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Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-II)


President confers 30 PVSMs, 5 UYSMs & 57 AVSMs to Armed Forces, Indian Coast Guard & Border Roads Organisation personnel

Posted On: 04 JUN 2025 7:40PM by PIB Delhi

          President Smt Droupadi Murmu conferred 92 Distinguished Service Decorations to the personnel of the Armed Forces, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) during the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-II) at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi on June 04, 2025. These decorations - 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals (PVSMs), five Uttam Yudh Seva Medals (UYSMs) and 57 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals (AVSMs) - have been given to the personnel for distinguished service of exceptional order. Following is the list of the awardees:

S No

Name of Awardee

Service

Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM)

1.

IC-43725N Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, AVSM, The Infantry

Army

2.

IC-44044X Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, AVSM, The Armoured Corps

Army

3.

IC-44498L Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, UYSM, AVSM, SM, The Infantry

Army

4.

IC-44545X Lieutenant General Anindya Sengupta, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, The Infantry

Army

5.

IC-47003Y Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, AVSM, SM, The Armoured Corps

Army

6.

IC-47020Y Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana, AVSM, YSM, SM, The Infantry

Army

7.

IC-47032N Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, AVSM, SM, The Infantry

Army

8.

03081A Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM

Navy

9.

03130N Vice Admiral Rajesh Sudhakar Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM

Navy

10.

03101Y Vice Admiral Suraj Berry, AVSM, NM, VSM

Navy

11.

03227H Vice Admiral Srinivas Vennam, AVSM, NM

Navy

12.

18270 Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, AVSM VM, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

13.

18291 Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

14.

18557 Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

15.

IC-43667P Lieutenant General Karanbir Singh Brar, AVSM, The Armoured Corps

Army

16.

IC-43746K Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar, AVSM, SM, The Regiment Of Artillery

Army

17.

IC-47004F Lieutenant General Padam Singh Shekhawat, AVSM, SM, The Mechanised Infantry

Army

18.

IC-47261Y Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM, The Infantry

Army

19.

IC-44603W Lieutenant General Vivek Kashyap, AVSM, VSM, The Armoured Corps

Army

20.

IC-47566Y Lieutenant General VM Bhuvana Krishnan, AVSM, YSM, The Infantry

Army

21.

IC-49349F Lieutenant General Vineet Gaur, AVSM, The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers

Army

22.

IC-48681L Lieutenant General Raghavachari Santhana Raman, AVSM, YSM, The Infantry

Army

23.

IC-44552N Lieutenant General Raghu Srinivasan, VSM, The Corps Of Engineers

Army

24.

MR-05533M Lieutenant General Shankar Narayan, NM, VSM, The Army Medical Corps

Army

25.

18300 Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot) (Retired)

Air Force

26.

IC-43218A Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh Minhas, AVSM, The Armoured Corps (Retired)

Army

27.

IC-44239H Lieutenant General Preet Mohindera Singh, VSM, The Army Service Corps (Retired)

Army

28.

18517 Air Marshal Chakalayil Rajappa Mohan, AVSM, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired)

Air Force

29.

18892 Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand, VSM, Administration/Air Traffic Controller (Retired)

Air Force

30.

MR-06750P Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, AVSM, SM**, VSM**, The Army Medical Corps

Army

Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM)

1.

IC-48989Y Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, AVSM, SM***, The Kumaon Regiment, Headquarters 15 Corps

Army

2.

IC-49024N Lieutenant General Zubin A Minwalla, AVSM, YSM, The 9th Gorkha Rifles, Headquarters 33 Corps

Army

3.

IC-49510L Lieutenant General Hitesh Bhalla, SC**, SM, VSM, The Maratha Light Infantry, Headquarters 14 Corps

Army

4.

17841 Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar, PVSM, AVSM, Flying (Pilot) (Retired)

Air Force

5.

17842 Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Flying (Pilot)(Retired)

Air Force

Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM)

1.

IC-47139H Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh, SM**, The Infantry

Army

2.

IC-47661L Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain, SM, The Infantry

Army

3.

IC-47668P Lieutenant General Vijay Bhaskaran Nair, SM, The Infantry

Army

4.

IC-48046A Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, VSM, The Armoured Corps

Army

5.

IC-48073K Lieutenant General Rahul Raghavendra Singh, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery

Army

6.

MR-05977W Lieutenant General Sadhna S Nair, VSM, The Army Medical Corps

Army

7.

IC-44132N Lieutenant General Suresh Chandra Tandi, VSM, The Army Ordnance Corps

Army

8.

IC-48530M Lieutenant General Shrinjay Pratap Singh, YSM, The Infantry

Army

9.

IC-46051M Lieutenant General Rajagopal Chellamani Srikanth, VSM, The Army Air Defence

Army

10.

IC-47576H Lieutenant General Mukesh Chadha, SM, VSM, The Army Service Corps

Army

11.

IC-48081H Lieutenant General Rajiv Kumar, VSM, The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers

Army

12.

IC-49188K Lieutenant General Bhavnish Kumar, VSM, The Infantry

Army

13.

DR-10426P Lieutenant General Vineet Sharma, VSM, The Army Dental Corps

Army

14.

IC-49424A Lieutenant General Divya Gaurav Misra, The Armoured Corps

Army

15.

MR-05729A Lieutenant General Shivinder Singh, The Army Medical Corps

Army

16.

IC-47156H Lieutenant General Devinder Pal Singh, SM, The Intelligence Corps

Army

17.

03613K Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania

Navy

18.

03587A Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar, NM

Navy

19.

03756K Vice Admiral Chempakvilas Rammohan Praveen Nair, NM

Navy

20.

19052 Air Marshal Venkataramanan Rajasekhar, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)

Air Force

21.

18696 Air Marshal MS Sridhar, Medical

Air Force

22.

19648 Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)

Air Force

23.

19901 Air Marshal PV Shivanand, VM, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

24.

0244-D Director General Paramesh Sivamani, PTM, TM

ICG

25.

IC-43682K Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Samantara, SM**, VSM, The Infantry (Retired)

Army

26.

MR-05303Y Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Singh, The Army Medical Corps (Retired)

Army

27.

18251 Air Marshal Rajesh Vaidya, VSM, Medical (Retired)

Air Force

28.

IC-48338H Major General Rohit Sawhney, YSM, The Infantry

Army

29.

IC-48082L Major General Harsh Chhibber, VSM, The Army Service Corps

Army

30.

IC-48981M Major General Abhinaya Rai, YSM, The Army Aviation Corps

Army

31.

IC-49423X Major General M Khalid Zaki, SM, The Mechanised Infantry

Army

32.

IC-49002P Major General Rajwant Singh, The Corps Of Engineers

Army

33.

IC-50320L Major General Manish Luthra, The Infantry

Army

34.

IC-50781P Major General Rajesh Sethi, SM, VSM, The Infantry

Army

35.

IC-50836N Major General Neeraj Shukla, SM**, The Infantry

Army

36.

IC-51040K Major General Balbir Singh, YSM, VSM, The Infantry

Army

37.

IC-51131N Major General Madanraj Pande, SM, VSM, The Infantry

Army

38.

IC-51151F Major General Akaash Johar, The Infantry

Army

39.

IC-51233K Major General Sameer Srivastava, VSM, The Infantry

Army

40.

MR-06072A Major General Balachandran Nambiar, SM, VSM, The Army Medical Corps

Army

41.

03405N Rear Admiral Sandeep Mehta, VSM

Navy

42.

03624K Rear Admiral Manish Sharma, NM

Navy

43.

03753B Rear Admiral Manish Chadha, VSM

Navy

44.

03748T Rear Admiral Janak Bevli, VSM

Navy

45.

19668 Air Vice Marshal Suhas Prabhakar Bhandare, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)

Air Force

46.

19377 Air Vice Marshal Ajay Kumar Pan, VSM, Logistics

Air Force

47.

19869 Air Vice Marshal Venigalla Srinivas Choudary, VM, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

48.

20778 Air Vice Marshal Venkat Tukaram Mare, VSM, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

49.

21830 Air Vice Marshal Manish Sahdev, Flying (Pilot)

Air Force

50.

22916 Air Vice Marshal Anand Sondhi, VSM

Air Force

51.

IC-47057A Major General Mukesh Aggarwal, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery (Retired)

Army

52.

IC-48571W Major General Abhay Dayal, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery (Retired)

Army

53.

41552K Rear Admiral Cyril Thomas, VSM (Retired)

Navy

54.

19671 Air Vice Marshal Niraj Nainwal, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired)

Air Force

55.

19722 Air Vice Marshal Padippurackal Thekkethil Krishnapillai Sreekumar, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired)

Air Force

56.

20188 Air Vice Marshal Ramakuru Venkata Ramkishore, VSM, Administration/Air Traffic Controller (Retired)

Air Force

57.

GO-2101M ADGBR, George P Cherian, VSM (Retired)

BRO

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