My Career
Kiran Bedi is the first woman to have joined the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service.
She is the 24th Lt Governor of Puducherry. She served the United Nations as Civilian Police Advisor in Peacekeeping Operations.
She is PHD from IIT Delhi with a post doctoral Nehru fellowship.*an author of several books, latest being Fearless Governance, now translated in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam, based on ground realities as she saw in serving as the Lt Governor Puducherry.
*An Asian tennis champion.
*Winner of gallantry award
*Winner of Magsaysay Award also known as Asia’s Nobel Peace Award. *Has a biopic on her life called Yes Madam Sir. Made by an Australian. *Founded two Foundations, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation which serve the underprivileged in rural-urban areas and in prisons for the last 30 years.
Past surveys by-polls by Readers Digest and The Week Magazine rated her as India’s Most Trusted and Admired Woman in India.
Her Foundation runs a YouTube Channel called Demonstrative Learning where she and her team conducts online programs for youth, book readings and interviews with celebrities.
Career Journey
Dr Kiran Bedi was appointed as the 24th LG of Puducherry on 29th May 2016 and she served in this position till 16th February 2021. The Governance in Puducherry was a unique concept that had been based on a True governance model as it should be and follows - Trust | Empowerment | Accountability [TEA] as its mantra.
Kiran Bedi’s last posting was as Director General of Police, Bureau of Police research and development. BPRD was set up in 1970 by the Government of India to modernize the police forces. The functions of the bureau include facilitating research in the field of policing
As DG Home guards she worked to create a concept of Yellow Alert which meant in the event of any crisis a collective message will be sent out to all trained civil defence/ home guard volunteers to take their positions. During her tenure, thousands of civil defence volunteers were trained
Kiran Bedi became the first woman to be appointed the United Nations civilian police advisor in the department of peacekeeping operations.
In 1999 Kiran Bedi was posted as Joint Commissioner at the Police Training College. For the first time, Vipassana meditation was introduced in police training college.
This was Kiran Bedi’s shortest posting when she was posted as IGP Chandigarh. She remained in this post only for 40 days.
Kiran Bedi was made special secretary to the then LG of Delhi Tejendra Khanna. In the shortest possible time she set up a grievance redressal system in the office of the LG
In 1993 Kiran Bedi was posted as DIG prisons in Tihar jail. She made history by completely reforming the prison making it into Tihar Ashram which got her the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
In 1990 Kiran Bedi was transferred to Mizoram and posted as DIG range. Here again, she came across a rampant drug problem and tried to find solutions for the same. She came back to Delhi in 1993
In 1986 Kiran Bedi became DCP of Delhi’s north district and she found drug abuse to be a rampant problem there. With persuasive and patient rehabilitation and by winning the confidence of the community, Delhi was finally rid of the menace while Kiran Bedi successfully brought forth the power of corrective policing.
Kiran Bedi’s role as the Deputy Director at the DGIC was a decisive one. For her, it was a refreshingly different experience to work at a non-police department. Primarily the department dealt with monitoring of industrial relations and sending out intelligence and analysis reports.
Kiran Bedi’s role as the Deputy Director at the DGIC was a decisive one. For her, it was a refreshingly different experience to work at a non-police department. Primarily the department dealt with monitoring of industrial relations and sending out intelligence and analysis reports.
In October 1981 Kiran Bedi was made DCP Traffic. At this time the whole of New Delhi had just one DCP and that charge was given to Kiran Bedi. She neither knew the roads of Delhi nor did she have any experience with traffic. But this came as a challenge to her because she had to handle the traffic arrangements for the upcoming Asian Games.
While she was posted as DCP West she began the practice of participative policing and also join night patrolling by the citizens and the police together. This area had a lot of criminal activity and there weren’t enough police officers to handle this kind of crime.
Kiran Bedi was posted as ACP New Delhi in 1978-79. Chanakyapuri is the most upmarket area of New Delhi which houses all the important offices including the parliament house and the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
After completing her training she was given the first posting AS ACP Chanakyapuri
Kiran Bedi reported to the National Police Academy, Mt Abu as the only woman in a batch of 80 for her police training.
She broke the glass ceiling becoming the first woman to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service. She went through the same training as the boys and was allotted the Union Territory Cadre.
Tennis was a family sport for Kiran Bedi, as her father was a great tennis player of his times. He initiated all four daughters into playing competitive tennis. Kiran Bedi started playing tennis from the age of 9 and always recalls going straight to the tennis court from School where her father would be waiting for her and her sister Reeta and would personally train them in tennis.
Dr Kiran Bedi was appointed as the 24th LG of Puducherry on 29th May 2016 and she served in this position till 16th February 2021. The Governance in Puducherry was a unique concept that had been based on a True governance model as it should be and follows - Trust | Empowerment | Accountability [TEA] as its mantra.
Kiran Bedi’s last posting was as Director General of Police, Bureau of Police research and development. BPRD was set up in 1970 by the Government of India to modernize the police forces. The functions of the bureau include facilitating research in the field of policing
As DG Home guards she worked to create a concept of Yellow Alert which meant in the event of any crisis a collective message will be sent out to all trained civil defence/ home guard volunteers to take their positions. During her tenure, thousands of civil defence volunteers were trained
Kiran Bedi became the first woman to be appointed the United Nations civilian police advisor in the department of peacekeeping operations.
In 1999 Kiran Bedi was posted as Joint Commissioner at the Police Training College. For the first time, Vipassana meditation was introduced in police training college.
This was Kiran Bedi’s shortest posting when she was posted as IGP Chandigarh. She remained in this post only for 40 days.
Kiran Bedi was made special secretary to the then LG of Delhi Tejendra Khanna. In the shortest possible time she set up a grievance redressal system in the office of the LG
In 1993 Kiran Bedi was posted as DIG prisons in Tihar jail. She made history by completely reforming the prison making it into Tihar Ashram which got her the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
In 1990 Kiran Bedi was transferred to Mizoram and posted as DIG range. Here again, she came across a rampant drug problem and tried to find solutions for the same. She came back to Delhi in 1993
In 1986 Kiran Bedi became DCP of Delhi’s north district and she found drug abuse to be a rampant problem there. With persuasive and patient rehabilitation and by winning the confidence of the community, Delhi was finally rid of the menace while Kiran Bedi successfully brought forth the power of corrective policing.
Kiran Bedi’s role as the Deputy Director at the DGIC was a decisive one. For her, it was a refreshingly different experience to work at a non-police department. Primarily the department dealt with monitoring of industrial relations and sending out intelligence and analysis reports.
Kiran Bedi’s role as the Deputy Director at the DGIC was a decisive one. For her, it was a refreshingly different experience to work at a non-police department. Primarily the department dealt with monitoring of industrial relations and sending out intelligence and analysis reports.
In October 1981 Kiran Bedi was made DCP Traffic. At this time the whole of New Delhi had just one DCP and that charge was given to Kiran Bedi. She neither knew the roads of Delhi nor did she have any experience with traffic. But this came as a challenge to her because she had to handle the traffic arrangements for the upcoming Asian Games.
While she was posted as DCP West she began the practice of participative policing and also join night patrolling by the citizens and the police together. This area had a lot of criminal activity and there weren’t enough police officers to handle this kind of crime.
Kiran Bedi was posted as ACP New Delhi in 1978-79. Chanakyapuri is the most upmarket area of New Delhi which houses all the important offices including the parliament house and the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
After completing her training she was given the first posting AS ACP Chanakyapuri
Kiran Bedi reported to the National Police Academy, Mt Abu as the only woman in a batch of 80 for her police training.
She broke the glass ceiling becoming the first woman to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service. She went through the same training as the boys and was allotted the Union Territory Cadre.
Tennis was a family sport for Kiran Bedi, as her father was a great tennis player of his times. He initiated all four daughters into playing competitive tennis. Kiran Bedi started playing tennis from the age of 9 and always recalls going straight to the tennis court from School where her father would be waiting for her and her sister Reeta and would personally train them in tennis.
