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.