For
playing an instrumental role in tackling the Mumbai underworld and
unearthing some of the most infamous scandals in the history of
Maharashtra Police
A
1981-batch IPS officer, Meeran Chadha Borwankar is the second woman IPS
officer of Maharashtra, the first woman IPS officer to lead the Mumbai
Crime Branch, the first woman Superintendent of Police (Aurangabad and
Satara districts) and Commissioner of Police (Pune) in Maharashtra. Born
in Gurdaspur, Punjab, she did her postgraduation from DAV College,
Jalandhar. Later, she also studied Policy Analysis in Law Enforcement at
the University of Minnesota, USA.
Known
as a woman super-cop, Borwankar has played a huge role in the
extradition of Abu Salem, Monica Bedi, Tariq Parveen and Sharmila
Sitaram Naik alias Sharmila Shanbhag. She was awarded the President’s
Medal for distinguished service in 2006, apart from the police medal in
1997 and the Director General’s insignia for meritorious service in 1996
and a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship (2001-2).
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