Her experience from witnessing the hangings of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon to being a key investigator of the famous Jalgaon sex scandal, Ms.Meeran had an impressive career. Ms.Meeran Chadha Borwankar’s career had been very impressive. She was Pune’s first woman Police Commissioner and the first woman IPS officer in the Maharashtra cadre. She was also the first woman to head the Mumbai crime branch. After 36 years of successful service in the Police Department, she retired on Saturday. She had to face several challenging situations in her long career in the Department. She was the only woman IPS officer in India to have witnessed the hangings of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon. According to Ms.Meeran, the hangings would have made her feel relieved, but it was quite the opposite. A few months after the execution of the hanging of Yakub Memon, his wife tried to approach her for help with her daughter’s passport. Though she was taken aback, Meeran decided to help her. Ms.Meeran called up and met some agencies in Mumbai and Delhi and got Yakub's daughter’s passport work done. It had been held back because of a lapse at the time of the girl’s birth in Dubai. The birth had not been registered with the Indian embassy there. She was satisfied after the work was done. Both mother and daughter thanked her in person. Ms.Meeran was also a key investigator of the famous Jalgaon sex scandal through which she got convinced of the need to sensitise police officers/staff about the issues of girls/women and to have many more women officers and staff to cater to the needs of women in distress. She was the only senior woman police officer present during the investigation. In the 36 years of her career, Meeran had faced discrimination based on her gender, though it wasn’t as frequent when reaching higher posts. She aims to inspire girls to come into the workforce and to mentor and counsel them. She claims that she too hails from a small town, and understands how girls from rural and Backward towns have it much worse. It is them that she wants to guide so that they can boost their confidence and self-esteem. Based on incidents in her career, Ms.Meeran also released a book recently at the Pune International Literary Festival. From interrogating gangsters, going undercover to management principles in police work – she has included all sorts of incidents from her professional life. After retiring, Ms.Meeran aims to get involved in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities or academics.