Damodar Goutam Sawang

Damodar Gautam Sawang is the present[6] Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh who was appointed on 31 May 2019.[7]

DGP

Damodar Goutam Sawang

IPS
Born
Damodar Gautam Sawang

(1963-07-10) 10 July 1963[1]
Arunachal Pradesh
Other namesGautam anna
EducationB. A.
Police career
Country India
DepartmentAndhra Pradesh Police
Service years1986[1]-present
StatusDirector General of Police, Andhra Pradesh
RankDirector General of Police
Badge no.19861086[1]
Awards2002, Police Medal for Meritorious Service[2]
2003, Police Medal for Gallantry[3]
2005, CRPF Director General's Commendation Disc[4]
2015, President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service[5]

Sawang is a Regular Recruit[1] of the Indian Police Service belonging to the 1986[1] batch and allocated to the Andhra Pradesh Police[1] cadre. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Sawang was retained[8] in the residual Andhra Pradesh State.[1]

Many police officers have been groomed[9] by Sawang during his posting in Warangal, including Stephen Raveendra.[1]

References
  1. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. LIST OF IPS-OFFICERS WHOSE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. Retrieved 2015-12-27
  2. 2002 Medals
  3. 2003 Medals
  4. CRPF will have 210 battalions by 2010, 7 March 2007
  5. "President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  6. AP Police
  7. "Gautam Sawang is new DGP of Andhra Pradesh". Telangana today. 31 May 2019.
  8. Government of India
  9. Umesh Chandra
  10. "Damodar Gautam Sawang,IPS,transferred as Police Commissioner". Vijayawada City AP. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  11. "Prasada Rao appointed DG of ACB". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 20 May 2012.
  12. Inter Press Service News Agency
  13. Janyala, Sreenivas (17 April 2008). "Andhra sorts out power tussle at anti-terror unit, appoints new IG". The New Indian Express. Hyderabad. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  14. Naxal Watch
  15. "Major shake-up in police machinery". Times of India. Hyderabad. 13 June 2004.
  16. Times of India, 1 January 2003
  17. Suresh Mehrotra
  18. "DIG tells police to work for new image". The Hindu. 6 May 2002.
  19. "Minor reshuffle of IPS officers". Times of India. 16 November 2001.
  20. Warangal Police, Our Leaders
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