| Honorific Prefix: | Naib Subedar |
| Chhering Mutup | |
| Honorific Suffix: | AC |
| Birth Place: | Likar Village, Leh, Ladakh, India |
| Serviceyears: | 23 June 1965 – 1 July 1989 |
| Rank: | Naib Subedar |
| Servicenumber: | 9920311 |
| Unit: | Ladakh Scouts |
| Awards: | Ashoka Chakra |
| Children: | Subedar Major Sewang Mutup, VrC |
Naib Subedar Chhering Mutup, AC is a retired Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) with the Ladakh Scouts who was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration.[1]
On 21 February 1985, Lance Havildar Chhering Mutup headed a team of soldiers that attacked and captured a crest in the Siachen glacier. In spite of bad weather and poor visibility, Chhering and his team accomplished the difficult task.[2]
Chhering Mutup was born in Likir, Leh, Ladakh and joined the Ladakh Scouts in 1965.[3]
Chhering volunteered to lead a patrol to capture the crest line overlooking an Indian post on the Saltoro ridge. He accomplished the task in extremely hostile weather in high altitude. For the gallantry he displayed, he was awarded the Ashok Chakra in 1985.[4] He retired as an Honorary Naib Subedar on 1 July 1989.[5]
The Ashoka Chakra citation on the Official Indian Army Website reads as follows:
Mutup's son Tsewang Morup also joined the Indian Army, serving with 2 Ladakh Scouts, and was awarded the Vir Chakra for outstanding gallantry in the 1999 Kargil War. He achieved the rank of subedar-major in 2023, and was killed in an accident on 1 April 2023, when his car skidded off a road near Leh.[6]