The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak 2026 on October 31, 2026. The award recognises exceptional contribution in special operations, investigation and forensics. Various personnel in various States, Union Territories, Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organisation have been awarded. This is an award instituted in 2024 to recognise excellent professionalism and encourage best practices and boost morale.
What is the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak?
The Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak is a National level award instituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs on February 1, 2024.
The award recognises outstanding contribution by personnel in police, security, CAPFs, National Security Guard (NSG), Assam Rifles, and forensic organisations.
This award promotes excellence in professionalism, dedication and excellence in police and security operations.
The award recognises excellence in the following areas,
- Excellence in Operations
- Outstanding Service in Investigation
- Exceptional Performance
- Indomitable and Daring Intelligence Services
- Meritorious Forensic Services by active Government Scientists
Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak 2026: Key Points
The award was announced by MHA on October 31, which is the Birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, celebrated as National Unity Day.
490 personnel from States, Union Territories and central Police and Security organisations have been awarded.
Breakdown of awardees by category
| Category | Number of Awardees |
| Special Operations | 358 |
| Investigation | 123 |
| Forensic | 9 |
| Total | 490 |
Most personnel received the award for their contribution in Special operations.
List of organisations that received the most awards
| Organisation | Number of Awardees |
| Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) | 114 |
| Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) | 56 |
| Punjab Police | 37 |
CRPF had the highest number of personnel awarded.
Amongst those awarded for investigations were IPS officer Sandeep Chaudhary who led the investigation into the Pahalgam Terror Attack.
Here is the Full List of Winners
1. Special Operation Field – 358 Awardees
CRPF and Assam Rifles
- Amit Singh (INSP)
- Rajendran Rajeswaran (SI)
- Rajesh Kumar (HC)
- Sukhlal Singh (HC)
- Ram Bahadur Yadav (HC)
- Ram Sagar Yadav (HC)
- Swapnil Kokode (CT)
- Vijay Kumar (CT)
- Naresh Kumar (CT)
- Vijay Kumar (CT)
- Devesh Pandey (AC)
- Anurag Panchal (SI)
- Bijay Brahma (HC)
- Ashish Sharma (HC)
- G Karuppa Samy (CT)
- Pilla Suresh (CT)
- Mahendra Pratap Mehto (CT)
- Nitish Angural (CT)
- Pushpanshoo (CT)
- Ram Lal Chauhan (Havildar)
Uttar Pradesh
- Abhishek Yadav (DIG)
- Preeti Bala Gupta (Addl. SP)
- Arvind Kumar Pandey (INSP)
- Sudhir Kumar Ujjwal (INSP)
- Kailash Yadav (INSP)
- Mohammad Tariq (SI)
- Amit Kumar Bhati (SI)
- Anshul Kumar (HC)
- Rohit Malik (HC)
- Saleem (HC)
- Bharat Pandey (HC)
- Dinesh Chandra Kanujiya (HC)
Haryana
- Aman Kumar (Dy. SP)
- Gaurav Singh (SI)
- Randeep Singh (SI)
- Kapil (SI)
- Sandeep (SI)
- Sajan Singh Rawat (CT)
- NCT of Delhi
- Vivek Kumar Tyagi (ACP)
- Kailash Singh Bisht (ACP)
- Satish Kumar (INSP)
- Rahul Kumar (INSP)
- Dheeraj (INSP)
- Krishan Kumar Saini (SI)
- Hari Om (SI)
- Rima Raj (SI)
- Rakesh Kothiyal (SI)
- Sheilesh Kumar (SI)
- Ravi Kumar (SI)
- Anurag Yadav (SI)
- Ashwani Goswami (SI)
- Ravinder (SI)
- Vipin Kumar (ASI)
- Sajjan Kumar (HC)
- Kapil Dev (HC)
- Rajendra Singh (HC)
- Dheeraj Kumar (HC)
- Satinder Singh (HC)
- Hardev Singh (HC)
Punjab
- Amit Prasad (ADG)
- Ashish Choudhary (IG)
- Gulneet Singh Khurana (DIG)
- Deepak Pareek (AIG)
- Tejinderjit Singh Virk (AIG)
- Pragya Jain (SSP)
- Sukhjit Singh (INSP)
- Kailash Chand (INSP)
- Amrinder Singh Gill (INSP)
- Gurpreet Handa (INSP)
- Kamaljeet Singh (INSP)
- Ravinder Singh (INSP)
- Karan Preet Singh (INSP)
- Amit Bavoria (INSP)
- Sumit Kumar (SI)
- Manpreet Singh (SI)
- Gurpreet Singh (SI)
- Vishal Rajput (SI)
- Prabhjot Singh (SI)
- Amandeep Singh (SI)
- Gagandeep Singh (SI)
- Amandeep Singh (SI)
- Iqbal Singh (SI)
- Gurvinder Singh (SI)
- Gurmukh Singh (SI)
- Gurvir Singh (ASI)
- Vikram Rao (ASI)
- Raj Kumar (ASI)
- Akshay Moudgil (ASI)
- Parwinder Singh (ASI)
- Gurpreet Singh (ASI)
- Janamdeep Singh (ASI)
- Yogesh Virdi (HC)
- Neeraj (HC)
- Amandeep Jarwal (HC)
- Rachhpal Singh (CT)
- Harcharan Singh (CT)
- Uttar Pradesh
- Devesh Kumar Pandey (SSP)
- Vikram Singh (INSP)
- Fazal Ur Rahman (INSP)
- Shailendra Kumar Singh (HC)
- Amit Kumar (HC)
Telangana
- Aleti Anvesh Reddy (INSP)
- N. Hanmanth Goud (ASI)
- M Francis Lazrus (HC)
- S Ratan Kumar (HC)
- Mohsin Ahmed (HC)
- Tummala Laxman (HC)
- Pogaku Ravinder (HC)
- R. Mahendhar Singh (CT)
- Bandari Naveen Kumar (CT)
- Mohd Abdul Kaleem (CT)
- Rapolu Laxman (CT)
- Vulise Narender (INSP)
- Kanukuntala Arun (SI)
- Yamani Anjaneyulu (SI)
- Uppunuthula Jangaiah (HC)
- Burri Narsimha Reddy (HC)
- Md. Sabeer (HC)
- Yullendula Rajesh (CT)
- Nadeem Mohiuddin (CT)
- Mohammad Khaja Pasha (CT)
- Pidamarthi Veera Babu (INSP)
Assam
- Partha Sarathi Mahanta (Commissioner of Police)
- Pranab Kumar Pegu (SSP)
- Kalyan Kumar Pathak (Addl. SP)
- Anurag Sarmah (Addl. DCP)
- Rosy Talukdar (Addl. SP)
- Kamlesh Singh (INSP)
- Bhaskar Malla Patowary (INSP)
- Chandan Jyoti Bora (INSP)
- Vikram Basumatary (INSP)
- Sankar Jyoti Nath (INSP)
- Kapil Pathak (INSP)
- Rohit Das (SI)
- Ankhumi Kalita (SI)
- Daisy Nath (SI)
- Jitumani Rabha (SI)
- Pranab Jyoti Bhattacharya (SI)
- Ahmed Ali (ASI)
- Kamal Boro (Lance Naik)
- Bakul Medhi (CT)
NCT of Delhi
- Ashish Kumar (ACP)
- Sunil Kumar (INSP)
- Mahipal Singh (SI)
- Arvind (SI)
- Gulab Singh (SI)
- Abodh Kumar Sharma (SI)
- Nisar Ahmad Shaik (SI)
- Bhojraj Singh (SI)
- Sandeep Saini (SI)
- Ajit Singh Pal (HC)
- Mohit (HC)
- Mohit Rose (HC)
- Mohit Kumar (HC)
- Sonvir Singh (HC)
- Pinki (CT)
Chhattisgarh
- Robinson Guria (SP)
- Akshay Pramod Sabadra (Addl. SP)
- Ajay Kumar (Addl. SP)
- Sushil Kumar Naik (Addl. SP)
- Ashish Kumar Netam (Dy. SP)
- Mahendra Potai (SI)
- Purushottam Kupal (HC)
- Ramkumar Darro (HC)
- Bhuneshwar Markam (CT)
- Jainu Ram Dugga (CT)
- Rajesh Salam (BF CT)
- Likheshwari Nag (BF W CT)
- Chaman Lal (BF CT)
- Laxman Ram Korram (CT)
- Somaru Ram Vadde (CT)
CRPF
- Deepak Bhati (Comdt)
- Hemant Kumar (2-IC)
- Anuj Kumar Sinha (2-IC)
- Deepak Kumar (AC)
- Rahul Bhardwaj (AC)
- Sumit Shrikant Sathe (AC)
- Abhishek Yadav (AC)
- Mohit Kumar (Insp)
- Raut Meghraj Tulsiram (Insp)
- Bhoopendra Singh (Insp)
- Sachin Singh (Insp)
- Vishavjeet (SI)
- Avinash Anand (SI)
- Bittu Kumar (SI)
- Manoj Shukla (SI)
- Vinay Kumar Singh (SI)
- Vishal Kumar Pal (SI)
- Kumar Pratik (SI)
- Bhasme Ashok Sakharamji (SI)
- Ghodke Vinod Ekanath (ASI)
- Satish Kumar Patel (HC)
- Amalendu Sahoo (HC)
- Sunith K (HC)
- Rakesh Kumar (HC)
- Nandan Kumar Panda (HC)
- Balvinder Kumar (HC)
- Vishal Singh (HC)
- Muzahid Ali (HC)
- Shyam Prasad (HC)
- Dharmendra Yadav (HC)
- Dharmendra (HC)
- Deepak Kumar (HC)
- Raj Kumar (HC)
- Akhil Chandra Rabha (HC)
- Tilak Singh Bhadoria (HC)
- Vinod Kumar (HC)
- Sanjay Kirar (HC)
- Vijay Kumar (HC)
- Nepal Singh (HC)
- Khaidem Surchandra Singh (HC)
- Swapan Das (HC)
- K Srinivasa Reddy (HC)
- Parmar Jitender Kumar (HC)
- Babu Lal Prajapati (HC)
- Goma Ram (HC)
- Ashish Kumar Tripathi (HC)
- Mohan Kumar S W (HC)
- Rakesh Sharma (HC)
- Hira Lal (CT)
- Bhushan Singh (CT)
- Katiperi Kadirepathi (CT)
- Rahul Jat (CT)
- Hitendra Kumar (CT)
- Rahul Kumar (CT)
- Sanjeet Kumar (CT)
- Zamurad Hussain (CT)
- Sushanta Seth (CT)
- Ranjay Kumar (CT)
- Prasanna Nath (CT)
- Waykule Mahesh Nana (CT)
- Jadhav Alankar Ramesh (CT)
- Arun Kumar (CT)
- Kanak Paul (CT)
- SK Mubarak (CT)
- Deenanath Yadav (CT)
- Kuldeep Kumar Kashyap (CT)
- Sandeep Kumar (CT)
- Kanhai Mahto (CT)
- Kuldeep Mangraj (CT)
- Sandeep Manhas (CT)
- Mantu Kumar Gond (CT)
- Mithun Tripura (CT)
- Md. Ajimuddin Ansari (CT)
- Banuram Goyari (CT)
- Mithinga Baro (CT)
- Rohit Kumar Panday (CT)
- Raj Kumar (CT)
- Bala Murugan R (CT)
- Chinnamani R (CT)
- Parmanand Rana (CT)
- Mohit Kumar Singh (CT)
- Priyesh Kumar Yadav (CT)
- Sunil Kumar (CT)
- Situn Kumar Jena (CT)
- Dharmananda Panda (CT)
- Pravesh Kumar (CT)
- Vineet Shishodia (CT)
- Aryan Bari (CT)
- Choudhary Sunil Mahaveer (CT)
- Amresh Kumar (HC)
- Shiv Bhushan Kumar (HC)
- Vikas Kumar (CT)
- Ajit (CT)
- Bandwan Gorakh Yuraj (CT)
- Subhash Chand (CT)
- Chopdar Pravin Madhukar (CT)
Jharkhand
- Anoop Birtharay (IG)
- Indrajeet Mahatha (DIG)
- Mithilesh Kumar (DC)
- Gyan Ranjan (Dy. SP)
- Chandan Kumar (Dy. SP)
- Ramesh Murmu (INSP)
- Amit Roshan Kullu (INSP)
- Manoranjan Prasad Singh (INSP)
- Amrit Kerketta (SI)
- Sandeep Tirkey (SI)
- Prabhat Kumar Mahto (SI)
- Gautam Rana (SI)
- Deenbandhu Hansda (SI)
- Lohra Munda (ASI)
- Madhav Lal Toppo (ASI)
- Jalindra Sahu (Havildar)
- Rishi Ranjan (CT)
- Shiv Kumar Mahto (CT)
- Firdaus Ansari (CT)
- Jaydeep Lakra (SDPO)
- Pradeep Kumar (Dy. SP)
- Akash Kumar (SI)
- Pawan Kumar Choudhary (SI)
- Sainik Samad (SI)
- Amit Kumar Paswan (SI)
- Rohit Kumar-1 (SI)
- Rajkumar Mahto (CT)
- Mangal Singh Hembrom (CT)
CBIC
- Goldi Sharma (Additional Director)
- K Ashok Chakravarthy (Deputy Director)
- G Shiva Shanker (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Sudhir P S (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Himanshu Joshi (Intelligence Officer)
- Himanshu Singh Kushwah (Intelligence Officer)
- Anuj Pundir (Intelligence Officer)
- Vikas Maharshi (Intelligence Officer)
- Jitendar Chauhan (Intelligence Officer)
- Devender Yadav (Intelligence Officer)
- Manish (Intelligence Officer)
- M Ravi Teja (Intelligence Officer)
- Hanuman Prasad Meena (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Karan Pundir (Intelligence Officer)
- Yogita Bhangare (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Vibhash (Intelligence Officer)
- Vibhor Kumar (Intelligence Officer)
- Zakirhusen I Mulla (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Vrinda Sinha (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Mohan R Singh (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Satish Yadav (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Deepak Kumar Meena (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Nikhil Bhatotia (Intelligence Officer)
- Harpinder Singh (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Himanshu Gurjar (Intelligence Officer)
- Parinati Sunkar (Additional Director)
- Mukesh Kumar Karela (Deputy Director)
- Utsav Prasar (Assistant Director)
- Shashank (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Kuldeep Kumar Bhaskar (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Ashwanee Kumar Kushwah (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Siddarth Ruriya (Intelligence Officer)
- Abhishek Kumar (Intelligence Officer)
- Prateek Garg (Intelligence Officer)
- Anmol Jain (Intelligence Officer)
- Divya Kumar Meena (Intelligence Officer)
- Atul Goel (Intelligence Officer)
- Lakhan Umrey (Tax Assistant)
- Rahul Singh Kushwah (Hawaldar)
- Ankita Mangal (Hawaldar)
- Ravi Kant Priyadarshi (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Himanshu Lamba (Intelligence Officer)
- Ujjwal Kumar (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Jyotish N Chaudhary (Head Hawaldar)
- Krishan Kumar Yadav (Hawaldar)
- Anjali Supriya (Inspector)
- Hari Ram Rai (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Pankaj Verma (Intelligence Officer)
- Rahul Kumar Singh (Intelligence Officer)
- Chandra Prakash Tiwari (Head Hawaldar)
- Shubhankar Upadhyay (Hawaldar)
- Harishankar Gurjar (Intelligence Officer)
- Binakawle (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Vikram Halde (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Sachin Kumar (Senior Intelligence Officer)
- Sachin Kumar (Senior Intelligence Officer)
Maharashtra
- Lakhmi Gautam (Joint Commissioner)
- Vishal Hiralal Thakur (DCP)
- Atmaji Shivaji Sawant (INSP)
- Amol Madhav Mali (Assistant Police Inspector)
- Ramdas Tatyaba Kadam (Assistant Police Inspector)
- Swapnil Ramdas Kale (SI)
- Shivprasad Balasaheb Pathare (CT)
2. Investigation Field – 123 Awardees
Andhra Pradesh
- Sk Nafeez Basha (Inspector of Police)
- Jasavath Jaya Naik (Inspector of Police)
- Korivi Venkaratamana (Inspector of Police)
- Yelukuri Nagamadhu (SI of Police)
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
- V. Siva Prasad Ganjala (SP)
- Kamal Chandra Rajbongshi (Circle Inspector)
- Prithwiraj Rajkhowa (Addl. SP)
- Moauty Basumatary (SI of Police)
Bihar
- Sweety Sahrawat (SP)
- Dinesh Kumar Pandey (Addl. SP)
- Rajkishor Kumar (Inspector)
- Ashish Bharti (SP)
- Santosh Kumar Roy (Dy. SP)
- Dhananjay Kumar Nirdosh (Inspector)
- Pancham Kumar (SI)
Chhattisgarh
- Yogesh Kumar Sahu (Addl. SP)
- Suresh Kumar Dhruva (Inspector)
- Manish Singh Parihar (Inspector)
Gujarat
- Anshul Jain (Addl. SP)
- Simran Bhardwaj (Addl. SP)
- Jayesh Thakor (Inspector of Police)
- Ranjeetsingh Singhal (Dy. SP)
- Parthendrasinh Vaghela (Police Inspector)
- Gunavant Manubhai Hadiya (Police Inspector)
Himachal Pradesh
Karnataka
- Shobha N (Police Inspector)
- Rathnamma K (Assistant Sub Inspector)
- Balakrishna Y (Civil Police Head Constable)
- Bavuddeen Rukmuddeen Gaddekar (Police Inspector)
- M Sreenivas Rao (Police Inspector)
- Manjunath (Police Inspector)
Keralam
- Narayanan T (SP)
- Arun K Pavithran (SP)
- Jijeesh P K (Inspector of Police)
- Vishnu P (Inspector of Police)
- Renjith K R (Inspector of Police)
Madhya Pradesh
- J.U. Siddhiqi (Dy. SP)
- Pradeep Kumar Rai (Inspector)
- Yogita Jain (SI)
- Saroj Muvel (SI)
- Raman Sharma (SI)
- Vishnu Dayal Joshi (SI)
Maharashtra
- Kumar Chintha (Assistant SP)
- Rushikesh Reddy (SP)
- Rameshwar Renge (ACP)
- Manik Bedre (Police Inspector)
- MCV Maheswar Reddy (ASP)
- Prabhavati Ekurke (Police Inspector)
- Ritesh Aher (Police Inspector)
- Ishwar Katkade (Addl. SP)
- Ramchandra Mohite (Police Inspector)
- Ashwini Abhijeet Patil (Police Inspector)
- Poola Gaikwad (Dy. SP)
Manipur
Mizoram
Odisha
- Subhalaxmi Kanhar (SI of Police)
- Mamata Naik (Inspector of Police)
- Sabita Patra (Inspector of Police)
- Ashutosh Mishra (Dy. SP)
Rajasthan
- Anushtha Kalia (CO)
- Kambale Sharan Gopinath (Addl. SP)
- Ajey Singh Rathore (ASP)
- Manish Kumar (ASP)
- Jatin Jain (ASP)
- Roshan Meena (SP)
- Prem Kumar (Dy. SP)
Sikkim
- Silash Tamang (Police Inspector)
Tamil Nadu
- Madhu Kumari (ASP)
- V Satish Kumar (ASP)
Telangana
- Sayini Srinivasa Rao (Inspector)
- Kommanaboina Naveen Kumar (Inspector)
- Kasarla Shashidhar (Inspector)
Tripura
- Shibani Debbarma (SI of Police)
Uttar Pradesh
- Anukriti Sharma (SP)
- Vishvjeet Pratap Singh (Inspector)
- Sanjesh Kumar (Inspector)
- Brindavan Rai (SI)
- Umesh Roria (Inspector)
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
- Manas Chandra Datta (SI of Police)
- Jayanta Kumar Chakraborty (SI of Police)
- Tenzing Bhutia (SI of Police)
- Sankar Dey (SI of Police)
- Chunku Bhutia (SI of Police)
- Kausik Basak (SI of Police)
- Samir Ghosh (SI of Police)
- Ramgopal Pal (Inspector of Police)
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
NCT of Delhi
- Shashank Jaiswal (DCP)
- Sandeep (Inspector)
- Vikash (HC)
- Virender Kumar Kadyan (ACP)
- Aishwarya Singh (ACP)
- Shankar Banerjee (ACP)
- Rohit Saraswat (Inspector)
Jammu & Kashmir
- Feroz Ahmad Itoo (Inspector)
Puducherry
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Subhash Chander Kundu (SP)
- Yasir Arfat (Dy. SP)
- Amit Kumar (Dy. SP)
- Ashwini Kumar Mishra (Dy. SP)
- Nagendra Kumar (Dy. SP)
- Sabhajeet Chauhan (Dy. SP)
- Ajay Kumar Mishra (Dy. SP)
- Ankit Meena (Dy. SP)
- Arjun Vasant Pawar (Dy. SP)
- Mahendra Devram Gawde (Inspector of Police)
- Munindra Kumar Pandey (Inspector of Police)
- Senthil Kumaran S. T (Inspector of Police)
- Vikas Kumar (Inspector of Police)
- Subrahmanyam Lakshmi Venkata Gali (Inspector of Police)
- Jaskaran (Inspector of Police)
National Investigation Agency (NIA)
- Sandeep Chaudhary (SP)
- Amit Sharma (Dy. SP)
- Jyoti Priya Singh (SP)
- Navneet Sharma (SP)
- Prabhat Kumar Bajpai (Addl. SP)
- Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
- Avik Ghos (Inspector)
- Amit Kumar Patel (SI)
- Kritika Goyal (SI)
- Ravinder Kumar Bhagat
- Abhishek Sharma (SI)
Forensic Science Field – 9 Awardees
- Bihar: Neeraj Kumar Varshney (Assistant Director).
- CFSL, Chandigarh: Atul Bajaj (Assistant Director), Shivani Sharma (Junior Scientific Officer) and Aman Deep Kaur (Assistant Director).
- Karnataka: Chandrashekhara (Deputy Director).
- Madhya Pradesh: Kailash Chandra (Scientific Officer).
- Maharashtra: Vijay Jaywantrao Thakare (Director).
- Odisha: Subhasish Sahoo (Scientific Officer).
- Tamil Nadu: Rajshree Raghunath (Deputy Director).