The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind conferred Gallantry and Distinguished Service awards to armed forces personnel at a solemn ceremony, held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on March 14, 2018.
The Gallantry awards are given for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty. This year, three Kirti Chakras and 15 Shaurya Chakras were conferred, among which two Kirti Chakras and one Shaurya Chakra was given posthumously.
The distinguished service awards included 15 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, one Uttam Yudh Seva Medals and 25 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals. They were conferred to senior officers of the armed forces for distinguished service of an exceptional order.
The following is the list of awardees:
| Kirti Chakra | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh | The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) |
| 2. | Rajendra Kumar Nain | Constable, CRPF (Posthumous) |
| 3. | Major Tushar Gauba | 20th Battalion, The Jat Regiment |
| Shaurya Chakra | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Dhanawade Ravindra Baban | Head Constable, CRPF (Posthumous) |
| 2. | AS Krishna | Head Constable, CRPF |
| 3. | K Dinesh Raja | Constable, CRPF |
| 4. | Prafulla Kumar | Constable, CRPF |
| 5. | Captain Varma Jayesh Rajesh | The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 6. | Captain Kaninder Paul Singh | The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 7. | Gunner Ranjit Singh | The Regiment Of Artillery, 13th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 8. | Major Aditya Kumar | 10th Battalion, The Garhwal Rifles |
| 9. | Captain P Rajkumar | Indian Navy |
| 10. | Naib Subedar Vijay Kumar Yadav | 15th Battalion, The Maratha Light Infantry Regiment |
| 11. | Major Pawan Gautam | The Corps Of Engineers, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 12. | Sapper Mahesh HN | The Corps Of Engineers, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 13. | Captain Abhinav Kumar Choudhary | The Corps Of Signals, 21st Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 14. | Lance Naik Ayyub Ali | The Rajputana Rifles, 9th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 15. | Major Amit Kumar Dimri | The Garhwal Rifles, 14th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| Param Vishisht Seva Medal | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | General Bipin Rawat | The Infantry |
| 2. | Lieutenant General Surinder Singh | The Mechanised Infantry |
| 3. | Lieutenant General Bipinpuri | The Army Medical Corps |
| 4. | Lieutenant General Manoj Mukundnaravane | The Infantry |
| 5. | Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Payyapillil | Navy |
| 6. | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 7. | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 8. | Lieutenant General Ashwani Kumar | The Army Air Defence |
| 9. | Lieutenant General Pankaj Kumar Srivastava | The Regiment Of Artillery |
| 10. | Lieutenant General Sudarshan Shrikant Hasabnis | The Corps Of Engineers |
| 11. | Lieutenant General Iqroop Singh Ghuman | The Mechanised Infantry |
| 12. | Air Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 13. | Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan | The Infantry (Retired) |
| 14. | Lieutenant General Jaswinder Singh Sandhu | The Infantry (Retired) |
| 15. | Major General Vijay Dnayandev Chowgule | The Infantry (Retired) |
| Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Lieutenant General Saranjeet Singh | The Infantry / Headquarters 16 Corps |
| Ati Vishisht Seva Medal | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Lieutenant General Yenduruvenkata Krishna Mohan | The Infantry |
| 2. | Lieutenant General Sanjay Verma | The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers |
| 3. | Lieutenant General Jagdeep Kumar Sharma | The Mechanised Infantry |
| 4. | Lieutenant General Umesh Kumar Sharma | The Army Medical Corps |
| 5. | Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh | The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers |
| 6. | Lieutenant General Shashank Tarakantupasani | The Infantry |
| 7. | Lieutenant General Anant Prasad Singh | The Army Air Defence |
| 8. | Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri | The Corps Of Engineers |
| 9. | Lieutenant General Surendar Kumar Prashar | The Infantry |
| 10. | Vice Admiral Sunil Anand | Navy |
| 11. | Air Marshal Amit Tiwari | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 12. | Air Marshal Amit Dev | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 13. | Lieutenant General Giri Raj Singh | The Army Ordnance Corps (Retired) |
| 14. | Major Gen Alok Raj | The Infantry |
| 15. | Major General Tejpal Singh Rawat | The Corps Of Engineers |
| 16. | Major General Channira Bansi Ponnappa | The Infantry |
| 17. | Major General Gajinder Singh | The Infantry |
| 18. | Rear Admiral Makarand Arvind Hampiholi | Navy |
| 19. | Rear Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi | Navy |
| 20. | Air Vice Marshal Pijush Mukherjee | Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics), Air Force |
| 21. | Major General Paramjit Singh Sandhu | The Mechanised Infantry (Retired) |
| 22. | Air Vice Marshal Soumitra Kumar Dey | Administration (Retired) |
| 23. | Ic-43756n Brigadier Sanjeev Langeh | The Jammu & Kashmir Rifles |
| 24. | Air Commodore Dhananjay Vasant Khot | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 25. | Air Commodore George Thomas | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| Kirti Chakra | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Sepoy Vrahma Pal Singh | The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) |
| 2. | Rajendra Kumar Nain | Constable, 130 BN, CRPF (Posthumous) |
| 3. | Major Tushar Gauba | 20th Battalion , The Jat Regiment |
| Shaurya Chakra | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Dhanawade Ravindra Baban | Head Constable, CRPF (Posthumous) |
| 2. | AS Krishna | Head Constable, CRPF |
| 3. | K Dinesh Raja | Constable, CRPF |
| 4. | Prafulla Kumar | Constable, CRPF |
| 5. | Captain Varma Jayesh Rajesh
| The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 6. | Captain Kaninder Paul Singh | The Rajput Regiment, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 7. | Gunner Ranjit Singh
| The Regiment Of Artillery, 13th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 8. | Major Aditya Kumar | 10th Battalion, The Garhwal Rifles |
| 9. | Captain P Rajkumar | Indian Navy |
| 10. | Naib Subedar Vijay Kumar Yadav
| 15th Battalion, The Maratha Light Infantry Regiment |
| 11. | Major Pawan Gautam
| The Corps Of Engineers, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 12. | Sapper Mahesh HN | The Corps Of Engineers, 44th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 13. | Captain Abhinav Kumar Choudhary | The Corps Of Signals, 21st Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 14. | Lance Naik Ayyub Ali
| The Rajputana Rifles, 9th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| 15. | Major Amit Kumar Dimri
| The Garhwal Rifles, 14th Battalion, The Rashtriya Rifles |
| Param Vishisht Seva Medal | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | General Bipin Rawat | The Infantry |
| 2. | Lieutenant General Surinder Singh | The Mechanised Infantry |
| 3. | Lieutenant General Bipinpuri | The Army Medical Corps |
| 4. | Lieutenant General Manoj Mukundnaravane | The Infantry |
| 5. | Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Payyapillil | Navy |
| 6. | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 7. | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 8. | Lieutenant General Ashwani Kumar | The Army Air Defence |
| 9. | Lieutenant General Pankaj Kumar Srivastava | The Regiment Of Artillery |
| 10. | Lieutenant General Sudarshan Shrikant Hasabnis | The Corps Of Engineers |
| 11. | Lieutenant General Iqroop Singh Ghuman | The Mechanised Infantry |
| 12. | Air Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 13. | Lieutenant General Shokin Chauhan | The Infantry (Retired) |
| 14. | Lieutenant General Jaswinder Singh Sandhu | The Infantry (Retired) |
| 15. | Major General Vijay Dnayandev Chowgule | The Infantry (Retired) |
| Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Lieutenant General Saranjeet Singh | The Infantry / Headquarters 16 Corps |
| Ati Vishisht Seva Medal | ||
| S. no | Name | Regiment |
| 1. | Lieutenant General Yenduruvenkata Krishna Mohan | The Infantry |
| 2. | Lieutenant General Sanjay Verma | The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers |
| 3. | Lieutenant General Jagdeep Kumar Sharma | The Mechanised Infantry |
| 4. | Lieutenant General Umesh Kumar Sharma | The Army Medical Corps |
| 5. | Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh | The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers |
| 6. | Lieutenant General Shashank Tarakantupasani | The Infantry |
| 7. | Lieutenant General Anant Prasad Singh | The Army Air Defence |
| 8. | Lieutenant General Yogendra Dimri | The Corps Of Engineers |
| 9. | Lieutenant General Surendar Kumar Prashar | The Infantry |
| 10. | Vice Admiral Sunil Anand | Navy |
| 11. | Air Marshal Amit Tiwari | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 12. | Air Marshal Amit Dev | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 13. | Lieutenant General Giri Raj Singh | The Army Ordnance Corps (Retired) |
| 14. | Major Gen Alok Raj | The Infantry |
| 15. | Major General Tejpal Singh Rawat | The Corps Of Engineers |
| 16. | Major General Channira Bansi Ponnappa | The Infantry |
| 17. | Major General Gajinder Singh | The Infantry |
| 18. | Rear Admiral Makarand Arvind Hampiholi | Navy |
| 19. | Rear Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi | Navy |
| 20. | Air Vice Marshal Pijush Mukherjee
| Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics), Air Force |
| 21. | Major General Paramjit Singh Sandhu | The Mechanised Infantry (Retired) |
| 22. | Air Vice Marshal Soumitra Kumar Dey | Administration (Retired) |
| 23. | Ic-43756n Brigadier Sanjeev Langeh | The Jammu & Kashmir Rifles |
| 24. | Air Commodore Dhananjay Vasant Khot | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
| 25. | Air Commodore George Thomas | Flying (Pilot), Air Force |
-1761909565760.jpg)
-1761826660200.jpg)
-1761821612587.jpg)
Comments
All Comments (0)
Join the conversation