NEW DELHI, Aug 12: The Union Home Ministry on Saturday announced that 140 police officers, including 15 from the CBI, 12 from the NIA and 10 from Uttar Pradesh, have been selected for this year’s Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation.
The awardees include 22 women officers, according to an official statement.
The medal was constituted in 2018 with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation and recognise excellence in investigations. It is announced on August 12 every year.
The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2023 has been awarded to 140 police personnel, the statement said.
Among the awardees are 15 personnel from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 12 from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), 10 from Uttar Pradesh, nine each from Kerala and Rajasthan, eight from Tamil Nadu, seven from Madhya Pradesh and six from Gujarat.
The remaining officers are from the other states, Union Territories and organisations.
NAME OF OFFICERS AWARDED “UNION HOME MINISTER’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN INVESTIGATION FOR THE YEAR 2023.
S/No.Name & RankName of State/ UT/ Organization
Shri Ashok Kumar Guntreddi, Circle InspectorAndhra Pradesh
Shri Mansuruddin Shaik, Circle InspectorAndhra Pradesh
Shri Dhanunjayudu Mallela, Dy.SPAndhra Pradesh
Smt. Supraja Korlakunta, Addl. SPAndhra Pradesh
Shri Ravi Chandra Upputuri, DSPAndhra Pradesh
Shri Surjeet Singh Panesar, DCPAssam
Shri Durga Kingkar Kumar, InspectorAssam
Shri Ariful Haque, InspectorAssam
Smt. M Thadoi Singha, SIAssam
Shri Jayant Kant, DIGBihar
Shri Kartikeya Sharma, SPBihar
Shri Santosh Kumar, SPBihar
Shri Rakesh Kumar, DSPBihar
Ms. Neeta Rajput, SIChhattisgarh
Shri Ashirvad Rahatgaonkar, InspectorChhattisgarh
Shri Naveen Borkar, InspectorChhattisgarh
Shri Sunil Joshi, SPGujarat
Shri Sushil Ravindra Agrawal, DCP, IPSGujarat
Shri Virbhadrasinh Mahipatsinh Jadeja, Dy.SPGujarat
Shri Sardarsinh Jivabhai Baria, InspectorGujarat
Shri Nikhil Rameshchandra Brahmbhatt, InspectorGujarat
Shri Hardeepsinh Pratapsinh Zala, InspectorGujarat
Shri Rajesh Kumar, Sub-InspectorHaryana
Shri Rakesh Kumar, Assistant Sub-InspectorHaryana
Shri Anil Kumar, Assistant Sub-InspectorHaryana
Shri Pramod Kumar Sinha, InspectorJharkhand
Shri Subhanshu Jain, SPJharkhand
Shri Shankar M Ragi, Dy.SPKarnataka
Shri Ramappa B Gutter, InspectorKarnataka
Shri Shivaswamy C B, InspectorKarnataka
Shri Rudregoud R Patil, InspectorKarnataka
Shri P. Suresh, InspectorKarnataka
Shri Vaibhav Saxena, SPKerala
Smt. Shilpa Dyavaiah, SPKerala
Shri Zulfiqer M K, Addl. SPKerala
Shri Sajan K, Sub-InspectorKerala
Shri R Ilango, SPKerala
Shri P Rajkumar, ACPKerala
Shri Dinil J K, ACPKerala
Shri K R Biju, InspectorKerala
Shri P Harilal, InspectorKerala
Smt. Anjana Trivedi, Sub-InspectorMadhya Pradesh
Shri Ashutosh Shrotriya, Sub-InspectorMadhya Pradesh
Shri Shushil Kumar Shukla, Sub-InspectorMadhya Pradesh
Ms. Pragya Paradha, Sub-InspectorMadhya Pradesh
Shri Rajendra Kumar Chaturvedi, Dy. SPMadhya Pradesh
Shri Gaurav Singh Bundela, InspectorMadhya Pradesh
Ms. Tarannum Khan, InspectorMadhya Pradesh
Shri Pravin Dadaso Ingawale, SPManipur
Smt. Salmay R Marak, Sub-InspectorMeghalaya
Shri Lalnuntluanga, Sub-InspectorMizoram
Shri Pravat Kumar Biswal, Dy.SPOdisha
Shri Prasant Kumar Sahoo, InspectorOdisha
Smt. Durgesh Nandini Mohanty, InspectorOdisha
Shri Manas Ranjan Pradhan, Dy.SPOdisha
Smt. Kanwardeep Kaur, SSPPunjab
Shri Dalbir Singh, DSPPunjab
Shri Amit Kumar, ASPRajasthan
Shri Amit Singh Sihag, InspectorRajasthan
Shri Gumana Ram, Dy. SPRajasthan
Shri Gaurav Yadav, Dy. SPRajasthan
Smt. Sajjan Kanwar, InspectorRajasthan
Shri Madan Lal Meena, Assistant Sub-InspectorRajasthan
Shri Khivraj Gurjar, Sub-InspectorRajasthan
Shri Pusa Ram, Head ConstableRajasthan
Smt. Poonam Choudhary, InspectorRajasthan
Shri Sher Bahadur Manger, InspectorSikkim
Shri Victor S. John, ACPTamil Nadu
Shri Ponkarthik Kumar R., ASPTamil Nadu
Smt. K. Ramya, InspectorTamil Nadu
Shri A. Ravikumar, InspectorTamil Nadu
Smt. R. Vijaya, InspectorTamil Nadu
Smt. S. Vanitha, InspectorTamil Nadu
Smt. S. Saraswathi, InspectorTamil Nadu
Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, InspectorTamil Nadu
Shri Mekala Thirupathanna, Addl. SPTelangana
Shri Rajula Satyanarayana Raju, Dy.SPTelangana
Shri Mula Jithender Reddy, Asst. CPTelangana
Shri Kammaipalle Mallikarjuna Kirankumar, Dy.SPTelangana
Shri Bhupathi Srinivasa Rao, Asst. CPTelangana
Shri Rajib Sutradhar, Addl. SPTripura
Shri Manoj Kumar, Sub-InspectorUttar Pradesh
Shri Shyam Bahadur Yadav, InspectorUttar Pradesh
Shri Sanjay Kumar Reddy, Dy.SPUttar Pradesh
Shri Gajendra Pal Singh, DSPUttar Pradesh
Shri Patiram Yadav, InspectorUttar Pradesh
Shri Yogendra Singh, InspectorUttar Pradesh
Shri Sanjay Verma, Dy.SPUttar Pradesh
Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, Sub-InspectorUttar Pradesh
Shri Purnendu Singh, Addl. SPUttar Pradesh
Shri Vipin Kumar Singh, InspectorUttar Pradesh
Shri Bhagwan Singh Mahar, InspectorUttarakhand
Shri Pallab Kumar Ganguly, InspectorWest Bengal
Shri Gautam Saha, InspectorWest Bengal
Shri Rana Mishra, InspectorWest Bengal
Smt. Srabanti Ghosh, InspectorWest Bengal
Shri Altab Hossain Mollick, Sub-InspectorWest Bengal
Shri Chinmoy Banerjee, Sub-InspectorWest Bengal
Shri Susam Mitra, Sub-InspectorWest Bengal
Shri Tushimoy Das, Sub-InspectorWest Bengal
Smt. Silpi Singha, Sub-InspectorA&N Islands
Shri Jasbir Singh, Dy.SPChandigarh
Shri Siddhartha Kirti Kumar Jain, SDPODadra & Nagar Haveli
Smt. Hiral Patel, Sub-InspectorDaman & Diu
Shri Sanjay Kumar Sain, DCPNCT of Delhi
Shri Pramod Joshi, InspectorNCT of Delhi
Shri Gajraj Singh, Assistant Sub-InspectorNCT of Delhi
Shri Tanvir Ashraf, InspectorNCT of Delhi
Shri Mujeeb-ul-Rehman, SP(J&K) Ladakh
Shri Ameer Bin Mohammed, Sub-InspectorLakshadweep
Shri Narra Chaitanya, SPPuducherry
Shri Vidyut Vikash, SPCBI
Shri Tathagat Vardan, ASPCBI
Shri Mukesh Kumar, DSPCBI
Shri Alok Kumar Shahi, DSPCBI
Smt. Rubi Choudhary, DSPCBI
Shri Deepak Kumar Purohit, DSPCBI
Shri Akhil Pandey, DSPCBI
Shri Hukam Vir Attri, InspectorCBI
Shri Dinesh Kumar, InspectorCBI
Shri Zahir Akhtar Ansari, InspectorCBI
Smt. Sheetal Arun Shendge, InspectorCBI
Shri Kamlesh Chandra Tewari, InspectorCBI
Shri Rahul Raj, InspectorCBI
Shri Subrahmanyam Lakshmi Venkata Gali, InspectorCBI
Shri Santhosh Kumar Arekath, InspectorCBI
Shri E Sankara Subramanian, Intelligence OfficerNCB
Shri Rakesh Kumar, Intelligence OfficerNCB
Shri C V Subbareddy, SPNIA
Shri Vikraman Vasudevan, SPNIA
Shri Prashant Anand, SPNIA
Shri I.S. Bisht, Dy.SPNIA
Shri Vipin Kumar, Dy.SPNIA
Shri Krishan Kumar Bhardwaj, InspectorNIA
Shri V. Arun Magesh, InspectorNIA
Shri Umesh Rai K, InspectorNIA
Shri Sonu, InspectorNIA
Shri Thiraviam Sreejith, SPNIA
Shri G Shiva Vikram, SPNIA
Ms. Namrata Ganesh Patil, ASPNIA
