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
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 Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI), 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 5000 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
- Black belt, 1999, from the World Karate Organization[8]
- Winner of National Competition by Taekwondo Federation of India in 2000
- Represented India in 15th World Cup in 2006
References
- ↑ Kiran Sethi felicitated on international women's day - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Karate cop helps survivors hit back. The Times of India(9 March 2015).
- ↑ Self-Defence Training. Delhi State Legal Services Authority(2018).
- ↑ Lady Singham teaches 200 differently-abled girls self-defence lessons, Singh, Abhay(27 December 2017). Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ↑ Largest Self-Defence Demonstration. Coca-Cola in India.
- ↑ Woman cop saves visually challenged girl from drunk goon. The Hindu(2014-02-21). Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ↑ Delhi: Woman ASI Saves Blind Girl From Being Kidnapped. The Newswire(20 February 2014).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Woman police officer foils bid to kidnap girl; man held. The Indian Express(21 February 2014).
- ↑ Alert woman cop saves blind girl from abduction. Business Standard(20 February 2014).