Dr. Pritpal Kaur, IPS, who is currently serving as the Superintendent of Police, Phek District has been selected as one of the awardees of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 40 under 40 award. Dr. Pritpal Kaur, BDS/Dentist (Goldmetalist), who has worked for the Indian Police Services in the remote districts of Noklak and Longleng, has been selected alongside top cops across the globe and is also the only recipient from India this year.
According to the ICAP, the 2024 40 Under 40 awardees represent the top rising leaders from around the globe, exemplifying leadership, dedication, and service to their communities and the law enforcement profession.
SP Kaur’s passion for policing began in her childhood when she served as the captain of her school sports team. As a doctor, she participated in many police-community projects, which took her to remote areas needing help from the police and gave Kaur great satisfaction and encouragement from helping people, informed the ICAP.
SP Kaur served as the first SP for a newly created border district, and she brought progress and peace to international borders, using her negotiation skills to avert border clashes and land disputes, and assisted in anti-drug efforts, providing treatment, counseling, rehabilitation, and livelihood to hundreds of people struggling with drug addiction.
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SP Kaur has dedicated her career to strengthening communities through innovative projects such as Fighting Drugs with Education and Livelihood and Not Guns but Machines, which teaches people how to apply their skills into making machines such as electric bicycles, dryers, and other low-cost machines, added the ICAP.
SP Kaur has received several awards, including the International Inspiration Women Award 2023, Skoch Gold Award 2023, DGP Disc Award, Women Power India Award 2023, and Global Women Leader Award 2024 by World Women Leadership Congress 2024; however, one of her greatest honors was the granting of a tribal name during her work with tribal groups in Nagaland. Currently, she serves as SP in the Indo-Myanmar border district of Phek.
