Ministry of Defence23-March, 2006 19:38 IST
President confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards

  President, Shri APJ Abdul Kalam conferred four Kirti Chakras and ninteen Shaurya Chakras to armed forces personnel, para military personnel, police officials and civilians for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan, here today.

 

            The President also conferred twelve Param Vishisht Seva Medals, twenty seven Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to senior officers of the Armed Forces for distinguished service of an exceptional order.

The following is the list of awardees:-

 

GALLANTRY AWARDS

 

KIRTI CHAKRA

1.  Subedar Jagat Bahadur Ghale JC 617223, 6/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) (Posthumous) – received by his wife Smt Ambika Ghale

2.  Wing Commander Balakrishna Pillai Sreebhavan Kirshna Kumar  (17870) Flying Pilot

3.  Shri Sanjeev, Sub Inspector Andaman and Nicobar Administration (Posthumous) -received by his wife Smt Deepika.

4.  Shri Raghu Ram, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt Kamla Devi

SHAURYA CHAKRA

 

1.  Shri Mohd Akhar, Head Constable Jammu & Kashmir Police (Poshumous) - received by his wife Smt  Parveena Begum.

2.  Rifleman Bhupender Singh 2896869 Rajputana Rifles/9 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt Mukesh Singh.

3.  Shri Bahadur Singh, Himachal Pradesh (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt  Sangra Devi

4.  Major Harmandeep Singh Baidwan (IC-54305) Rajputana Rifles/9 Rashtriya Rifles

5.  Group Captain Vivek Vikash Bandopadhay, VM (15863 Flying (Pilot)

6.  Squadron Leader Tammeneni Srinivasulu (24567) Administration / Fighter Controller

7.  Sqn Ldr Arisetty Vijay Kumar (25858) Flying Pilot

8.  Rifleman Rajendra Singh 4190405 Kumaon/60  Rashtriya Rifles

9.  Naib Subedar Hem Singh Rajput JC-469415 Rajputana Rifles /9 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt Shashi Bala

10. Subedar Major Lok Nath Sharma JC 255591 Artillery/7 Rashtriya Rifles

11. Captain Sumit Kohli (IC-61014) Artillery / 14 Rashtriya Rifles

12.  Major Kamlesh Manikrao Shende (IC 54359) 2 Grenadiers

13.  Major Deepak Kumar Padda  (IC 59758) Armoured Corps/14 Grenadiers (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt Sonia Padda

14.  Dafadar Harbhajan Singh 1072825 Armoured Corps/8 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt Sarabjit Kaur

15.  Havildar Ashok Kumar 2481416  9 Parachute Regiment  (Special Forces)

16.  Havildar Atol Singh Panwar, SM 4072! 135, 16 Garhwal Rifles (Posthumous) - received by his wife Smt Savita Devi

17.  Shri Vezoto Tinyi, Asstt. Commandant Central Reserve Police Force

18.  Shri Dharambir Singh, Sub Inspector (GD) Central Reserve Police Force

19  Lieutenant Manish Pan! dey (IC 63911) 20, Punjab Regiment.

­PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

1.  Lieutenant General Srinivasa Pattabhiraman (IC-1721 0), Engineers

2.  Vice Admiral Sangram Singh Byce, (00883-F)

3.  Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur, (10525) Flying (Pilot)

4.  Air Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral, (11300) Flying (Pilot)

5.  Air Marshal Fali Homi Major, (11442) Flying (Pilot)

6.  Lieutenant General Anup Singh Jamwal (IC-17206), Artillery

7.  Lieutenant General Vir Chand Jain (IC-17280), Electronics and Mechanical Engineers

8.  Lieutenant General Ranjit Singh (IC-16650), Engineers

9.  Lieutenant General Devraj Singh (IC-17594), , Infantry

10  Lieutenant General Mohan Chandra Bhandari (IC-17615), Infantry

11. Lieutenant General Madan Gopal (IC-17733), Infantry

12. Lieutenant General Madan Lal Chawla (MR-02068), Army Medical Corps

ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

1.  Lieutenant General Deepak Kapoor (IC-17622), Artillery

2.  Lieutenant General Deepak Harishchandra Summanwar (IC-19396), Infantry

3.  Lieutenant General Mudakkanaveetil Prabhakaran Jaiprakash (M R-02250) , Army Medical Corps

4.  Major General Subhash Chandra Gogna (IC-17582), Engineers

5.  Major General Shiv Kumar Jaswal (IC-19387), Engineers

6.  Major General Ashok Khosla (IC-23376), Signals

7.  Major General Harjot Singh Sehgal (IC-23486), Artillery

8.  Major General Krishna Pillai Sankaranarayana Pillai Venugopal (IC-32703), Electronics and Mechanical Engineers

9.  Major General Virendra Kumar Jain (IC-23799), Artillery

10. Major General Parameswaran Pillai Rajagopal (IC-23872), Infantry

11. Major General Prabodh Chandra Bhardwaj (IC-24178),  Infantry

12.  Major General Mahavir Singh Balhara (IC-24568),  Infantry

13.  Major General Arvinder Singh Lamba (IC-25066), Artillery

14.  Major General Karan Singh Yadava (lC-25469),  Infantry

15.  Major General Jayakrishnan Jayaram (MR-02669), Army Medical Corps

16.  Major General Bikash Krushna Mohanti (MR-O3355), Army Medical Corps

17.  Rear Admiral Anup Singh, (O1424-K)

18.  Rear Admiral Sankarannair Balachandran, (50295-F)

19.  Air Vice Marshal Naresh Verma, (13235) Administration

20.  Brigadier Desh Deepak Kapoor (IC-24753), Artillery

21.  Commodore Ajoy Kumar Patnaik, (01188-Z)

22.  Air Vice Marshal  Robin Chandra Baruah (13156) Flying (Pilot)

23.  Air Vice Marshal  Vikas Krishna Rao Yajurvedi, (13248) Flying (Pilot)

24.  Air Commodore Lalit Kumar Malhotra, (13373) Flying (Pilot)

25.  Air Commodore Satish Pal Singh, (13770) Flying (Pilot)

26.  Air Commodore Malvinder Singh Ahluwalia (13809) Flying (Pilot)

27.  Captain S.P.S. Cheema, (01704-Y)

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister Shri Shivraj Patil, and Minister of State for Defence Sh! ri M Pallam Raju were also present on the occasion.

 

SKS / HS

 


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