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Group Members

Bijal BhedaNeha Joshi

Pradnya Parab


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Introduction Born on 9 June 1949

Attended the Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar,where she joined the National cadet cops(NCC)

A passionate tennis player

Obtained a PhD in Social Sciences where the topic of herthesis was 'Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence

She began her career as a Lecturer in Political Science

(197072) at Khalsa College for Women, Amritsar


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In July 1972, she joined the Indian Police Servicebecoming the first woman to do so

In May 2005, she was awarded an honorary degree ofDoctor of Law in recognition of her humanitarianapproach to prison reforms and policing

Biographies of Kiran Bedi:

I dare!: Kiran Bedi : a biography by Parmesh DangwalKiran Bedi, the kindly baton by Meenakshi Saxena


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Honors and Awards


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Year of Award orHonor

Name of Award or Honor Awarding Organization

2010 STAR Parivar Award STAR Plus

2005 Mother Teresa Memorial National Award Indian Development Foundation (IDF)

2004 United Nations Medal United Nations

2002 Woman of the Year AwardBlue Drop Group Management, Cultural

and Artistic Association, Italy

1999 Pride of India AwardAmerican Federation of Muslims of Indian

Origin (AFMI)

1997 Fourth Joseph Beuys Award Germany

1995 Lion of the Year

1995 Father Machismo Humanitarian Award Don Bosco Shrine Office, Bombay-India

1995 Mahila Shiromani Award

1994 Magsaysay Award Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation

1991 Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and ControlInternational Organisation of Good

Templars (IOGT), Norway

1981 Women of the Year Award National Solidarity Weekly, India

1979 Presidents Gallantry Award President of India


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Reformed Sansis Help Bring Down Crime Rate

Incidence of Bootlegging in West District of Delhi,Madipur

Policemen are not all that innocent

Caught 10 police officers for taking protection money

Beat Box was introduced in entire district


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Beat Box: A Popular Move

Oath taken on New Years Day in which entire staff ofWest District Police Swore to help anybody in needin year 1981

In less than a month, more than 100 blue and whitebeat boxes were mushroomed in the west District

Manned for three hours every day by the local beatconstable


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Criminals Under Thumb

The West District police has complied a readyreference of criminals for use by police station in thedistrict

The reference contained the names of 3522 personswith criminal records, that ran into 266 bound pages

The ready reference supplemented the records ofcentral crime office


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CRANE BEDI Kiran Bedi was posted, almost against her choice, as

DCP (Traffic) in Delhi in October 1981

During the Asian Games held in Delhi in 1982 it was herresponsibility to manage the traffic

She used to control traffic by giving instruction through

microphone

Hired all the available cranes in the city to patrol theroads and cart away the wrongly parked vehicles


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Spot fined the errant ones and spared no one, whatever be

their status

In August 1982 even Prime Minister Indira Gandhis car(no DHI 1817) was pulled up for wrong parking nearupholstery shop in Connaught Place and the vehicle towedaway by a crane

After this incident she earned the sobriquet ofCraneBedi

For her excellent execution of traffic plans during AsianGames she received an award called Asian jyoti


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Kiran Takes On the Chief Minister: Delhi to Goa

SHIFT FROM DELHI TO GOA WAS A TRAUMATICEXPERIENCE

A lesson for being firm and fearless

On the personal front she had to face a serious situationbecause her daughter Saina who had the nephriticsyndrome (inflammation of kidney) since the age of three,

was under close watch by the doctors

Still she left Goa only physically, leaving behind her heartand soul


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Her Crane reputation had preceded her, much to her

surprise

To provide best service resources were very less

Goan traffic started working efficiently under theirnew leaders guidance

She inaugrated a bridge in Goa with down to theearth approach


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CHOGM

Successful execution of COMMONWEALTH HEADS OFGOVERNMENT MEET IN GOA (CHOGM)

She went to Delhi after the event was over because of herdaughters critical condition

CM declared her absconding and absent without leave

She gave her clarification on UNI ( United News of India)and left the job


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From North to North East

Opted for a Hard Posting

Letter to Home secretary

Issues like drug trafficking, drug abuse and alcoholism

Hmars People Convention signed a peace agreement

People at Aizawal greeted her with black banners and shout ofKiran Bedi Go Back

Her struggle and hardwork had to get lost in one Mizo moment


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Life at Tihar Jail

Bribe of 6 lacs for being posted at Delhi

Dump posting at Tihar Jail

Tihar was the largest in terms of human dimension as wellin India and Asia-Pacific

Kiran Bedi became the Inspector General of Prisons in 1993

I was there to correct not accuse

The initiative which led her to Magsaysay award


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Sordid reality of a derailed prison system becameapparent

Lack of basic amenities and medical care for all

Women prisoners were particularly vulnerable tomolestation and sexual favors demanded by the prisonguards

Transformation of Tihar jail to Tihar Ashram


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Congressional Committee of the US Senate invited herfor a breakfast with President Bill Clinton and his wifeHillary Clinton

Shift out Kiran Bedi, Dave tells Ministry

Measures that could compromise the securityrequirements of the prison

Transfer order put her in charge of training and policyimplementation


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Bedi Bids Adieu to Khakhi

In the year 2007, opted for voluntary retirement from herjob

She was overlooked for the post of Delhi Police

Commissioner

Was now completely free to work for people without anyinterference and confrontation

Had set up a model of Policing

Her bold actions came at a cost to her career and her family


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