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 Indian Police Service
Born	(1963-07-10) 10 July 1963[1] Arunachal Pradesh
Other names	Gautam anna
Education	B. A.
Police career
Country	India
Department	Andhra Pradesh Police
Service years	1986[1]-present
Status	Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh
Rank	Director General of Police
Badge no.	19861086[1]
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]

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, a few of whom include, Umesh Chandra and Stephen Raveendra.[1]

Police appointments
Preceded by A.R. Anuradha	Director General of Vigilance and Enforcement Department, Vijayawada City July 2018 - 31 May 2019	Succeeded by
Preceded by A. B. Venkateswara Rao[10]	Commissioner of Police,Vijayawada July 2015[10]- July 2018	Succeeded by Dwaraka Thirumalarao
Preceded by Aruna Bahuguna	Additional Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh Special Police May 2012[11]-July 2015[10]	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Commissioner, UN Police, United Nations Mission in Liberia 2009[12]-2012[11]	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Inspector General of Police (Law and Order), Andhra Pradesh Police 2008[13]-2009	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Deputy Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force[3][14] 2005-2008	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Deputy Inspector General of Police, APSP Battalion, Kurnool 2004[15]-2005	Succeeded by
Preceded by T. A. Tripathi[16]	Deputy Inspector General of Police, Special Intelligence Branch[15] 2003[16][17]-2004[15]	Succeeded by J. Purnachandra Rao[15]
Preceded by	Deputy Inspector General of Police, Warangal Range,[18] Andhra Pradesh Police 2001[19]-2003[16][17]	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Deputy Inspector General of Police, Home Guards,[19] Andhra Pradesh Police -2001[19]	Succeeded by
Preceded by D. T. Naik[20] 25.8.1990-24.7.1991[20]	Superintendent of Police, Warangal District 12.11.1992-19.5.1994[20]	Succeeded by Sudeep Lakhtakia[20] 13.6.1994-3.2.1996[20]

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 Goutam 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