PRESIDENT CONFERS GALLANTRY
AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS
President,
Shri APJ Abdul Kalam conferred four Kirti Chakras, three Vir Chakras,
one Bar to Shaurya Chakra and thirty six Shaurya Chakras on those
Armed Forces personnel who displayed conspicuous gallantry, indomitable
courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony in Rashtrapati
Bhawan, here today.
The
President also conferred eight Param Vishisht Seva Medals and
twenty-five 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. Captain
Pankaj Dhyani (IC-53604), Dogra 11Rashtriya Rifles
2. 734502
Corporal Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Safety Equipment Worker
3. 4468030
Lance Havildar Jora Singh, 1 Sikh Light Infantry (Posthumous)
4. 3376388
Havildar Lashkar Singh, 16 Sikh (Posthumous)
VIR
CHAKRA
1. Major
Manoj M Deshpande (IC-53677), 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
2. 9086705
Havildar Chunni Lal, 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
3. Major
Amitabh Roy (IC-49511), 14 Garhwal Rifles
BAR
TO SHAURYA CHAKRA
1. Major
Hitesh Bhalla (IC-49510), 11 Maratha Light Infantry
SHAURYA
CHAKRA
1. Flight
Lieutenant Sameer Riaz Kagdi (23771) Flying (Pilot) (Posthumous)
2. 5846241
Naik Amrit Malla, 2/9 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)
3.
Lieutenant Hemant Singh (IC-58706), 7 Guards (Posthumous)
4.
GS-172077N Supdt B/R GDE-II Ram Naresh, Border Roads Organisation
5. 9101766
Rifleman Mohd Ajaz, 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (Posthumous).
6. JC-201171
Subedar Nain Singh, 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (Posthumous).
7. 3398441
Sepoy Amrik Singh, 20 Sikh
8. Captain
Manoj Kumar Patel (IC-57048), Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, 3 Rashtriya
Rifles
9. Captain
Nanda Kumar K (IC-54160), Dogra, 11 Rashtriya Rifles
10. 2490802
Sepoy Sahib Singh, 22 Punjab (Posthumous)
11. Major
Gautam Segan (IC-46704) Artillery, 169 Field Regiment
12. 763234
Corporal Sanjeev Kumar Arora, Instrument Fitter
13. 764609
Leading Aircraftsman Amar Kumar Bajpai, Missile Fitter (Mechanical)
14. 774907
Leading Aircraftsman Arvind Kumar, Clerk General Duties
15. 2882109
Havildar Bikram Bahadur Singh, 12 Rajputana Rifles
16. Major
Gurtej Singh Grewal (IC-57046), Artillery/169, Field Regiment
17. 3397753
Sepoy Harvinder Singh, Sikh/16 Rashtriya Rifles
18. JC-256104
Subedar Ghadge Shivaji Krishna, Artillery/11 Rashtriya Rifles
(Dogra)
19. Captain
Saurabh Singh Shekhawat (IC-52871) 21 Para
20. 4179714
Havildar Chanchal Singh, 18 Kumaon
21. 3984053
Lance Havildar Mohinder Singh, Dogra Scouts
22. 63096 Naib
Subedar Jigmey Namgyal, Special Frontier Force
23. 3989092
Naib Subedar Chhering Norbu Bodh, Dogra
24. 3988597
Havildar Bhag Chain, Dogra Scouts
25. 13753318
Naik Mohinder Kumar, 9 Para (SF)
26. 13623316
Paratrooper Rajesh Kumar, 1 Para (SF)
27. 2788284
Sepoy Ramesh Chandrabhan Bahekar, Maratha Light Infantry / 27
Rashtriya Rifles
28. 2586788
Havildar Radhakrishnan Kunju Panicker, 10 Madras (Posthumous)
29. JC
(NYA) 13614717 Naib Subedar Somvir Singh, 9 Para (SF)
30. Lieutenant
Mahesh Kumar (SC-00244), 5 Mahar (Borders) (Posthumous)
31. Major
Deepak Rawat (IC-52353), Engineers/3 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)
32. Lieutenant
Arvind Kumar (SS-38983), 11 Sikh Light Infantry
33. 4365641
Sepoy Laingaizuala, Assam/35 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)
34. Lieutenant
Sandeep Azad (IC-59855), 20 Sikh
35. 3385448
Havildar Sher Singh, 20 Sikh
36. 13755678
Lance Naik Suresh Kumar, 9 JAK Rifles
DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARDS
PARAM
VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
1. Air
Marshal Teja Mohan Asthana, (7672) Flying (Pilot)
2. Air
Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon, (7681) Flying (Pilot)
3. Lieutenant
General Tejinder Singh Shergill (IC-15786), Armoured Corps
4. Lieutenant
General Surendra Kumar Jain (IC-13954), Electronics and Mechanical
Engineering
5. Lieutenant
General Dattatray Balajirao Shekatkar (IC-14765), Maratha Light
Infantry (Retired)
6. Lieutenant
General Harcharan Singh (MR-01987), Army Medical Corps (Retired)
7. Surgeon
Vice Admiral Hara Prasad Mukherjee, (75091-K) (Retired)
8. Air
Marshal Sriperumbudur Raghavan, (6710) Logistics (Retired)
ATI
VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
1. Lieutenant General Kamleshwar Davar (IC-14405), Armoured
Corps
2. Lieutenant
General Dharam Prakash Sehgal (IC-15403), Signals
3. Lieutenant
General Madhav Anand Tutakne (MR-01817), AMC/AFMC Pune (Retired)
4. Major
General Rana Sudhir Kumar Kapur (IC-16782), Engineers/HQ SC
5. Major
General Rajinder Singh (IC-16953), Artillery/HQ 28 Inf Div
6. Major
General Nirbhay Sharma (IC-17244), Para/HQ CIF (K)
7. Major
General Pramod Kumar Grover (IC-17252), Engineers/HQ 26 Inf Div
8. Major
General Rakesh Dass (IC-17267), Rajputana Rifles
9. Major
General Dalvir Singh (IC-26279), Para/HQ CIF (K)
10. Major
General Rajendra Pandit (IC-14586), 4 Gorkha Rifles (Retired)
11. Rear
Admiral Ravi Chander Kochhar, (00752-H)
12. Rear
Admiral Kizhupali Mohanan (00855-T)
13. Rear
Admiral Sanjiv Kapoor (01005-H)
14. Rear
Admiral Avinash Manjanath Telang, (40262-B)
15. Rear
Admiral Nirmal Prasad Gupta, (40339-B)
16. Rear
Admiral Mahendra Pratap Taneja, (01090-A)
17. Air
Vice Marshal Rameshwar Nath (8913), Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)
(Retired)
18. Air
Vice Marshal Thiruvengadam Ramanujam, (10695) Aeronautical Engineering
(Electronics) (Retired).
19. Brigadier
Mahesh Eranna (IC-32569), Garhwal Rifles/120 Inf Bde
20. Air
Commodore Yashwant Rao Rane, (12210) Flying (Pilot)
21. Air
Commodore Sadasivan Radhakrishnan (12408) Flying (Pilot)
22. Air
Commodore Maheshwar Dutt, (11607) Flying (Pilot)
23. Air
Commodore Selvam Kulandaisami Jayarajan, (11695) Logistics (Retired)
24. Colonel
Krishan Kumar (IC-38736), Infantry
25. GO-1253-F
Chief Engineer (E&M) Hans Raj, (Retired)
The
Prime Minister Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister
Shri LK Advani, Defence Minister, Shri George Fernandes, Minister
of State for Defence Production & Supplies, Shri Harin Pathak,
Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral
Madhvendra Singh, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy
and other senior civilian and Armed Forces officers were also
present on the occasion.
