{"id":1551,"date":"2026-03-23T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/bow\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1551"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:41:49","slug":"kiran-bedi","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/bow\/team\/kiran-bedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiran Bedi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kiran Bedi is the first woman to have joined the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>She is the 24th Lt Governor of Puducherry.\u00a0 She served the United Nations as Civilian Police Advisor in Peacekeeping Operations.<\/p>\n<p>She is PHD from IIT Delhi with a\u00a0post doctoral\u00a0Nehru\u00a0fellowship.*an author of several books, latest being Fearless Governance, now translated in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam, based on ground realities as she saw in serving as the Lt Governor Puducherry.<\/p>\n<p>*An Asian tennis champion.<\/p>\n<p>*Winner of gallantry award<\/p>\n<p>*Winner of Magsaysay Award also known as Asia\u2019s Nobel Peace Award. *Has a biopic on her life called Yes Madam Sir. 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