Kiran Sethi
Kiran Sethi is a police officer in Delhi, India, known for organizing women's self-defense and police services training camps throughout India, for which she was honored by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in 2015.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Kiran Sethi's family comes from Delhi. She studied journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication before joining the police in 1987.[2] She holds the rank of Sub-Inspector of police (SI), and often investigates cases of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.[2] She is a chief trainer in the self-defence course 'Prahar', which by 2015, had trained more than 5,000 school and university students.[2][3] She has also trained more than 200 hearing and sight impaired students in self-defence.[4] Organising the largest demonstration of self-defence by school students resulted in her name being entered into the Limca Book of Records.[5] In 2014, while off-duty, Sethi saved a blind girl from being kidnapped and assaulted by a drunken man.[6][7][8][9]
Martial arts achievements[edit]
- Black belt from the World Karate Organization in 1999[8]
- Winner of National Competition by Taekwondo Federation of India in 2000
- Represented India in 15th World Cup in 2006
References[edit]
- ^ "Kiran Sethi felicitated on international women's day - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ a b c d "Karate cop helps survivors hit back". The Times of India. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Self-Defence Training". Delhi State Legal Services Authority. 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Singh, Abhay (27 December 2017). "Lady Singham teaches 200 differently-abled girls self-defence lessons". Millennium Post. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ "Largest Self-Defence Demonstration". Coca-Cola in India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Staff Reporter (2014-02-21). "Woman cop saves visually challenged girl from drunk goon". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ "Delhi: Woman ASI Saves Blind Girl From Being Kidnapped". The Newswire. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Woman police officer foils bid to kidnap girl; man held". The Indian Express. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Alert woman cop saves blind girl from abduction". Business Standard. IANS. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.