1. DR. KIRAN BEDI
LEADER WE ADMIRE THE MOST …
Journey From :
“WHAT IS POSSIBLE ?”
TO
“IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.”
Presented By- iWonders group

2. PATHWAY FOR PRESENTATION …
E A R LY L I F E
E D U C AT I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D
SPORTS
CAREER
CONTROVERSIES
CONTRIBUTIONS
ACHIEVEMENT'S
I N V I TAT I O N S
LEARNING’S FROM HER LIFE

3. EARLY LIFE
 Born in Amritsar in Punjab
 She is the second daughter of four daughters of
Prakash Peshawaria and Prem Peshawaria.
 Her three sisters are Shashi, an artist settled in
Canada, Reeta, a clinical psychologist and writer, and
Anu, a lawyer
 She attended the Sacred Heart Convent School,
Amritsar, where she joined the NCC

5. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
 School – The Sacred Heart Convent School, Amritsar.
 B.A. (English) [1968] – The Government College for Women,
Amritsar.
 Master’s degree (Political science) [1970] – Punjab
University, Chandigarh.
 LLB [1988] – Delhi University, Delhi.
 Ph.D. (Social Sciences) [1993] – Awarded by Department of
Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

6. SPORTS
 She took up tennis, a passion she inherited from her father,
a tennis player.
 National junior Tennis champion at the age 16.
 She also won the All-Asian Tennis Championship, and won
the Asian Ladies Title at the age of 22.

9. CAREER
 She began her career as a Lecturer in Political Science (1970–72) at Khalsa
College for Women, Amritsar
 In July 1972, she joined the Indian Police Service, becoming the first woman to
do so
 She served in a number of tough assignments ranging from New Delhi traffic
postings, Deputy Inspector General of Police in Mizoram, Advisor to the
Lieutenant Governor of Chandigarh, Director General of Narcotics Control
Bureau
 She is popularly referred to as Crane Bedi for towing the Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi's car for a parking violation, during the PM's tour of United States at
the time
 Kiran Bedi influenced several decisions of the Indian Police Service,
particularly in the areas of narcotics control, Traffic management, and VIP
security
 She was last appointed as Director General of India's Bureau of Police Research
and Development.

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 In May 2005, she was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Law in
recognition of her “humanitarian approach to prison reforms and policing
 On 27 November 2007, she expressed her wish to voluntarily retire from the
police force to undertake new challenges in life
 On 25 December 2007, the Government of India agreed to relieve Bedi of her
duties as Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development.
 Kiran Bedi along with 17 other police officers set up Navjyoti India Foundation
(NIF) in 1987
 In 1994 Bedi setup India Vision Foundation which works in field of police
reforms, prison reforms, women empowerment and rural and community
development

12. CONTROVERSIES
 In July 1994, Kiran Bedi, the then Inspector-General of
Prisons of Tihar Jail was pulled up by the Supreme Court
Of India.
 She escaped from punishment despite being heavily
reprimanded, in view of her winning the Magsasay Award
 In 1988 Wadhwa Commission criticized Bedi for her role in
lathi-charge on lawyers protesting against a colleague’s
arrest outside Bedi’s office
 Bedi was criticized for being a hardliner in the negotiations
with government over Lokpal bill
 Kiran Bedi was alleged to have charged her hosts full fare
for air tickets despite her paying discounted fare
 She was also alleged to have charged her hosts business
class fare while flying economy class.

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 Kiran Bedi was also accused by an NGO of claiming
business class fare from Delhi to Mumbai
 In 1992 Kiran Bedi's daughter was given admission for
MBBS course in Delhi's Hardinge College under a quota for
student's from North-East
 She had defended the move to get her daughter admitted in
a reserved seat saying that Central Government employees
are entitled to such schemes.
 police registered a case against Kiran Bedi within 24 hours,
for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for her NGOs

14. CONTRIBUTIONS
 NGOs
 LOKPAL MOVEMENT
 Television Program “Aapki Kacheri”
 BOOKS

18. AWARDS
Year Name of award organization
1979 President’s Gallantry Award President of India
National Solidarity Weekly,
1981 Women of the Year Award
India
International Organisation of
Asia Region Award for Drug Prevention and
1991 Good Templars (IOGT),
Control
Norway
Ramon Magsaysay Award
1994 Magsaysay Award
Foundation
Don Bosco Shrine Office,
1995 Father Machismo Humanitarian Award
Bombay-India
1995 Lion of the Year
1997 Fourth Joseph Beuys Award Germany
American Federation of
1999 Pride of India Award Muslims of Indian Origin
(AFMI)

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Year Nane of award organization
Blue Drop Group
2002 Woman of the Year Award Management, Cultural and
Artistic Association, Italy.
2004 United Nations Medal United Nations
Mother Teresa Memorial Indian Development
2005
National Award Foundation (IDF)
2010 STAR Parivar Award STAR Plus
Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Indian Institute of Planning
2011
Puraskar and Management

20. INVITATIONS
 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
 Guest Speaker at Harvard, Oxford and
Cambridge Universities.

21. LEARNIGS FROM HER LIFE
 Nothing is impossible, no target unachievable – one
just has to try harder and harder.
 Dare to win and you will win.
 Have the courage to stand by your principles
 Respect for your work and family.
 Look beyond your own world.
 Be literate from within.
 As you move up the ladder it isessential to have your
feats on the ground.
 “EVERY DROP MAKES AN OCEAN “