Nectar Sanjenbam

Colonel Nectar Sanjenbam KC, SC
Portrait of Col (then Lt Col) Sanjenbam
Born	Manipur, India
Allegiance	India
Branch	Indian Army
Rank	Colonel
Service number	IC-61357M
Unit	21 PARA SF
Commands	21 PARA SF
Awards	Kirti Chakra Shaurya Chakra
Alma mater	National Defence Academy
Other work	SSP (Combat) (2023-2024) Manipur Police

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 also served as Special Senior superintendent of police (Combat) in Manipur Police. ^[2]

Early life

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]

Awards

Shaurya Chakra

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]

Kirti Chakra

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]

Later career

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. He was relieved of his duties as per govt order on 19 Nov 2024. ^[6]

References

1. "Kirti Chakra for Lt Col Nectar Sanjenbam. Part of the Army's Myanmar cross-border strike".
2. "Retired Army Officer Who Led Surgical Strike Has Manipur Task At Hand Now". NDTV.
3. "Gallantry awards for soldiers in Myanmar operations". The Indian Express.
4. "Captain Nectar Sanjenbam". Gallery Awards Government.
5. "Lt Col Nectar Sanjenbam". Gallantry Awards Government.
6. "Who is Colonel (retired) Nectar Sanjenbam? After surgical strike, now entrusted to bring peace in Manipur". Hubnet Work. 3 September 2023.