Amar Jawan Jyoti

Written on May 7, 2008 – 10:19 pm | by Amar Jawan Jyoti |

President, conferred four Kirti Chakras and twenty two Shaurya Chakras to serving and retired armed forces personnel and civilians for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi today.

The President also conferred thirteen Param Vishisht Seva Medals, two Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, twenty four 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

Captain Pankaj Kumar (IC-67341)

Major Shatrujeet Kotwal (IC-58609)

Major Kumandur Prabhakar Vinay (IC-58793), Posthumous

Sepoy Suresh (3193199), Posthumous

SHAURYA CHAKRA

1. Sowar Sultan Singh (15481089), Posthumous

2. Lieutenant Krishan Dayal Singh Rathore (SS-41969)

3. Sapper Babu Ram Veeranna Pattar (15325573), Posthumous

4. Major Paramvir Singh Jamwal (IC-54541)

5. Lance Naik Bhawan Singh (4195647), Posthumous

6. Captain Kaushal Kashyap (IC-62560)

7. Major Pratul Gaurang Mehta (IC-55096)

8. Major Rajesh Kumar Singh (IC-61523)

9. Major Brij Kishore Dhoundiyal (IC-57921)

10. Sepoy Jugulu Sabar (4280474)

11. Guardsman Ajesh M A (15615322), Posthumous

12. Naib Subedar Khem Singh (JC-520065)

13. Srikumar R (GS-161011X), Border Roads Organisation, Posthumous

14. Havildar Bulla Ram (4181600)

15. Wing Commander Anil Kumar (20742)

16. Wing Commander Rahul Monga (20768)

17. Lance Naik Narbu Sherpa (9421906)

18. Major Amit Kumar Chand (IC-55834)

19. Lance Naik Bachhav Shashikant Ganpat (2797930), Posthumous

20. Captain Lalit Kansal (IC-64714)

21. Naib Subedar Subhash (JC-413097), Posthumous

22. Sepoy Badal Hasda (4280041), Posthumous

PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

1. Lt General Hardev Singh Lidder (IC-19009)

2. Lt Gen Parmendra Kumar Singh (IC-19050)

3. Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar (01088-Y)

4. Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005)

5. Air Marshal (Retired) Gurnam Singh Chaudhry (11870)

6. Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah (IC-19429)

7. Lt General Sudhir Sharma (IC-19440)

8. Lt General Paramjit Singh (IC-23039)

9. Lt General (Retired) Kuldip Singh Jamwal (IC19001)

10. Lt General (Retired) Om Prakash Nandrajog (IC19002)

11. Lt General (Retired) Susheel Gupta (IC-19080)

12. Air Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta (12308)

13. Air Marshal (Retired) Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya (11848)

BAR TO ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

1. Lt General Mukesh Sabharwal (IC-25213)

2. Lt General Vinod Chopra (IC-29915)

ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL

1. Lt Gen Narinder Singh Brar (IC-23689)

2. Lt Gen Balraj Singh Nagal (IC-24260)

3. Lt Gen (Retired) Kashyap Sundaram Sivakumar (IC-28605)

4. Vice Admiral Krishna Raina (60212-W)

5. Air Vice Marshal Vijay Kumar Dayalu (13096)

6. Air Vice Marshal Anil Chopra (13368)

7. Air Vice Marshal Anil Kumar Khosla (13534)

8. Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kant Srivastava (13312)

9. Air Vice Marshal Chinnabhandar Narsingarao Ranganath (13471)

10. Lt Gen Kammula Ramachandra Rao (IC-24706)

11. Lt Gen Naresh Kumar Parmar (MR-03364)

12. Major General Vinod Nayanar (IC-25544)

13. Major General Jasbir Singh (IC-27034)

14. Major General Vinay Bhatnagar (IC-27205)

15. Major General Nand Kishore Singh (IC-27215)

16. Major General Rameshwar Roy (IC-27645)

17. Major General Naresh Chandra Marwah (IC-27679)

18. Major General Kanwar Vijay Singh Lalotra (IC-27962)

19. Major General Ballachanda Kuttappa Chengapa (IC-32782)

20. Major General (Retired) Amarjit Singh Bakshi (IC-23419)

21. Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (01480-N)

22. Surgeon Rear Admiral Vinod Kumar Saxena (75153-A)

23. Brigadier Venkatesh Siddalingappa Sommanagoudar (IC-30766)

24. Air Commodore Devinder Singh (14284)