Nectar Sanjenbam

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Nectar Sanjenbam

KC, SC
Lt Col Nectar Sanjenbam.jpg
Portrait of Col (then Lt Col) Sanjenbam
Born Manipur, India
AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Service/branchFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Rank Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel
Service number IC-61357M
Unit 21 PARA SF
Commands 21 PARA SF
Awards Kirti Chakra ribbon.svg Kirti Chakra
Shaurya Chakra ribbon.svg Shaurya Chakra
Alma mater National Defence Academy
Other work Senior Superintendent of Police.png SSP (Combat) (2023-present) 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 is currently serving as Special Senior superintendent of police (Combat) in Manipur Police. [2]

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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. [6]

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References

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