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Ministry of Defence21-March, 2007 19:40 IST
President confers gallantry and distinguished service awards

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

            The President also conferred fifteen Param Vishisht Seva Medals, twenty two 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 Vishal Bhandral (IC-61562), Garhwal Rifles / 14 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

2.              Lieutenant Natarajan Parthiban (SS-41837), 5 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (Posthumous)

3.         Major Manish Hiraji Pitambare (IC-54327), 3 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces), (Posthumous)

SHAURYA CHAKRA

1.         GS 171799N Operator Excavating Machinery Grade-II Ram Lal, Border Roads Organisation.

2.              9104223 Rifleman Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, 16 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry

3.         JC-449287 Subedar Samde Khan, 14 Grenadiers

4.         JC-468990 Subedar Guman Singh, Rajputana Rifles / 43 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

5.              9094954 Havildar Abrahim, Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry / 47 Rashtriya Rifles

6.              2489724 Sepoy Ranjit Singh, Punjab Regiment / 22 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

7.         Captain Amarjit Singh (SS-41046), 4 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)

8.         Major Gopi Singh (IC-51468), Garhwal Rifles/14 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

9.              13753810 Naik Sarwan Kumar, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles / Special Group (22 Special Force), (Posthumous)

10.        EX-GS-173840X Supdt Building and Roads Grade-II, Ganesan M, Border Roads Organization (Posthumous)

11.        Major Jung Bahadur Singh (IC-55810), Army Service Corps / 38 Rashtriya Rifles

12.        GS-153964L Superintendent Buildings Roads Grade-II Vijay Raj, Border Roads Organisation (Posthumous)

13.        Captain Krishnan Nishant Nair (IC-60765) Bihar Regiment / 32 Assam Rifles

14.              15484670 Sowar Dhiraj Singh Armoured Corps/24 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

15.             2897670 Rifleman Kedar Singh Rajputana Rifles/43 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

16.        Major Virinder Sidhu (IC-60477) Rajput Regiment / 23 Rashtriya Rifles

17.              2682895 Havildar Santosh Kumar, 14 Grenadiers

18.        Major Manvendra Singh (IC-63128), 20 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles

19         Major Nayanjyoti Buragohain (IC-60107), 1 Naga Regiment

20.        GS-166035L Operator Excavating Machinery Grade-I, Shivaji Singh, Border Roads Organisation (Posthumous)

21.            4002983 Sepoy Jatinder Singh, Dogra Regiment/11 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

22.        JC-307557 Naib Subedar Mariapragasam Anthony Cruz, 201 Engineer Regiment (Posthumous)

23.        Captain Aji Anthony (IC-62781), Rajputana Rifles/57 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

24.            9107816 Rifleman Zahid Abass Mir, 5 Jammu - Kashmir Light Infantry (Posthumous)

PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

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

2.            Lieutenant General Daljeet Singh (IC-17644), Armoured Corps

3.         Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi, (01002-A)

4.         Air Marshal Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi, (12100), Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)

5.         Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra, (11581), Flying (Pilot)

6.         Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale, (11630), Flying (Pilot)

7.            Lieutenant General Bachittar Singh Dhaliwal (IC-17239), Engineers

8.            Lieutenant General Mohan Pande (IC-19410), Infantry

9.            Lieutenant General Chander Bhan Vijan (IC-19510), Artillery

10.            Lieutenant General Utpal Bhattacharyya (IC-24528), Engineers

11.            Lieutenant General Satyevir Yadav (IC-26838), Infantry

12.            Lieutenant General Balbir Singh (IC-17587), Infantry (Retired)

13.            Lieutenant General Ashok Vasudeva (IC-17631), Artillery (Retired)

14.            Lieutenant General Luxhmi Prakash Sadhotra (MR-03158), Army Medical Corps (Retired)

15.        Air Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia, (11633) Flying (Pilot) (Retired)  

ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

1.              Lieutenant General Milan Lalitkumar Naidu (IC-19077), Infantry

2.            Lieutenant General Isac John Koshy (IC-23011), Artillery

3.            Lieutenant General Saibal Mukherjee (MR-02753), Army Medical Corps

4.         Vice Admiral Sushil Krishnan Nair, (01369-K)

5.         Air Marshal Suresh Chand Mukul, (12930) Flying (Pilot)

6.         Major General Kapileswar Prasad Dhal Samanta (IC-23375), Artillery

7.         Major General B Thambiah (IC-25757), Engineers

8.         Major General Omit Sarkar (IC-24270), Armoured Corps

9.         Major General Prem Krishan Goel (IC-24718), Artillery

10.        Major General Rajinder Singh Sujlana (IC-25126), Infantry

11.        Major General Vishnu Kant Chaturvedi (IC-25135), Artillery

12.        Major General Rabindran Krishna Swamy (IC-25538), Infantry

13.        Major General Prakash Menon (IC-27026), Infantry

14.        Major General Sawant Chandrashekhar Dattatray (IC-32460), Infantry

15.        Major General Raj Krishan Malhotra (IC-32550), Infantry

16.        Major General Jaspaul Singh (IC-32482), Intelligence Corps (Retired)

17.        Rear Admiral Dilip Deshpande, (40385-H)

18.        Rear Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, (01507-Z)

19.        Rear Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan (50344-T)

20.        Air Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939) Flying (Pilot)

21.        Air Vice Marshal Madhusudan Banerjee, (13400) Flying (Pilot)

22.            Brigadier Naresh Kumar (MR-03044), Army Medical Corps

Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister Shri AK Antony, Home Minister Shri Shivraj Patil, Minister of State for Defence Shri M Pallam Raju and Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh were also present on the occasion.

SKS / RAJ


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