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{{short description|Indian police officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
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|honorific_suffix = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
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|birth_name = Damodar Gautam Sawang
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|07|10}}<ref name="MHA">Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. [http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/LST-IPS-O.pdf LIST OF IPS-OFFICERS WHOSE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE]. Retrieved 2015-12-27</ref>
|birth_place = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
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|education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B. A.]]
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|country = {{flag|India}}
|service_years = [[Indian Police Service]], 1986<ref name="MHA"/>-''present''
|badge_number = 19861086<ref name="MHA"/>
|awards = '''2002''', Police Medal for Meritorious Service<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/raug2002/14082002/r140820024a.doc. 2002 Medals]</ref> '''2003''', Police Medal for Gallantry<ref name="CRPF">[http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/raug2003/15082003/r150820032.html 2003 Medals]</ref> '''2005''', CRPF Director General's Commendation Disc<ref>[http://www.oneindia.com/2007/02/28/crpf-will-have-210-battalions-by-2010-igp-1174118502.html ''CRPF will have 210 battalions by 2010'', 7 March 2007]</ref> '''2015''', President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://knowindia.gov.in/republicday/pdf/p_police_2015.pdf |title=President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service |access-date=26 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518180758/http://knowindia.gov.in/republicday/pdf/p_police_2015.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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'''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|Director General of Police]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission |url=https://psc.ap.gov.in/(S(w2fwys4mav4be4mz5lucmpnw))/HomePages/Biography_of_Commission.aspx |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=psc.ap.gov.in |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719210544/https://psc.ap.gov.in/(S(yvmauiifftg1upm2s22mlyzz))/HomePages/Biography_of_Commission.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sawang served as the [[Director General of Police]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] from 31 May 2019 to 15 February 2022.

Sawang is a Regular Recruit<ref name="MHA"/> of the [[Indian Police Service]] belonging to the 1986<ref name="MHA"/> batch and allocated to the [[Andhra Pradesh Police]]<ref name="MHA"/> cadre. After the bifurcation of [[Andhra Pradesh]], Sawang was retained<ref>[http://persmin.gov.in/ais1/docs/aptg-ips_AsOn_10Oct2014.pdf Government of India]</ref> in the residual [[Andhra Pradesh]] State.<ref name="MHA"/>

Many police officers have been groomed<ref>[http://www.umeshchandra.org/warangal.html Umesh Chandra]</ref> by Sawang during his posting in Warangal, including [[Stephen Raveendra]].<ref name="MHA"/>{{S-start}}
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| title = Director General of Vigilance and Enforcement Department, [[Vijayawada]] City
| service_years = July 2018 - 31 May 2019
| before = A.R. Anuradha
| after = [[Incumbent]]
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| title = [[Commissioner of Police]], [[Vijayawada]]
| service_years = July 2015<ref name="Witness"/>- July 2018
| before = A. B. Venkateswara Rao<ref name="Witness">{{cite web | title=Damodar Gautam Sawang, IPS, transferred as Police Commissioner | publisher=Vijayawada City AP | date=7 July 2015 | url=http://www.witnessinthecorridors.com/NewsView.aspx?id=40914 | access-date=26 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227153313/http://www.witnessinthecorridors.com/NewsView.aspx?id=40914 | archive-date=27 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| after = Dwaraka Thirumalarao
}}
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| title = Additional Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh Special Police
| service_years = May 2012<ref name="Prasada">{{cite news | newspaper=The Hindu | date=20 May 2012 | location=Hyderabad | title=Prasada Rao appointed DG of ACB | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/prasada-rao-appointed-dg-of-acb/article3436883.ece}}</ref>-July 2015<ref name="Witness"/>
| before = Aruna Bahuguna
| after =
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| title = Commissioner, [[UN Police]], [[United Nations Mission in Liberia]]
| service_years = 2009<ref>[http://www.ipsnews.net/2009/09/liberia-when-the-mob-prevails/ ''Inter Press Service News Agency'']</ref>-2012<ref name="Prasada"/>
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| title = [[Inspector General of Police]] (Law and Order), [[Andhra Pradesh Police]]
| service_years = 2008<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The New Indian Express | title=Andhra sorts out power tussle at anti-terror unit, appoints new IG | location=Hyderabad | date=17 April 2008 | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/andhra-sorts-out-power-tussle-at-antiterror-unit-appoints-new-ig/298184/ | first=Sreenivas | last=Janyala | accessdate=9 June 2020 }}</ref>-2009
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| title = [[Deputy Inspector General of Police]], [[Central Reserve Police Force]]<ref name="CRPF"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://naxalwatch.blogspot.in/2008/04/anti-naxal-unit-chief-is-new-head-of.html |title=Naxal Watch |access-date=26 December 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202223/http://naxalwatch.blogspot.in/2008/04/anti-naxal-unit-chief-is-new-head-of.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| service_years = 2005-2008
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| title = [[Deputy Inspector General of Police]], APSP Battalion, [[Kurnool]]
| service_years = 2004<ref name="Shakeup">{{cite news | newspaper=Times of India | location=Hyderabad | date=13 June 2004 | title=Major shake-up in police machinery | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Major-shake-up-in-police-machinery/articleshow/735293.cms}}</ref>-2005
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| title = [[Deputy Inspector General of Police]], Special Intelligence Branch<ref name="Shakeup"/>
| service_years = 2003<ref name="Shifted"/><ref name="Suresh"/>-2004<ref name="Shakeup"/>
| before = T. A. Tripathi<ref name="Shifted"/>
| after = J. Purnachandra Rao<ref name="Shakeup"/>
}}
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| title = [[Deputy Inspector General of Police]], Warangal Range,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/05/06/stories/2002050603480300.htm | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | title=DIG tells police to work for new image | date=6 May 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Andhra Pradesh Police]]
| service_years = 2001<ref name="Reshuffle"/>-2003<ref name="Shifted">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/18-senior-IPS-officials-shifted/articleshow/35006742.cms ''Times of India'', 1 January 2003]</ref><ref name="Suresh">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sureshmehrotra.com/archive/2003/Jan/21-1-2003.html |title=Suresh Mehrotra |access-date=26 December 2015 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105041637/http://www.sureshmehrotra.com/archive/2003/Jan/21-1-2003.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| title = [[Deputy Inspector General of Police]], Home Guards,<ref name="Reshuffle">{{cite news | newspaper=Times of India | title=Minor reshuffle of IPS officers | date=16 November 2001 | url=http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Minor-reshuffle-of-IPS-officers/articleshow/665255925.cms}}</ref> [[Andhra Pradesh Police]]
| service_years = -2001<ref name="Reshuffle"/>
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| title = [[Superintendent of Police]], [[Warangal District]]
| service_years = 12.11.1992-19.5.1994<ref name="Warangal"/>
| before = D. T. Naik<ref name="Warangal">[http://warangalpolice.gov.in/Leaders.aspx Warangal Police, ''Our Leaders'']</ref> 25.8.1990-24.7.1991<ref name="Warangal"/>
| after = Sudeep Lakhtakia<ref name="Warangal"/> 13.6.1994-3.2.1996<ref name="Warangal"/>
}}
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