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)
