Kiran Bedi won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1994. For which specific work was she recognised?
- Her work as the first woman officer to serve in border policing in J&K
- Founding the Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation for community service
- Reforms at Tihar Jail — literacy, yoga, vocational training as Inspector General
- Using RTI to expose corruption in Delhi Police procurement
Answer: Reforms at Tihar Jail in Delhi — introducing literacy, yoga, meditation and vocational training while serving as Inspector General of Prisons
Kiran Bedi received the 1994 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service for the reforms she introduced at Tihar Jail in New Delhi during her tenure as Inspector General of Prisons. Tihar housed over 8,000 prisoners and was known for violence and corruption. Bedi introduced literacy classes, yoga and meditation sessions, vocational training, and addiction rehabilitation programmes — transforming a punitive institution into one that attempted rehabilitation. She was also the first woman officer of the Indian Police Service.