Balaram Behera, who earlier officiated as Commandant, 4th Battalion, CRPF at Rayagada has been promoted to DIG, CRPF, Raipur in Chhattisgarh. He will take over the charge as group Commanding Officer for the anti naxal operation.
He is an example before the police force and civilians regarding how a person can reach up to a top echelon from a modest start up.
Born in a non-descript village named Maindipur of Puri district, Balaram successfully post graduated in Economics from Utkal University. He joined CRPF 1993 as Direct Gazetted officer and there was no looking back since then.
During his 26 years of service career Balaram served various parts of the country and participated in a number of anti terrorism operation in J & K, anti Naxal operation in Left Wing Extremist (LWE) area of Odisha, anti insurgency operation in North East area especially in Assam and Nagaland.
Due to his performance par excellence in duties, he was awarded DG commendation disc, Hard Area Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and Antarik Surakhya Medal. Besides, he also served in the United Nation Peace Mission in Yugoslovia and also was awarded a UN Medal.