Damodar Goutam Sawang

Damodar Gautam Sawang is the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission^[7] 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 (age 60)^[1] Arunachal Pradesh
Other names	Gautam anna, Sawang anna
Education	B. A.
Police career
Country	India
Service years	1986^[1]-present
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 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^[8] in the residual Andhra Pradesh State.^[1]

Many police officers have been groomed^[9] 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 July 2018 - 31 May 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent
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 edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. LIST OF IPS-OFFICERS WHOSE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. Retrieved 2015-12-27
^ 2002 Medals
^ ^a ^b 2003 Medals
^ CRPF will have 210 battalions by 2010, 7 March 2007
^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Sen and Sen Consultants, Our Team.[1] 5 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission". psc.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ Government of India
^ Umesh Chandra
^ ^a ^b ^c . Vijayawada City AP. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Prasada Rao appointed DG of ACB". The Hindu. Hyderabad. 20 May 2012.
^ Inter Press Service News Agency
^ 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.
^ Naxal Watch
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Major shake-up in police machinery". Times of India. Hyderabad. 13 June 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c Times of India, 1 January 2003
^ ^a ^b Suresh Mehrotra
^ "DIG tells police to work for new image". The Hindu. 6 May 2002.^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Minor reshuffle of IPS officers". Times of India. 16 November 2001.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Warangal Police, Our Leaders