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
(Release ID :16767)