Ms. Sutapa Sanyal, IPS and Former Director General of Police, U.P (India)

She is the first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to serve as Director General of Police in U. P. and is the recipient of the Police Medal for Distinguished Services from the Hon’ble President of India. With over three decades of demonstrated leadership experience in managing cross-functional teams and acumen in public administration, She has designed and implemented several innovative programmes for social inclusion and gender equality. She built close partnerships with not-for-profits and international organizations such as UNICEF, Action Aid and Plan India and led the fundraising, technical and logistical operations of the organization. She serves as an independent consultant to the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, started by the Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Ms Sanyal has been widely lauded as a champion of women and child empowerment, and her work has been recognized by the US Department of State and INTERPOL. She was also honoured as an “Indian Woman Leader” by the British High Commission and was invited to participate in a dialogue with Members of Parliament and other eminent civil society leaders of U.K.

She also represented the Govt. in the discussions with delegations from Canada and the EU, to provide insight on gender issues. Ms Sanyal has given powerful talks, trainings and consultations on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), Value-based & Gender Intelligent Leadership, Public Policy, and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) at some of India and international leading corporates. She is prolific speaker, she has also delivered keynotes for industrial bodies like FICCI, CII, PHDCC and SCOPE, and given a TEDx talk entitled “Be the CEO of Your Own Life”, addressing India’s next generation of Women Leaders. Ms Sanyal has an M.A. in Economics and holds certifications in Gender Studies and Management from Johns Hopkins University and London Business School.