Chairman, APPSC

Damodar Goutam Sawang

IPS
Born
Damodar Gautam Sawang

(1963-07-10) 10 July 1963[1]
Arunachal Pradesh
Other namesGautam anna, Sawang anna
EducationB. A.
Police career
Country India
Service years1986[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 the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission[6] and a former Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh.

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. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Government of India
  8. ↑ Umesh Chandra
  9. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "Prasada Rao appointed DG of ACB". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 20 May 2012.
  11. ↑ Inter Press Service News Agency
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Naxal Watch
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Major shake-up in police machinery". Times of India. Hyderabad. 13 June 2004.
  15. 1 2 3 Times of India, 1 January 2003
  16. 1 2 Suresh Mehrotra
  17. ↑ "DIG tells police to work for new image". The Hindu. 6 May 2002.
  18. 1 2 3 "Minor reshuffle of IPS officers". Times of India. 16 November 2001.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 Warangal Police, Our Leaders
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