Damodar Goutam Sawang

Damodar Goutam Sawang
Born
Damodar Gautam Sawang

(1963-07-10) 10 July 1963[1]
EducationB. A.
Police career
Country India
Service yearsIndian Police Service, 1986[1]-present
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]

Damodar Gautam Sawang is a former Indian police officer. He is a former chairman of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission and former Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh.[6]

Sawang served as the Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh from 31 May 2019 to 15 February 2022.

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[7] in the residual Andhra Pradesh State.[1]

Many police officers have been groomed[8] by Sawang during his posting in Warangal, including Stephen Raveendra.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. 1 2 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. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission". psc.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Government of India
  8. ↑ Umesh Chandra
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Naxal Watch". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Shifted was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  13. ↑ "DIG tells police to work for new image". The Hindu. 6 May 2002.
  14. ↑ "Minor reshuffle of IPS officers". Times of India. 16 November 2001.
  15. 1 2 3 4 Warangal Police, Our Leaders