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Opportunity Conference : Keynote Address by Dr.Kiran Bedi

We are excited to announce that one of India's popular woman icons and social changemaker Dr.Kiran Bedi will be delivering the keynote address at PayPal Opportunity Conference 2015. Dr.Bedi's talk will revolve around her experiences from her public life, and inspiring vision for social innovators and youngsters to contribute towards nation building.

About Dr. Kiran Bedi

Dr. Kiran Bedi, joined the officer ranks of Indian Police Service in 1972 and became the first woman in India to do so.

She worked with the United Nations in New York as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations. She led Peacekeeping Operations in 16 Peacekeeping Operations in Africa, Asia, and Europe. All in war-torn countries where policing was re-established.

She holds a Law, Masters, Doctorate degree. She is also a Nehru Fellow (post doctoral) – Has been a National and an Asian Tennis champion

She is a recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award (also called the Asian Nobel Prize),.

Founder of two NGOs, Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation, which reach out to thousands of under -served children, women and men. Currently her NGOs are running  B-Schools in partnership with Universities and Vocational Institutes for Indian youth. 

Kiran Bedi has been voted as India's most admired (THE WEEK 2002), most trusted woman in India. (Readers Digest, March 2010, Navbharat Times 2012), MSN Most Admired  Indian Female Icon 2011 and amongst top 10 women Icons of 2013 by The Economic Times.

A nonfiction feature film on Dr Bedi's life entitled Yes, Madam Sir has been produced by an Australian film maker, Megan Doneman. The film was adjudged the "Best Documentary" at Santa Barbara International Film Festival and is available on Amazon.com

She has been in the vanguard of a nationwide movement of India against Corruption.

Dr. Bedi has a biography, I Dare and is an author of several books, namely It's Always PossibleWhat Went WrongAs I SeeBroom and Groom ,India Protests. She anchors radio and television shows and is a columnist.

For more information may visit her website www.kiranbedi.com or tweet @thekiranbedi

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