kiran bedi final
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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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THANK YOU