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Kiran Bedi

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1994 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service from India. Kiran Bedi was the first and highest-ranking woman officer in the Indian Police Service. In her 35-year career, she was known for meticulous planning and ruthlessly impartial enforcement of the law. Through her programs, citizens consulted with constables, and former bootleggers were redirected to honest livelihoods. As inspector general of Tihar, India’s largest prison complex, she instituted programs through which inmates are imbued with positive attitudes and practical skills for life beyond the walls. Ms. Bedi founded two NGOs, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, which reach out to over 10,000 beneficiaries daily, in the areas of drug abuse treatment, schooling for children of prisoners, and education, training, counseling, and health care for the poor.

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Citation of Kiran Bedi as Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service

In electing KIRAN BEDI to receive the 1994 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government
Service, the Board of Trustees recognizes her building confidence in India's police through
dynamic leadership and effective innovations in crime control, drug…

Kiran Bedi's acceptance speech at the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Presentation Ceremony held in Manila on 31 August 1994.

Official Biography of Kiran Bedi in relation to her Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 1994.

Police: a Positive Good or a Necessary Evil
Official lecture of Dr. Kiran Bedi entitled "Police: a Positive Good or a Necessary Evil." This is in relation to her Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 1994.

Official biography of Dr. Kiran Bedi entitled "'I Dare!': Kiran Bedi: A Biography" published by UBS Publishers in 1995. The life story was written by Parmesh Dangwal with photographs taken by Ajay Goyal.

"What Went Wrong and Continues?" [written by Kiran Bedi] is a unique collection of uncensored narrations volunteered by individuals who had nothing to declare but their wrong past. The experiences provide the readers a close insight into lives they…

Official autobiography entitled "As I See" written by Kiran Bedi herself and was published by Sterling Publishers in 2003.

A book entitled "It's Always Possible: Transforming One of the :Largest Prisons in the World" written by Kiran Bedi herself and was published by Sterling Publishers in 2002.

Kiran Bedi was featured in a calendar produced by India's Bank of Baroda in 2007. On her description says, she was "fondly referred to as India's super cop." Furthermore, it says that "this Magsaysay Award winner is the first Indian woman IPS…

Front cover of a newsletter of Dr. Kiran Bedi's India Vision Foundation (IVF) in 2006.