BIOGRAPHY Kiran Bedi née Peshawaria was born on 9 June 1949 in Amritsar, a city located in northern India's Punjab state. The second of four sisters, she is widely recognized as a woman with a sense of mission, someone who will struggle against any and all obstacles in order to follow her convictions. She is keenly aware that her life is different from that of most other women in India: she comes from a lan...See More |
AWARDS • Ramon Magsaysay Award (Philippines) for Government Service (Equivalent Asian Nobel Prize) • Joseph Beuys Foundation Award (German) for Holistic & Innovative Management • Morrison Tom Gitchoff Award (USA) for actions that have significantly improved the quality of justice in India. • Pride of India Award (USA) for commitment towards Human Welfare, women’s rights, outstanding services and for upholding secular values • Woman of the Year Award 2002 (Italy) • Police Medal for Gallantry by the President of India • Chinmoy Award 2003 for Welfare Policing • In Apprececiation of Service to Humanity , Saheli , Boston (2004) • Kiran Bedi honoured with UN medal • Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice, 2005 • Global Trailblazer Award by the White House Project's EPIC Awards for women's Leadership in the media & popular culture. • Star Parivar Award for the Most Dumdar Sadasya for the show Aap Ki Kachehri (2010) |
ACADEMICS : • MA (Pol. Sc.), LLB, PhD & Nehru Fellow SPORTS : • Asian & National Tennis Champion CAREER HIGHLIGHTS : • Director General , BPR&D (Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs) • Director General, Home Guards & Director Civil Defence . • United Nations as Civilian Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operation. • Special Commissioner, Intelligence, Delhi Police • Joint Commissioner of Police Training, Delhi Police • Inspector General Prisons, Tihar Prison, Delhi • Inspector General of Police, Chandigarh • Special Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi MAJOR INVITATIONS : • Three 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 PUBLICATIONS : • “It’s Always Possible”, a book – on the transformation of the largest prison in the world • “What Went Wrong” – compilation of Real Life Stories (Now also a Serial on National Television ) • Co-authored ‘Government@net’ on e-governance • ‘I-Dare’ & ‘The Kindly Baton’ (Biographies) • Regular Columnist National Dailies, ‘Times of India’ & ‘The Tribune’, 'Punjab Kesri' , 'Navbharat Times ' and ' The Indian Express ' ( North American Edition ) • Co-authored 'Broom & Groom' with Pavan Choudhary on Civic sense. DOCUMENTARY : • A non fiction feature film on Dr Kiran Bedi's life entitled “Yes Madam, Sir” has been produced by Australian film maker, Megan Doneman. This film is being screened in film festivals around the world. Its commentator is an Academy Award winner, Helen Mirren. Dr Kiran Bedi was present during its screenings in Toronto, Dubai and Adelaide, and to address the Q&A sessions at the end of each show. Every time it has been screened, it has received a standing ovation. • The documentary has made a clean sweep of the award categories---“Best Documentary” with a cash award of $100,000, the biggest prize for a documentary for any film festival in the US and the Social Justice Award with $2500.00 at Santa Barbara International Film Festival. ‘Yes Madam, Sir’ got a unanimous vote from the jury. TV SHOW : • Dr. Kiran Bedi hosts a first of it’s kind, an Indian reality- justice TV show about real life situations called “Aap Ki Kachehri… Kiran Ke Saath”. • The series premiered on the television channel, Star Plus and is a platform for settling disputes between consenting individuals. The series is based on real-life disputes and gives the viewers' access to real-life circumstances they can relate to and learn from. • ‘Aap Ki Kachehri... Kiran Ke Saath’ undertakes insights into human conducts and values to offer education on the application of human rights and laws. The purpose is to get affected parties to discuss the issues and look at possible solutions to their problems outside of courts. |
WORK INFORMATION Employer: India Vision Foundation Position: Chair Person Location: New Delhi, India Description: India Vision Foundation is the baby of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, received for forging 'positive relationships' between people and the police through creative leadership. Awards propel and demand more work with greater commitment. India Vision Foundation borne out of the Award, (equivalent to Asian Nobel prize), seeks to carry forward its service in all those areas which were the basis of the award. Namely: Police and Prison Reforms, Women Empowerment among others. 'Saving the next victim' remains its mantra. As we go along, each day is becoming an award by itself in so many ways. Employer: Navjyoti India Foundation Position: General Secretary Location: New Delhi, India Description: Navjyoti India Foundation came in to being in the year 1988 as the brain child of Dr. Kiran Bedi. The organization was setup with the idea of promoting welfare policing, the outcome of which was our drug de-addiction program. Since its inception, Navjyoti India Foundation (NIF) has made significant contributions in other areas like education, women empowerment, family counseling, rural and urban development, health, HIV/AIDS, environment as well. Everyday we bring joy and smiles to over 12,000 people. The impact is huge. It is the relentless efforts of our ever growing family working day in and day out. |
