Kiran Bedi

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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 a Civilian Police Advisor in Peacekeeping Operations.

She has a PhD from IIT Delhi with a post-doctoral Nehru fellowship. An author of several books, the latest being Fearless Governance, now translated into Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam, based on ground realities as she saw while serving as the Lt Governor of Puducherry.

An Asian tennis champion.

Winner of a gallantry award

Winner of the 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 Reader's 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 conduct online programs for youth, book readings and interviews with celebrities.

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