The “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation” for the year 2023 have been awarded to 140 Police personnel (List attached).
This medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and recognize such Excellence in Investigation. It is announced on 12th of August every year.
Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from CBI, 12 from NIA, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, 09 each from Kerala & Rajasthan, 08 from Tamil Nadu, 07 from Madhya Pradesh and 06 from Gujarat and the remaining from the other States/UTs/Organizations. These include 22 Women Police Officers.
NAME OF OFFICERS AWARDED “UNION HOME MINISTER’S MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN INVESTIGATION FOR THE YEAR 2023.
| S/No. | Name & Rank | Name of State/ UT/ Organization | ||||
| Shri Ashok Kumar Guntreddi, Circle Inspector | Andhra Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Mansuruddin Shaik, Circle Inspector | Andhra Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Dhanunjayudu Mallela, Dy.SP | Andhra Pradesh | |||||
| Smt. Supraja Korlakunta, Addl. SP | Andhra Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Ravi Chandra Upputuri, DSP | Andhra Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Surjeet Singh Panesar, DCP | Assam | |||||
| Shri Durga Kingkar Kumar, Inspector | Assam | |||||
| Shri Ariful Haque, Inspector | Assam | |||||
| Smt. M Thadoi Singha, SI | Assam | |||||
| Shri Jayant Kant, DIG | Bihar | |||||
| Shri Kartikeya Sharma, SP | Bihar | |||||
| Shri Santosh Kumar, SP | Bihar | |||||
| Shri Rakesh Kumar, DSP | Bihar | |||||
| Ms. Neeta Rajput, SI | Chhattisgarh | |||||
| Shri Ashirvad Rahatgaonkar, Inspector | Chhattisgarh | |||||
| Shri Naveen Borkar, Inspector | Chhattisgarh | |||||
| Shri Sunil Joshi, SP | Gujarat | |||||
| Shri Sushil Ravindra Agrawal, DCP, IPS | Gujarat | |||||
| Shri Virbhadrasinh Mahipatsinh Jadeja, Dy.SP | Gujarat | |||||
| Shri Sardarsinh Jivabhai Baria, Inspector | Gujarat | |||||
| Shri Nikhil Rameshchandra Brahmbhatt, Inspector | Gujarat | |||||
| Shri Hardeepsinh Pratapsinh Zala, Inspector | Gujarat | |||||
| Shri Rajesh Kumar, Sub-Inspector | Haryana | |||||
| Shri Rakesh Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspector | Haryana | |||||
| Shri Anil Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspector | Haryana | |||||
| Shri Pramod Kumar Sinha, Inspector | Jharkhand | |||||
| Shri Subhanshu Jain, SP | Jharkhand | |||||
| Shri Shankar M Ragi, Dy.SP | Karnataka | |||||
| Shri Ramappa B Gutter, Inspector | Karnataka | |||||
| Shri Shivaswamy C B, Inspector | Karnataka | |||||
| Shri Rudregoud R Patil, Inspector | Karnataka | |||||
| Shri P. Suresh, Inspector | Karnataka | |||||
| Shri Vaibhav Saxena, SP | Kerala | |||||
| Smt. Shilpa Dyavaiah, SP | Kerala | |||||
| Shri Zulfiqer M K, Addl. SP | Kerala | |||||
| Shri Sajan K, Sub-Inspector | Kerala | |||||
| Shri R Ilango, SP | Kerala | |||||
| Shri P Rajkumar, ACP | Kerala | |||||
| Shri Dinil J K, ACP | Kerala | |||||
| Shri K R Biju, Inspector | Kerala | |||||
| Shri P Harilal, Inspector | Kerala | |||||
| Smt. Anjana Trivedi, Sub-Inspector | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Ashutosh Shrotriya, Sub-Inspector | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Shushil Kumar Shukla, Sub-Inspector | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Ms. Pragya Paradha, Sub-Inspector | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Rajendra Kumar Chaturvedi, Dy. SP | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Gaurav Singh Bundela, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Ms. Tarannum Khan, Inspector | Madhya Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Pravin Dadaso Ingawale, SP | Manipur | |||||
| Smt. Salmay R Marak, Sub-Inspector | Meghalaya | |||||
| Shri Lalnuntluanga, Sub-Inspector | Mizoram | |||||
| Shri Pravat Kumar Biswal, Dy.SP | Odisha | |||||
| Shri Prasant Kumar Sahoo, Inspector | Odisha | |||||
| Smt. Durgesh Nandini Mohanty, Inspector | Odisha | |||||
| Shri Manas Ranjan Pradhan, Dy.SP | Odisha | |||||
| Smt. Kanwardeep Kaur, SSP | Punjab | |||||
| Shri Dalbir Singh, DSP | Punjab | |||||
| Shri Amit Kumar, ASP | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Amit Singh Sihag, Inspector | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Gumana Ram, Dy. SP | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Gaurav Yadav, Dy. SP | Rajasthan | |||||
| Smt. Sajjan Kanwar, Inspector | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Madan Lal Meena, Assistant Sub-Inspector | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Khivraj Gurjar, Sub-Inspector | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Pusa Ram, Head Constable | Rajasthan | |||||
| Smt. Poonam Choudhary, Inspector | Rajasthan | |||||
| Shri Sher Bahadur Manger, Inspector | Sikkim | |||||
| Shri Victor S. John, ACP | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Shri Ponkarthik Kumar R., ASP | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Smt. K. Ramya, Inspector | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Shri A. Ravikumar, Inspector | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Smt. R. Vijaya, Inspector | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Smt. S. Vanitha, Inspector | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Smt. S. Saraswathi, Inspector | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Shri S. Gopalakrishnan, Inspector | Tamil Nadu | |||||
| Shri Mekala Thirupathanna, Addl. SP | Telangana | |||||
| Shri Rajula Satyanarayana Raju, Dy.SP | Telangana | |||||
| Shri Mula Jithender Reddy, Asst. CP | Telangana | |||||
| Shri Kammaipalle Mallikarjuna Kirankumar, Dy.SP | Telangana | |||||
| Shri Bhupathi Srinivasa Rao, Asst. CP | Telangana | |||||
| Shri Rajib Sutradhar, Addl. SP | Tripura | |||||
| Shri Manoj Kumar, Sub-Inspector | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Shyam Bahadur Yadav, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Sanjay Kumar Reddy, Dy.SP | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Gajendra Pal Singh, DSP | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Patiram Yadav, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Yogendra Singh, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Sanjay Verma, Dy.SP | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, Sub-Inspector | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Purnendu Singh, Addl. SP | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Vipin Kumar Singh, Inspector | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Shri Bhagwan Singh Mahar, Inspector | Uttarakhand | |||||
| Shri Pallab Kumar Ganguly, Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Shri Gautam Saha, Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Shri Rana Mishra, Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Smt. Srabanti Ghosh, Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Shri Altab Hossain Mollick, Sub-Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Shri Chinmoy Banerjee, Sub-Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Shri Susam Mitra, Sub-Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Shri Tushimoy Das, Sub-Inspector | West Bengal | |||||
| Smt. Silpi Singha, Sub-Inspector | A&N Islands | |||||
| Shri Jasbir Singh, Dy.SP | Chandigarh | |||||
| Shri Siddhartha Kirti Kumar Jain, SDPO | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||
| Smt. Hiral Patel, Sub-Inspector | Daman & Diu | |||||
| Shri Sanjay Kumar Sain, DCP | NCT of Delhi | |||||
| Shri Pramod Joshi, Inspector | NCT of Delhi | |||||
| Shri Gajraj Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector | NCT of Delhi | |||||
| Shri Tanvir Ashraf, Inspector | NCT of Delhi | |||||
| Shri Mujeeb-ul-Rehman, SP | (J&K) Ladakh | |||||
| Shri Ameer Bin Mohammed, Sub-Inspector | Lakshadweep | |||||
| Shri Narra Chaitanya, SP | Puducherry | |||||
| Shri Vidyut Vikash, SP | CBI | |||||
| Shri Tathagat Vardan, ASP | CBI | |||||
| Shri Mukesh Kumar, DSP | CBI | |||||
| Shri Alok Kumar Shahi, DSP | CBI | |||||
| Smt. Rubi Choudhary, DSP | CBI | |||||
| Shri Deepak Kumar Purohit, DSP | CBI | |||||
| Shri Akhil Pandey, DSP | CBI | |||||
| Shri Hukam Vir Attri, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri Dinesh Kumar, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri Zahir Akhtar Ansari, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Smt. Sheetal Arun Shendge, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri Kamlesh Chandra Tewari, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri Rahul Raj, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri Subrahmanyam Lakshmi Venkata Gali, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri Santhosh Kumar Arekath, Inspector | CBI | |||||
| Shri E Sankara Subramanian, Intelligence Officer | NCB | |||||
| Shri Rakesh Kumar, Intelligence Officer | NCB | |||||
| Shri C V Subbareddy, SP | NIA | |||||
| Shri Vikraman Vasudevan, SP | NIA | |||||
| Shri Prashant Anand, SP | NIA | |||||
| Shri I.S. Bisht, Dy.SP | NIA | |||||
| Shri Vipin Kumar, Dy.SP | NIA | |||||
| Shri Krishan Kumar Bhardwaj, Inspector | NIA | |||||
| Shri V. Arun Magesh, Inspector | NIA | |||||
| Shri Umesh Rai K, Inspector | NIA | |||||
| Shri Sonu, Inspector | NIA | |||||
| Shri Thiraviam Sreejith, SP | NIA | |||||
| Shri G Shiva Vikram, SP | NIA | |||||
| Ms. Namrata Ganesh Patil, ASP | NIA | |||||
Details of awardees are also available at www.mha.gov.in
