Damodar Goutam Sawang | |
|---|---|
| Born | Damodar Gautam Sawang 10 July 1963[1] |
| Education | B. A. |
| Police career | |
| Country |  India |
| Awards | 2002, 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]
| Police appointments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by A.R. Anuradha |
Director General of Vigilance and Enforcement Department, Vijayawada City |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by A. B. Venkateswara Rao[9] |
Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada | Succeeded by Dwaraka Thirumalarao |
| Preceded by Aruna Bahuguna |
Additional Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh Special Police |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Commissioner, UN Police, United Nations Mission in Liberia |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Andhra Pradesh Police |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force[3][10] |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Deputy Inspector General of Police, APSP Battalion, Kurnool |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by T. A. Tripathi[11] |
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Special Intelligence Branch[12] |
Succeeded by J. Purnachandra Rao[12] |
| Preceded by |
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Warangal Range,[13] Andhra Pradesh Police |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Home Guards,[14] Andhra Pradesh Police |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by D. T. Naik[15] 25.8.1990-24.7.1991[15] |
Superintendent of Police, Warangal District |
Succeeded by Sudeep Lakhtakia[15] 13.6.1994-3.2.1996[15] |
References[edit | edit source]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. LIST OF IPS-OFFICERS WHOSE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. Retrieved 2015-12-27
- ā 2002 Medals
- ā 3.0 3.1 2003 Medals
- ā CRPF will have 210 battalions by 2010, 7 March 2007
- ā "President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ā "Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission". psc.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ā Government of India
- ā Umesh Chandra
- ā "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.
- ā "Naxal Watch". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedShakeup - ā "DIG tells police to work for new image". The Hindu. 6 May 2002.[dead link]
- ā "Minor reshuffle of IPS officers". Times of India. 16 November 2001.
- ā 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Warangal Police, Our Leaders