Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi (Punjab:ਕਿਰਣ ਬੇਦੀ) (born 9 June 1949) is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Bedi joined the police service in 1972 and become the first woman officer in the IPS.[2] Bedi held the post of Director General at the Bureau of Police Research and Development before she voluntarily retired from the IPS in December 2007.[3] Bedi was the host and judge of the popular TV series "Aap Ki Kachehri" (English, "Your Court"), which is based on real-life disputes and provides a platform for settling disputes between consenting parties.[4]
She has also founded two NGOs in India: the Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation for welfare and preventative policing in 1988[5] which was later renamed as the Navjyoti India Foundation in 2007, and the India Vision Foundation for prison reformation, drug abuse prevention and child welfare in 1994.[6] Bedi was awarded Ramon Magsaysay award in 1994 for Government service.[7]
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• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 Social initiatives o 3.1 Lokpal Movement
• 4 Honours and Awards
• 5 Controversies
• 6 In films and literature
• 7 Bibliography
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 External links

[edit]Early life and education
Kiran Bedi was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India. She is the second of four daughters of Prakash Peshawaria and Prem Peshawaria. Her three sisters are; Shashi, an artist settled in Canada, Reeta, a clinical psychologist and writer, and Anu, a lawyer.[citation needed]
She attended the Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar, where she joined the National Cadet Corps(NCC). She took up tennis, a passion she inherited from her father, a tennis player.[1] She won the Junior National Lawn Tennis Championship in 1966, the Asian Lawn Tennis Championship in 1972, and the All-India Interstate Women 's Lawn Tennis Championship in 1976.[8] In addition, she also won the All-Asian Tennis Championship, and won the Asian Ladies Title at the age of 22.
She earned her

References: 2002 Woman of the Year Award Blue Drop Group Management, Cultural and Artistic Association, Italy. 1999 Pride of India Award  It 's always possible: transforming one of the largest prisons in the world (1999) by Kiran Bedi[32]  "What Went Wrong?", collection of The fortnightly column written by Kiran Bedi.  The Motivating Bedi by Kiran Bedi.[10]  Government@net: new governance opportunities for India(2001) by Kiran Bedi, Sandeep Srivastava and Parminder Jeet Singh[33]  As I see-(2005) by Kiran Bedi[34]  Himmat Hai by Kiran Bedi[35]