• School – Sacred Heart School , Amritsar

• Graduation English (Hons.) Government College for Women, Amritsar.
• Masters in Political Science from Punjab University, Chandigarh (Topped   the University).
• Law Degree – Delhi University, New Delhi
• Ph.D – I.I.T., Delhi (Department of Social Sciences) on `Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence'.
• Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship to write about the work done at Tihar Jail during my tenure as IG (Prisons)

• Joined Indian Police Service in 1972 (the first woman in India to do so). 
• as Deputy Inspector General (Range) Mizoram.
• Inspector General of Prisons, of Tihar Jails, Delhi.
•  Special Secretary to the Lt. Governor of Delhi
• Joint Commissioner with Delhi Police.
• Inspector General of Police, Chandigarh.
• Joint Commissioner of Police (Training), Delhi Police

Other interests

• "What Went Wrong?".collection of The fortnightly column written by Kiran Bedi
• The Motivating Bedi by Kiran Bedi
• It's Always Possible-by Kiran
• ‘I  Dare!’ biography of kiran Bedi by Parmesh Dangwal
• Kiran Bedi — The Kindly Baton,  by Dr Meenakshi Saksena,
• ‘It’s Always Possible-By Kiran Bedi
• "Government@net" by Sandeep Srivastava and Parminder Jeet Singh

• President’s Gallantry Award, 1979
• Woman of the Year Award 1980 
• Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1994
• Lion of the Year, 1995
• Pride of India, 1999
• Bharat Gaurav Award, 1999
• And a lot more......

• Placed in the 5^th  position amongst "Ten Most Admired Indians" as per an exclusive Opinion Poll amongst a list of 100 eminent Indians conducted jointly by  "The Week" dated 10 September 2000.

• Voted 1^st  amongst  "Ten Most Admired Women"   through a nation-wide TN Sofres Mode Poll and published in  "The Week" in its issue dated 15 September 2002

• To address International Police Chiefs Conference (1992), USA.

• To attend National Prayer Breakfast with the President of USA in 1995. 

• To attend “United Nations Women” Conference at BEIJING (1995)

• Invited to address Prison Governors Association, Annual Conference at Buxton, U.K. March 2000.

• And a lot more.....