Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi, born on June ninth, nineteen forty-nine, is a trailblazer in Indian law enforcement and a former tennis champion. She made history in nineteen seventy-two as the first Indian woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS). Over her remarkable thirty-five-year career, she served in various capacities across Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh, and Mizoram, ultimately retiring as the Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development in two thousand seven.

Before her illustrious career in policing, Bedi was a celebrated tennis player, crowned the national junior champion in nineteen sixty-six. Her athletic prowess continued as she secured numerous titles in national and state-level championships from nineteen sixty-five to nineteen seventy-eight. This competitive spirit translated into her professional life, where she made significant contributions to law enforcement, including reducing crimes against women and overseeing traffic arrangements for major events like the nineteen eighty-two Asian Games.

In May nineteen ninety-three, Bedi took on the role of Inspector General at Delhi Prisons, where she implemented transformative reforms at Tihar Jail, earning the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in nineteen ninety-four. Her career reached an international milestone in two thousand three when she became the first Indian and the first woman to lead the United Nations Police as a Police Advisor in the United Nations Department of Peace Operations.

After resigning from the police service in two thousand seven, Bedi shifted her focus to social activism and writing, founding the India Vision Foundation. She gained further public recognition as a host of the court show 'Aap Ki Kachehri' from two thousand eight to two thousand eleven. A prominent figure in the two thousand eleven Indian anti-corruption movement, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January two thousand fifteen and ran for the Delhi Assembly election as the party's chief minister candidate, although she was not successful.