Bedi

KIRAN BEDI
Kiran Bedi (:ਕਿਰਣ ਬੇਦੀ) (born 9 June 1949) is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. She became the first woman to join the IPS in 1972. She held the post of Director General at the Bureau of Police Research and Development before she voluntary retired from the IPS in December 2007.

Navjyoti (which literally means New Enlightenment), set up in 1987 and India Vision Foundation, set up in 1994, are the two major voluntary organizations established by her with the objectives of improving the condition of drug addicts and poor people. Her efforts have won national and international recognition, and her organizations were awarded the "Serge Soitiroff Memorial Award" for drug abuse prevention by the United Nations.

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