Fearless Governance: Using Trust, Empowerment, and Accountability to Lead
Thursday, 29 Sep 2022 at 5:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
A public reception will begin at 5pm.Dr. Bedi will speak at 6pm.
Dr. Kiran Bedi was the first woman to have joined the officer ranks of Indian Police Service in1972. She was the 24th Lt Governor of Puducherry and served the United Nations as Civilian Police Advisor in Peace Keeping Operations. She has a PhD from IIT Delhi with a post-doctoral Nehru Fellowship. She was a winner of the Gallantry award from Gov. of Inia, and the Magsaysay Award also known as Asia’s Nobel Peace Award. She also was an Asian tennis champion and has authored several books. She has a biopic on her life called Yes Madam Sir. She founded two Foundations, Navjyoti India Foundation and India Vision Foundation which serve the under privileged in rural, urban areas and in prisons for last 30 years. Her latest book Fearless Governance is based on ground realities as she saw while serving as the Lt Governor Puducherry as released by Ms. Indra Nooyi (former CEO Pepsi). They called it a “blue print for Good Governance" cutting across leadership qualities both, in private and public sector.
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