New Delhi (20.07.2024): President Smt Droupadi Murmu conferred 94 Distinguished Service Decorations to the personnel of the Armed Forces and the Indian Coast Guard during the Defence Investiture Ceremony (Phase-2) at Rashtrapati Bhawan. These decorations - 31 Param Vishisht Seva Medals (PVSMs), four Uttam Yudh Seva Medals (UYSMs), two Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals (AVSMs), and 57 AVSMs - have been given to the personnel for distinguished service of exceptional order.
Following is the list in the order of presentation:
PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL (PVSM):-
- Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi (AVSM, NM)
- General Upendra Dwivedi (AVSM), The Infantry
- Lt General Mv Suchindra Kumar (AVSM, YSM**, VSM), The Infantry
- Lt General NS Raja Subramani (AVSM, SM, VSM), The Infantry
- Lt General Johnson P Mathew (UYSM, AVSM, VSM), The Infantry
- Air Marshal Ravi Gopal Krishna Kapoor (AVSM, VM), Flying (Pilot)
- Lt General Basant Kumar Repswal (AVSM, VSM), The Army Service Corps
- Lt General Tarun Kumar Aich (AVSM), The Infantry
- Lt General Jagdish Baliram Chaudhari (SM, VSM), The Brigade Of The Guards
- Lt General Samir Gupta (VSM), The Regiment Of Artillery
- Lt General Gurbirpal Singh (AVSM, VSM), The Infantry
- Lt General Kulbhushan Hanumant Gawas (VSM), The Corps Of Signals
- Lt General Surinder Singh Mahal (AVSM, VSM), The Armoured Corps (Retd)
- Lt General Ajai Kumar Singh (AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM), The Infantry (Retd)
- Air Marshal Chalapati Jonnalagedda, Avsm, Vsm, Adc Flying (Pilot) (Retd)
- Air Marshal Vikram Singh (AVSM, VSM), Flying (Pilot) (Retd)
- Air Marshal Vibhas Pande (AVSM, VSM), Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical) (Retd)
- Air Marshal R Radhish (AVSM, VM), Flying (Pilot) (Retd)
- Lt General Madhavan Unnikrishnan Nair (AVSM, SM), The Corps Of Signals (Retd)
- Lt General Anil Puri (AVSM, SM, VSM), The Corps Of Engineers (Retd)
- Lt General Arun Ananthanarayan (YSM, SM, VSM), The Infantry (Retd)
- Lt General Devendra Pratap Pandey (UYSM, AVSM, VSM), The Infantry (Retd)
- Lt General Ravin Khosla, Uysm (AVSM, SM, VSM), The Infantry (Rtd)
- Lt General P Gopalakrishna Menon (UYSM, AVSM), The Infantry (Retd)
- Lt General Ashok Kumar Jindal (AVSM, YSM), The Army Medical Corps (Retd)
- Lt General Ajith Nilakantan, The Army Medical Corps (Retd)
- Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani (AVSM, VSM) (Retd)
- Vice Admiral Sanjay Mahindru (AVSM, NM) (Retd)
- Air Marshal B Chandra Sekhar (AVSM), Flying (Pilot) (Retd)
- Major General Hariharan Dharmarajan (AVSM, SM**, VSM), The Corps Of Engineers (Retd)
- Major General Ravi Murugan (AVSM), The Brigade Of The Guards (Retd)
UTTAM YUDH SEVA MEDAL (UYSM):-
- Lt General Viresh Pratap Singh Kaushik (YSM, SM), The Kumaon Regiment
- Lt General Rashim Bali, AVSM (SM, VSM), The Sikh Light Infantry, Hqrs 14 Corps
- Lt General Manish Mohan Erry (AVSM, SM), The J&K Light Infantry, Hqrs 4 Corps
- Lt General Harjeet Singh Sahi (AVSM, YSM, SM), The Rajput Regiment, Hqrs 3 Corps
BAR TO ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL:-
- Lt General S Harimohan Iyer (AVSM) ), The Regiment Of Artillery
- Major General R K Jha (AVSM), The Corps Of Engineers (Retd)
ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL (AVSM):-
- Lt General Manjinder Singh, Ysm, Vsm, The Infantry
- Lt General Ajay Kumar Suri, The Army Aviation Corps
- Lt General Manjit Kumar, The Corps Of Signals
- Lt General Arvind Walia, The Corps Of Engineers
- Lt General Rakesh Kapoor, Vsm, The Armoured Corps
- Lt General Jagmohan Singh Sidana, The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers
- Lt General Navneet Singh Sarna, Sm, Vsm, The Regiment Of Artillery
- Lt General Sanjay Sethi, Vsm, The Army Ordnance Corps
- Lt General Ulhas Veerappa Talur (VSM), The Army Air Defence
- Lt General Vipul Shinghal (SM), The Armoured Corps
- Lt General K Vinod Kumar, The Corps Of Signals
- Lt General Prit Pal Singh, The Armoured Corps
- Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin (VSM)
- Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla (NM)
- Vice Admiral Vineet Mccarty
- Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh (NM)
- Vice Admiral AN Pramod
- Air Marshal Ajay Kumar Arora (VSM), Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)
- Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (VSM), Flying (Pilot)
- Air Marshal Prabal Kanti Ghosh, Administration
- Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti (VM) Flying (Pilot)
- Air Marshal Seethepalli Shrinivas (VSM), Flying (Pilot)
- Director General Rakesh Pal (PTM, TM)
- Lt General Tumul Varma (SM, VSM), The Corps Of Electronics & Mech Engineers (Retd)
- Lt General Narendra Kotwal (SM, VSM), The Army Medical Corps (Retd)
- Lt General Sarat Chandra Dash (YSM, VSM**), The Army Medical Corps (Retd)
- Lt General Vinod T Mathew (YSM), The Infantry
- Major General Sandeep Singh, The Armoured Corps
- Major General Gurpreet Singh (SM, VSM), The Regiment Of Artillery
- Major General Pankaj Malhotra (SM), The Brigade Of The Guards
- Major General (Now Lt General) Rajan Sharawat (VSM), The Infantry
- Major General Vikas Lakhera (SM), The Infantry
- Major General Yashpal Singh Ahlawat (YSM, SM), The Infantry
- Major General Ajay Kumar Singh (SM), The Infantry
- Major General Charnjit Singh Mann (VSM), The Armoured Corps
- Major General Vijay Kumar Purohit (YSM, SM), The Infantry
- Major General Vakamulla Hariharan (SM), The Infantry
- Major General Bhupesh Kumar Goyal (VSM), The Army Medical Corps
- Major General Anoop Shinghal (SM), The Regiment Of Artillery
- Major General Girish Kalia (VSM), The Infantry
- Major General Sanjiv Sharma (SM), The Corps Of Signals (Retd)
- Major General Paramvir Singh Sehrawat (SM**), The Brigade Of The Guards (Retd)
- Major General Patanjali Rahul (VSM), The Army Air Defence (Retd)
- Major General Ashok Kumar, The Corps Of Engineers (Retd)
- Rear Admiral Deepak Kumar Goswami
- Rear Admiral R Vijay Sekhar (NM)
- Rear Admiral Sanjay Roye (VSM) (Retd)
- Air Vice Marshal Jasvir Singh Mann (VM), Flying (Pilot)
- Air Vice Marshal Philip Thomas (VM), Flying (Pilot)
- Air Vice Marshal Jagjeet Singh Bhalla (VSM), Administration/Air Traffic Controller
- ADGBR Ram Kumar Dhiman, VSM
- Brigadier Gaurav Singh Karki, VSM, The Corps Of Engineers
- Brigadier Amresh Ghai, The Army Medical Corps
- Air Commodore Mansij Lal, Flying (Pilot)
- Air Commodore Pankaj Kumar Srivastava, Flying (Pilot)
- Air Commodore Mukesh Kumar Yadav (VM), Flying (Pilot)
- Air Commodore Pradeep Arun Shah (VM), Flying (Pilot)
