Assam Police Honors 21 Officers With Sishu Mitra Awards 2025 in Guwahati

The ceremony underscores Assam Police’s child-sensitive policing drive with technical support from UNICEF, UTSAH.

Overview

Assam DGP Harmeet Singh presented the Sishu Mitra Awards 2025 at the Assam Police Institute in Ulubari, Guwahati.
Twenty-one officers spanning ranks from Inspectors General to Sub-Inspectors were recognized for child protection and child-friendly policing.
Awardees included IGP Devojyoti Mukherjee, SSP Barun Purkayastha, SSP Nabaneet Mahanta, ASP Muzaffar Hussain and others listed by Assam Police.
Special Recognition Awards honored WCD secretary Partha Pratim Mazumdar for enabling plans for child-friendly corners in police stations, forensic expert Dr Raktim Tamuli and psychologist Dr Mythili Hazarika.
The Sishu Mitra Programme continues capacity-building for child-sensitive policing with jury and guests reported to include Purnima Pathak Saikia, Dr Rakhi Kalita Moral and UNICEF’s Dr Madhulika Jonathan.