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'''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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Kiran-Sethi-felicitated-on-international-womens-day/articleshow/46498363.cms|title=Kiran Sethi felicitated on international women's day - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref><ref name="KarateCop">{{cite news |title=Karate cop helps survivors hit back |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-times-of-india-new-delhi-edition/20150309/281590944032671 |accessdate=9 December 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=9 March 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kiran Sethi's family comes from Delhi. She studied journalism at the [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]] before joining the police in 1987.<ref name="KarateCop"/> She holds the rank of [[Assistant sub-inspector of police]] (ASI), and often investigates cases of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.<ref name="KarateCop"/> She is a chief trainer in the self-defence course 'Prahar', which by 2015, had trained more than 5000 school and university students.<ref name="KarateCop"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Self-Defence Training |url=http://dslsa.org/self-defence-training/ |date=2018 |website=Delhi State Legal Services Authority |accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref> She has also trained more than 200 hearing and sight impaired students in self-defence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/delhi/lady-singham-teaches-200-differently-abled-girls-self-defence-lessons-276858|title=Lady Singham teaches 200 differently-abled girls self-defence lessons |last=Singh|first=Abhay|date=27 December 2017 |work=Millennium Post|access-date=2018-12-09}}</ref> Organising the largest demonstration of self-defence by school students resulted in her name being entered into the [[Limca Book of Records]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest Self-Defence Demonstration |url=https://www.coca-colaindia.com/stories/largest-self-defence-demonstration |website=Coca-Cola in India |accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref> In 2014, while off-duty, Sethi saved a blind girl from being kidnapped and assaulted by a drunken man.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/woman-cop-saves-visually-challenged-girl-from-drunk-goon/article5710704.ece|title=Woman cop saves visually challenged girl from drunk goon|author=Staff Reporter|date=2014-02-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-12-09|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi: Woman ASI Saves Blind Girl From Being Kidnapped |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/delhi-woman-asi-saves-blind-girl-from-being-kidnapped/829838 |accessdate=9 December 2018 |work=The Newswire |date=20 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Express">{{cite news |title=Woman police officer foils bid to kidnap girl; man held |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/woman-police-officer-foils-bid-to-kidnap-girl-man-held/ |accessdate=9 December 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Alert woman cop saves blind girl from abduction |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/alert-woman-cop-saves-blind-girl-from-abduction-national-114022001175_1.html |accessdate=9 December 2018 |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS |date=20 February 2014}}</ref>

== Martial arts achievements ==

* Black belt, 1999, from the World Karate Organization<ref name="Express"/>
* Winner of National Competition by Taekwondo Federation of India in 2000
* Represented India in 15th World Cup in 2006

== References ==
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