Damodar Goutam Sawang

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

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]

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. 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. "Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission". psc.ap.gov.in. 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. "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. "Major shake-up in police machinery". Times of India. Hyderabad. 13 June 2004.
  15. Times of India, 1 January 2003
  16. Suresh Mehrotra
  17. "DIG tells police to work for new image". The Hindu. 6 May 2002.
  18. "Minor reshuffle of IPS officers". Times of India. 16 November 2001.
  19. Warangal Police, Our Leaders
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