariaand PremPeshawaria.
Her three sisters are Shashi, an artist settled in
Canada, Reeta, a clinical psychologist and writer, and
Anu, a lawyer
She attended the Sacred Heart Convent School,
Amritsar, where she joined the NCC
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
School –The Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar.
B.A. (English) [1968] –The Government College for Women,
Amritsar.
Master’s degree (Political science) [1970] –Punjab
University, Chandigarh.
LLB [1988] –Delhi University, Delhi.
Ph.D. (Social Sciences) [1993] –Awarded by Department of
Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
SPORTS
She took up tennis, a passion she inherited from her father,
a tennis player.
National junior Tennis champion at the age 16.
She also won the All-Asian Tennis Championship, and won
the Asian Ladies Title at the age of 22.
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, becoming the first woman to
do so
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
She is popularly referred to as Crane Bedifor towing the Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi's car for a parking violation, during the PM's tour of United States at
the time
KiranBediinfluenced several decisions of the Indian Police Service,
particularly in the areas of narcotics control, Traffic management, and VIP
security
She was last appointed as Director General of India's Bureau of Police Research
and Development.
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In May 2005, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Law in
recognition of her “humanitarian approach to prison reforms and policing
On 27 November 2007, she expressed her wish to voluntarily retire from the
police force to undertake new challenges in life
On 25 December 2007, the Government of India agreed to relieve Bediof her
duties as Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development.
KiranBedialong with 17 other police officers set up NavjyotiIndia Foundation
(NIF) in 1987
In 1994 Bedisetup India Vision Foundation which works in field of police
reforms, prison reforms, women empowerment and rural and community
development
CONTROVERSIES
In July 1994, KiranBedi, the then Inspector-General of
Prisons of TiharJail was pulled up by the Supreme Court
Of India.
She escaped from punishment despite being heavily
reprimanded, in view of her winning the MagsasayAward
In 1988 WadhwaCommission criticized Bedifor her role in
lathi-charge on lawyers protesting against a colleague’s
arrest outside Bedi’soffice
Bediwas criticized for being a hardliner in the negotiations
with government over Lokpalbill
KiranBediwas alleged to have charged her hosts full fare
for air tickets despite her paying discounted fare
She was also alleged to have charged her hosts business
class fare while flying economy class.
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KiranBediwas also accused by an NGO of claiming
business class fare from Delhi to Mumbai
In 1992 KiranBedi'sdaughter was given admission for
MBBS course in Delhi's HardingeCollege under a quota for
student's from North-East
She had defended the move to get her daughter admitted in
a reserved seat saying that Central Government employees
are entitled to such schemes.
police registered a case against KiranBediwithin 24 hours,
for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for her NGOs
CONTRIBUTIONS
NGOs
LOKPAL MOVEMENT
Television Program “AapkiKacheri”
BOOKS
AWARDS
Year Name of award organization
1979 President’s Gallantry Award President of India
1981 Women of the Year Award
National Solidarity Weekly,
India
1991
Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and
Control
International Organisation of
Good Templars (IOGT),
Norway
1994 Magsaysay Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Foundation
1995 Father Machismo Humanitarian Award
Don BoscoShrine Office,
Bombay-India
1995 Lion of the Year
1997 Fourth Joseph Beuys Award Germany
1999 Pride of India Award
American Federation of
Muslims of Indian Origin
(AFMI)
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Year Naneof award organization
2002 Woman of the Year Award
Blue Drop Group
Management, Cultural and
Artistic Association, Italy.
2004 United Nations Medal United Nations
2005
Mother Teresa Memorial
National Award
Indian Development
Foundation (IDF)
2010 STAR ParivarAward STAR Plus
2011
Bharatiya Manavata Vikas
Puraskar
Indian Institute of Planning
and Management
INVITATIONS
UN conferences on Drug Abuse, Women & World
Social Summit
SAARC Workshop on Drug Trafficking at
Islamabad Prison Governors Association,
Annual conference at Buxton,
UK Panelist with Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya
Sen,
OSLO National Prayer Breakfast meeting with
President Clinton
Guest Speaker at Harvard, Oxford and
Cambridge Universities.
LEARNIGS FROM HER LIFE
Nothing is impossible, no target unachievable –one
just has to try harder and harder.
Dare to win and you will win.
Have the courage to stand by your principles
Respect for your work and family.
Look beyond your own world.
Be literate from within.
As you move up the ladder it isessentialto have your
feats on the ground.
“EVERY DROP MAKES AN OCEAN “