Superintendent of Police Pritpal Kaur, BDS/Dentist (Goldmetalist), has worked for the Indian Police Services in the remote districts of Noklak and Longleng. Since childhood, SP Kaur has carried a passion for spreading education, and throughout her career she has helped resolve conflicts and strengthen communities across India.  

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. 

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.  

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 

SP Kaur attributes her enthusiasm for education and service to her mother, who believed that education is not just for making money, but for teaching and helping others. SP Kaur carries this philosophy with her today as she teaches communities how to enhance their livelihood. 

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. 

“The virtue of keeping society always in order, more peaceful, and progressive made me choose the law enforcement career.”