Nectar Sanjenbam | |
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Born | Manipur, India |
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Service number | IC-61357M |
Unit | 21 PARA SF |
Commands | 21 PARA SF |
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Alma mater | National Defence Academy |
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Colonel Nectar Sanjenbam, KC, SC is a decorated retired Indian Army officer with the 21 PARA SF. He was also part of the Indian Army's counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar in 2015. [1] He is one of the few recipients of both the Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra award. He is currently serving as Special Senior superintendent of police (Combat) in Manipur Police. [2]
Nectar Sanjenbam trained at the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned in the Maratha Light Infantry and later joined the 21 Para SF, the elite special forces unit in India. [3]
On Republic Day 2005, Captain Sanjenbam in Manipur was awarded the Shaurya Chakra, India's third highest peacetime gallantry award, for outstanding gallantry in an operation on 8 October 2004. [4]
On Independence Day 2015, Lieutenant Colonel Sanjenbam was awarded the Kirti Chakra, India's second highest peacetime gallantry award, for his gallantry on 9 June 2015 in Myanmar operation. Lt Col Nectar led his team in the most daring cross border operation in Myanmar and eliminated numerous insurgents. [5]
After his retirement from the army in 2023, as a colonel, he was appointed as a Special Senior Superintendent of Police (Combat) in Manipur Police by N Biren Singh Government during the violence in Manipur. [6]
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