India is a land of courage and heroism, there is no doubt in that. One such renowned icon of heroism and symbol of victory depicting the woman power is Kiran Bedi. She is the first Indian woman to join the Indian Police Services (IPS) in the year 1972. She was a real pride for the Indian police force.
Kiran Bedi was born on June 9, 1949 at Amritsar in Punjab. She completed her schooling from the Sacred Heart Convent School in Amritsar. Then she did her graduation in the English from the Government College for Women in Amritsar. She got her Masters degree in Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh. She continued her studies, even when she joined the Indian Police force. Finally In the year 1988, she obtained a degree in Law (LLB) from Delhi University.
In the year 1993 she was awarded the Ph. D degree by the Department of Social Sciences, the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi in which her research topic was Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence. She was an extraordinary academician, author, speaker, social activist and a sports champion and tennis being her favourite sport. In short she was an all rounder. She has won the championship of all-India and all-Asian tennis competition. When she was 22 years old, she even won the Asian Ladies Title.
She started her career in the year 1970 where she did the job of a lecturer at Khalsa College for Women in Amritsar. After 2 years, she joined the Indian Police Services. In her police career she took a huge number of challenging tasks. She was transferred to Tihar which was Asia’s most notorious jail where she transformed the vice-den into something like an ashram, introducing meditation and literacy programme. Due to great her Tihar work she was awarded the Magsaysay Award (also called the Asian Nobel Award) in the year 1994. She has also been the Lieutenant Governor of Chandigarh and Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau.
Kiran Bedi laid the foundation for the establishment of two voluntary organizations, namely, Navajyoti (1988) & India Vision Foundation (1994). These organizations were primarily set up with the aim of improving the living conditions of the drug addicts and the underprivileged people. For drug abuse prevention, her organization was presented with the Serge Soitiroff Memorial Award by the United Nations.
The effort of Kiran Bedi has paid and brought her worldwide recognition. Her works have always earned appreciation. For her outstanding work and services she won a lot of awards like President Gallantry Award in the year 1979, Mother Teresa Memorial National Award for Social Justice in the year 2005 etc. A documentary based on the life of her life of being India's first woman IPS officer titled Yes, Madam Sir produced by Australian film maker, Megan Doneman has won top awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
She was last posted as Director General, BPR&D (Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs) then she retired from IPS in December, 2007, after taking voluntary retirement.
According to me....
She is a true legend.....She is a symbol of pride and honour for the woman race. We should salute and respect such a personality who has put in her whole hearted effort in serving the society. Her actions and motivational speeches have inspired a lot of young girls to look forward Indian Police Services as a career choice. If today we are seeing lot of young girls entering Military and Police services, the true credit would definitely go to KIRAN BEDI.... the Woman with tremendous will power.
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