Damayanti Sen-IPS officer who challenged State Govt. and cracked rape case

She is a graduate in Economics from Jadavpur University. Damayanti is the 1996 batch IPS officer. She is the first woman to hold the seat of Deputy Commissioner Detective Department (DCDD) in the history of Kolkata police. She is Kolkata’s first woman joint commissioner of police and was instrumental in cracking the infamous Park Street rape.The gang rape case was in such a controversy, that there were lots of fabrication & conspiracy going around in order to save the accused. But officer Sen stood by the survivor moved ahead with the investigation and caught the four accused of doing such a heinous crime.But this brave officer was called by the state secretariat and asked to explain her deed. The comprehended dis-settlement between the officer and the Chief Minister of West Bengal was more than obvious, triggering a controversy about CM’s alleged insensitivity.State in order to overlap their conspiracy and to prove that the transfer was for a bonafide intention, they included the name of Ms.Sen for receiving the Police Medal for Meritorious Services and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services in the first category.

Meera Chadha Borwankar-The Mardani IPS Officer

In 1981 Meera Chadha Borwankar became the first woman IPS Officer in Maharashtra Cadre. First ever woman to be posted as Commissioner of Mumbai Crime Branch in its 150-year-long history. To be a woman police officer in a force that has barely one or two per cent women is unique in itself; but to head an investigative force of 300 police officers is definitely a first. During her stint with the state Crime Investigation Department from 1993-95, one of the important cases she investigated was the Jalgaon sex scandal which involved many local politicians.
She was awarded the President’s Medal for meritorious service in 1997, apart from the police medal and the Director General’s insignia for meritorious service and Hubert Humphrey Fellowship (2001-2) in three decades of her policing career.

Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya-Second woman IPS officer

Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya was the second IPS woman officer, after Kiran Bedi and  first woman IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre. She is an IPS Officer of the 1973 batch.
She became the first female IPS officer to become the Director General of Police (DGP) serving the state of Uttarakhand as DGP. For her meritorious service she was awarded President's Medal for long and meritorious services in 1989, President's Medal for distinguished services in 1997 and Rajiv Gandhi Award in 2004 for excellent all round performance and as an outstanding woman achiever.
Her inspirational story led to the making of the famous TV serial ‘Udaan’ which was directed by her sister Kavita Chaudhary.

Kiran Bedi- first woman IPS officer

Kiran Bedi is the India's First Woman to Join Officer Ranks of The Indian Police Service. Bedi joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972.
As a teenager, Bedi became the national junior tennis champion in 1966. Between 1965 and 1978, she won several titles at national and state-level championships.
After joining IPS, Bedi served in Delhi, Goa and Mizoram. She started her career as a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Chanakyapuri area of Delhi, and won the President's Police Medal in 1979. Next, she moved to West Delhi, where she brought a reduction in crimes against women. Subsequently, as a traffic police officer, she oversaw traffic arrangements for the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi and the 1983 CHOGM meet in Goa. As DGP of North Delhi, she launched a campaign against drug abuse, which evolved into the Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation (renamed to Navjyoti India Foundation in 2007).
In May 1993, she was posted to the Delhi Prisons as inspector general (IG).She introduced several reforms at Tihar Jail, which gained worldwide acclaim and won her the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1994. In 1999, she won Pride of India. In 2003, Bedi became the first woman to be appointed the United Nations civilian police adviser. In 2006 The Week selected her as Most Admired Woman in the Country. She resigned in 2007, to focus on social activism and writing. In 2014 she won L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Award. She has written several books, and runs the India Vision Foundation and India Vision Foundation.


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