SHAKTI DEVI (A J&K WOMAN POLICE OFFICER)

 

From Sampath’s Desk:




SHAKTI DEVI (38), INSPECTOR OF J&K POLICE MADE INDIA PROUD

 (She bagged International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014)

  

 

Inspector Shakti Devi (38) of J&K Police created history by bagging the prestigious International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014, making all Indians proud particularly the Indian women by demonstrating the Indian women power.  She is currently deployed in the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). She had made groundbreaking efforts in fast-tracking cases of violence against women in the western Afghanistan region of Herat. She was deployed there since May 2013 as the Police Advisor for Afghanistan Democratic Policing Project (ADPP).  

 

Even as a little girl who fetched firewood and grazed cattle for her family in the remote Bhamara village of Jammu and Kashmir, Shakti Devi had ambitions to give more to the world but was not sure if she would ever be able to achieve it. Yes, she did it after becoming a police officer with flying colours!

 

Despite an Indian woman opting for police service being unimaginable and a rarity, Shakti Devi had the courage, determination, grit and gumption – emboldened as she was with her 14 years rich field experience in J&K police - to accept her deputation to the UN Peace Mission in the turbulent and tumultuous East Timor – officially known as Democratic Republic of Timor in the Maritime Southeast Asia - in 2012 to which idea her conservative family initially had reservations. She contributed to improvement of status of women police wherever she served. In particular, she helped the move of Afghanistan police towards achieving the goal of fully adopting democratic principles of policing. That catapulted her into an enviable position from which there was no looking back. Later, handpicked for deployment in the UNAMA, she had more than proved her mettle with exceptionally excellent achievements in leading the establishment of Women Police Councils in several parts of Afghanistan, as praised by the UN Police Division. 

 

Shakti Devi is an invaluable gem in the Indian Women’s precious stones-studded crown and represents the mighty Indian women power.

 

India’s commitment and contributions as part of U.N. peace keeping mission for global peace in different parts of the world are noteworthy and deserve accolades.  Another important, impressive and conspicuous point is that while by and large the contribution of the Western bloc to U.N. peacekeeping missions has over the years dwindled from 25 per cent during the Cold War to below two per cent in recent years, India’s contribution is phenomenally on the increase with 180000 troops and police personnel – the largest from any nation - deployed in more than 44 international internal security missions. 156 Indian peacekeepers had made the supreme sacrifice while serving in U.N. missions. India’s significant contribution to U.N. peacekeeping mission is steadily on the increase.

 

It is not without reason or merit that such an internationally coveted award has been conferred on her. This will certainly help motivate, inspire and embolden many Indian women to undertake challenging and adventurous assignments in future not only in India but even abroad. Congrats to Shakti Devi and through her, best of luck to all Indian women aspiring for challenging opportunities.

 

That her exceptionally excellent achievements in the course of her assignment in the U.N. Mission in Afghanistan - especially her efforts towards helping victims of gender-based violence there - have come to be well recognized and appreciated by the International organization. Kudos to Shakti Devi!

 

(R.SAMPATH)

16/10/2014

 

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