About The Event
Deepika Suri, an accomplished Civil Servant and advocate for gender justice from the elite Indian Police Service, visited Northeastern University for a discussion on research collaborations between Northeastern University faculty and police in India.
This was an collaborative event hosted by the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University and the Global Action Policy Initiative.
This event was part of the Nardone Family Seminar Series at the Center for Emerging Markets.
About Deepika Suri
Deepika Suri is a police officer from India, presently ranked as Additional Director General of Police with the state of Madhya Pradesh. She has served at the state and federal levels in India. With over 25 years of experience in criminal justice, she has a remarkable career marked by leadership in law enforcement, disaster management, and gender advocacy.
As Additional Director General of Police, Deepika manages personnel matters for a 100,000-person strong police force in Madhya Pradesh. During her tenure in Muzaffarpur and Bihar, Deepika took decisive action against traffickers through a series of cases in the red light areas of Laltern Patti and Chaturbhuj Sthan leading to re-development of some pockets in the area and the rescue and rehabilitation of a large number of girls. She has also been involved in work with street children in Muzaffarpur, Bhopal, and Itarsi. She helped to develop a campaign for women's safety in Madhya Pradesh, and coordinated efforts of State Disaster and Emergency Response Force that rescued more than 6000 persons during the monsoon months. At the federal level, she has worked in the areas of anti-corruption and personnel management.
Deepika is a resource person on trainings on anti-trafficking and cyber issues. Her areas of interest include organized crime, anti-trafficking, and cyber policy. She was awarded the TCS-Chevening Cyber Security scholarship in 2015 and completed her PG Diploma in Cyber Security and Information Assurance from Cranfield University in 2016. She led the police party to Hot Springs in 2013 and was nominated by the Ministry of External Affairs to lead a batch of pilgrims to Kailash Mansarover in 2014. She was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2015.
About the Global Action Policy Initiative
As societal development is a multi-faceted problem, and finding impactful solutions requires an interdisciplinary team of researchers from around the globe. Thus, conceiving, designing, implementing, and testing several interventions to determine what works and what doesn't for development is necessary. In the words of FDR (1932), we need “bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” Moreover, making a direct impact on development requires “out-of-box” thinking, which includes using an interdisciplinary approach; rigorous tools to find scalable solutions; and forging strong and long-term collaborations.
The GAP (Global Action for Policy) approach differs in two major ways. First, complex challenges require innovative solutions, and such solutions require an interdisciplinary approach. Northeastern University's multidisciplinary approach, global network, and excellent researchers create a unique setting to make a direct impact.
Second, successful impact evaluations require strong and long-term collaborations between researchers, government partners, and non-governmental organizations. GAP (Global Action for Policy) will engage and build long-term relationships with partner organizations. Therefore, collaborations will be guided by our partners' needs and provide demand-driven evidence-based solutions to multi-faceted policy challenges faced by policymakers.
About the Nardone Family Seminar Series
Made possible by a gift from David R. Nardone, this seminar series brings scholars and practitioners to Northeastern University to share insights on emerging markets.