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Date: 2025-06-04 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: India

Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-II)

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On June 4, 2025, President Smt. Droupadi Murmu conferred 92 Distinguished Service Decorations to personnel from the Armed Forces, Indian Coast Guard (ICG), and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 Phase II held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. The decorations included 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals (PVSMs), five Uttam Yudh Seva Medals (UYSMs), and 57 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals (AVSMs), awarded for distinguished service of an exceptional order. The names of the awardees and their respective services are listed in the provided document.

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Ministry of Defence: The government ministry overseeing defence matters. Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 PhaseII: The name of the awards ceremony. President: Refers to the President of India, the head of state. 30 PVSMs: Thirty Param Vishisht Seva Medals, a military decoration. 5 UYSMs: Five Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, a military decoration. 57 AVSMs: Fifty-seven Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, a military decoration. Armed Forces: The military forces of India. Indian Coast Guard: The maritime law enforcement and search and rescue agency of India. Border Roads Organisation: An organisation responsible for building and maintaining roads in border areas. PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - the nodal agency of the Government of India to disseminate information to the media. Smt Droupadi Murmu: The President of India, who conferred the awards. Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi: The official residence of the President of India, located in New Delhi. Param Vishisht Seva Medal: A military decoration of India. Uttam Yudh Seva Medal: A military decoration of India. Ati Vishisht Seva Medal: A military decoration of India. Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Anindya Sengupta: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh: A Navy officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Rajesh Sudhakar Pendharkar: A Navy officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Suraj Berry: A Navy officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Srinivas Vennam: A Navy officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari: An Air Force officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan: An Air Force officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor: An Air Force officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Karanbir Singh Brar: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Padam Singh Shekhawat: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Vivek Kashyap: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General VM Bhuvana Krishnan: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Vineet Gaur: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Raghavachari Santhana Raman: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Raghu Srinivasan: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Shankar Narayan: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan: An Air Force officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh Minhas: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Preet Mohindera Singh: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Chakalayil Rajappa Mohan: An Air Force officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand: An Air Force officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra: An Army officer awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai: An Army officer awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Zubin A Minwalla: An Army officer awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Hitesh Bhalla: An Army officer awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal. Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar: An Air Force officer awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal. Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha: An Air Force officer awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Sandeep Jain: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Vijay Bhaskaran Nair: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Rahul Raghavendra Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Sadhna S Nair: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Suresh Chandra Tandi: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Shrinjay Pratap Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Rajagopal Chellamani Srikanth: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Mukesh Chadha: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Rajiv Kumar: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Bhavnish Kumar: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Vineet Sharma: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Divya Gaurav Misra: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Shivinder Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Devinder Pal Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Vice Admiral Chempakvilas Rammohan Praveen Nair: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Venkataramanan Rajasekhar: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal MS Sridhar: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal PV Shivanand: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Director General Paramesh Sivamani: An ICG officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Samantara: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Marshal Rajesh Vaidya: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Rohit Sawhney: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Harsh Chhibber: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Abhinaya Rai: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General M Khalid Zaki: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Rajwant Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Manish Luthra: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Rajesh Sethi: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Neeraj Shukla: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Balbir Singh: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Madanraj Pande: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Akaash Johar: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Sameer Srivastava: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Balachandran Nambiar: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Rear Admiral Sandeep Mehta: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Rear Admiral Manish Sharma: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Rear Admiral Manish Chadha: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Rear Admiral Janak Bevli: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Suhas Prabhakar Bhandare: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Ajay Kumar Pan: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Venigalla Srinivas Choudary: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Venkat Tukaram Mare: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Manish Sahdev: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Anand Sondhi: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Mukesh Aggarwal: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Major General Abhay Dayal: An Army officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Rear Admiral Cyril Thomas: A Navy officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Niraj Nainwal: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Padippurackal Thekkethil Krishnapillai Sreekumar: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Air Vice Marshal Ramakuru Venkata Ramkishore: An Air Force officer awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. ADGBR, George P Cherian: An officer from the Border Roads Organisation awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. VKSavvy Release ID: 2133924: Release ID
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Ministry of Defence 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) IC-43725N Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, AVSM, The 1. Army Infantry 2. IC-44044X Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, AVSM, The Armoured Corps Army IC-44498L Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, UYSM, AVSM, SM, 3. Army The Infantry IC-44545X Lieutenant General Anindya Sengupta, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, 4. Army The Infantry IC-47003Y Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, AVSM, SM, The 5. Army Armoured Corps IC-47020Y Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana, AVSM, YSM, SM, 6. Army The Infantry 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 IC-43667P Lieutenant General Karanbir Singh Brar, AVSM, The 15. Army Armoured Corps IC-43746K Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar, AVSM, SM, The Regiment 16. Army Of ArtilleryIC-47004F Lieutenant General Padam Singh Shekhawat, AVSM, SM, The 17. Army Mechanised Infantry IC-47261Y Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla, UYSM, YSM, SM, 18. Army VSM, The Infantry IC-44603W Lieutenant General Vivek Kashyap, AVSM, VSM, The 19. Army Armoured Corps IC-47566Y Lieutenant General VM Bhuvana Krishnan, AVSM, YSM, The 20. Army Infantry IC-49349F Lieutenant General Vineet Gaur, AVSM, The Corps Of 21. Army Electronics And Mechanical Engineers IC-48681L Lieutenant General Raghavachari Santhana Raman, AVSM, 22. Army YSM, The Infantry IC-44552N Lieutenant General Raghu Srinivasan, VSM, The Corps Of 23. Army Engineers MR-05533M Lieutenant General Shankar Narayan, NM, VSM, The Army 24. Army Medical Corps 18300 Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot) 25. Air Force (Retired) IC-43218A Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh Minhas, AVSM, The 26. Army Armoured Corps (Retired) IC-44239H Lieutenant General Preet Mohindera Singh, VSM, The Army 27. Army Service Corps (Retired) 18517 Air Marshal Chakalayil Rajappa Mohan, AVSM, VSM, 28. Air Force Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired) 18892 Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand, VSM, Administration/Air 29. Air Force Traffic Controller (Retired) MR-06750P Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, AVSM, SM**, VSM**, The 30. Army Army Medical Corps Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM) IC-48989Y Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, AVSM, SM***, The Kumaon 1. Army Regiment, Headquarters 15 Corps IC-49024N Lieutenant General Zubin A Minwalla, AVSM, YSM, The 9th 2. Army Gorkha Rifles, Headquarters 33 Corps IC-49510L Lieutenant General Hitesh Bhalla, SC**, SM, VSM, The 3. Army Maratha Light Infantry, Headquarters 14 Corps 17841 Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar, PVSM, AVSM, Flying 4. Air Force (Pilot) (Retired) 17842 Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Flying 5. Air Force (Pilot)(Retired) 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 IC-48046A Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, VSM, The Armoured 4. Army CorpsIC-48073K Lieutenant General Rahul Raghavendra Singh, VSM, The 5. Army Regiment Of Artillery MR-05977W Lieutenant General Sadhna S Nair, VSM, The Army Medical 6. Army Corps IC-44132N Lieutenant General Suresh Chandra Tandi, VSM, The Army 7. Army Ordnance Corps 8. IC-48530M Lieutenant General Shrinjay Pratap Singh, YSM, The Infantry Army IC-46051M Lieutenant General Rajagopal Chellamani Srikanth, VSM, The 9. Army Army Air Defence IC-47576H Lieutenant General Mukesh Chadha, SM, VSM, The Army 10. Army Service Corps IC-48081H Lieutenant General Rajiv Kumar, VSM, The Corps Of 11. Army Electronics And Mechanical Engineers 12. IC-49188K Lieutenant General Bhavnish Kumar, VSM, The Infantry Army DR-10426P Lieutenant General Vineet Sharma, VSM, The Army Dental 13. Army Corps 14. IC-49424A Lieutenant General Divya Gaurav Misra, The Armoured Corps Army MR-05729A Lieutenant General Shivinder Singh, The Army Medical 15. Army Corps IC-47156H Lieutenant General Devinder Pal Singh, SM, The Intelligence 16. Army Corps 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 19052 Air Marshal Venkataramanan Rajasekhar, Aeronautical Engineering 20. Air Force (Electronics) 21. 18696 Air Marshal MS Sridhar, Medical Air Force 19648 Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering 22. Air Force (Electronics) 23. 19901 Air Marshal PV Shivanand, VM, Flying (Pilot) Air Force 24. 0244-D Director General Paramesh Sivamani, PTM, TM ICG IC-43682K Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Samantara, SM**, VSM, The 25. Army Infantry (Retired) MR-05303Y Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Singh, The Army Medical 26. Army Corps (Retired) 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 Army35. 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 MR-06072A Major General Balachandran Nambiar, SM, VSM, The Army 40. Army Medical Corps 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 19668 Air Vice Marshal Suhas Prabhakar Bhandare, VSM, Aeronautical 45. Air Force Engineering (Electronics) 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 IC-47057A Major General Mukesh Aggarwal, VSM, The Regiment Of 51. Army Artillery (Retired) IC-48571W Major General Abhay Dayal, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery 52. Army (Retired) 53. 41552K Rear Admiral Cyril Thomas, VSM (Retired) Navy 19671 Air Vice Marshal Niraj Nainwal, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering 54. Air Force (Electronics) (Retired) 19722 Air Vice Marshal Padippurackal Thekkethil Krishnapillai 55. Air Force Sreekumar, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired) 20188 Air Vice Marshal Ramakuru Venkata Ramkishore, VSM, 56. Air Force Administration/Air Traffic Controller (Retired) 57. GO-2101M ADGBR, George P Cherian, VSM (Retired) BRO **** VK/Savvy (Release ID: 2133924)

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