Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-II)
Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-II)
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)
1.
IC-43725N Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar, AVSM, The Infantry
Army
2.
IC-44044X Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, AVSM, The Armoured Corps
Army
3.
IC-44498L Lieutenant General Ram Chander Tiwari, UYSM, AVSM, SM, The Infantry
Army
4.
IC-44545X Lieutenant General Anindya Sengupta, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, The Infantry
Army
5.
IC-47003Y Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma, AVSM, SM, The Armoured Corps
Army
6.
IC-47020Y Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana, AVSM, YSM, SM, The Infantry
Army
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
15.
IC-43667P Lieutenant General Karanbir Singh Brar, AVSM, The Armoured Corps
Army
16.
IC-43746K Lieutenant General Adosh Kumar, AVSM, SM, The Regiment Of Artillery
Army
17.
IC-47004F Lieutenant General Padam Singh Shekhawat, AVSM, SM, The Mechanised Infantry
Army
18.
IC-47261Y Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla, UYSM, YSM, SM, VSM, The Infantry
Army
19.
IC-44603W Lieutenant General Vivek Kashyap, AVSM, VSM, The Armoured Corps
Army
20.
IC-47566Y Lieutenant General VM Bhuvana Krishnan, AVSM, YSM, The Infantry
Army
21.
IC-49349F Lieutenant General Vineet Gaur, AVSM, The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers
Army
22.
IC-48681L Lieutenant General Raghavachari Santhana Raman, AVSM, YSM, The Infantry
Army
23.
IC-44552N Lieutenant General Raghu Srinivasan, VSM, The Corps Of Engineers
Army
24.
MR-05533M Lieutenant General Shankar Narayan, NM, VSM, The Army Medical Corps
Army
25.
18300 Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM, Flying (Pilot) (Retired)
Air Force
26.
IC-43218A Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh Minhas, AVSM, The Armoured Corps (Retired)
Army
27.
IC-44239H Lieutenant General Preet Mohindera Singh, VSM, The Army Service Corps (Retired)
Army
28.
18517 Air Marshal Chakalayil Rajappa Mohan, AVSM, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired)
Air Force
29.
18892 Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand, VSM, Administration/Air Traffic Controller (Retired)
Air Force
30.
MR-06750P Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra, AVSM, SM**, VSM**, The Army Medical Corps
Army
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM)
1.
IC-48989Y Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, AVSM, SM***, The Kumaon Regiment, Headquarters 15 Corps
Army
2.
IC-49024N Lieutenant General Zubin A Minwalla, AVSM, YSM, The 9th Gorkha Rifles, Headquarters 33 Corps
Army
3.
IC-49510L Lieutenant General Hitesh Bhalla, SC**, SM, VSM, The Maratha Light Infantry, Headquarters 14 Corps
Army
4.
17841 Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar, PVSM, AVSM, Flying (Pilot) (Retired)
Air Force
5.
17842 Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Flying (Pilot)(Retired)
Air Force
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
4.
IC-48046A Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, VSM, The Armoured Corps
Army
5.
IC-48073K Lieutenant General Rahul Raghavendra Singh, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery
Army
6.
MR-05977W Lieutenant General Sadhna S Nair, VSM, The Army Medical Corps
Army
7.
IC-44132N Lieutenant General Suresh Chandra Tandi, VSM, The Army Ordnance Corps
Army
8.
IC-48530M Lieutenant General Shrinjay Pratap Singh, YSM, The Infantry
Army
9.
IC-46051M Lieutenant General Rajagopal Chellamani Srikanth, VSM, The Army Air Defence
Army
10.
IC-47576H Lieutenant General Mukesh Chadha, SM, VSM, The Army Service Corps
Army
11.
IC-48081H Lieutenant General Rajiv Kumar, VSM, The Corps Of Electronics And Mechanical Engineers
Army
12.
IC-49188K Lieutenant General Bhavnish Kumar, VSM, The Infantry
Army
13.
DR-10426P Lieutenant General Vineet Sharma, VSM, The Army Dental Corps
Army
14.
IC-49424A Lieutenant General Divya Gaurav Misra, The Armoured Corps
Army
15.
MR-05729A Lieutenant General Shivinder Singh, The Army Medical Corps
Army
16.
IC-47156H Lieutenant General Devinder Pal Singh, SM, The Intelligence Corps
Army
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
20.
19052 Air Marshal Venkataramanan Rajasekhar, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)
Air Force
21.
18696 Air Marshal MS Sridhar, Medical
Air Force
22.
19648 Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)
Air Force
23.
19901 Air Marshal PV Shivanand, VM, Flying (Pilot)
Air Force
24.
0244-D Director General Paramesh Sivamani, PTM, TM
ICG
25.
IC-43682K Lieutenant General Anil Kumar Samantara, SM**, VSM, The Infantry (Retired)
Army
26.
MR-05303Y Lieutenant General Sanjeev Kumar Singh, The Army Medical Corps (Retired)
Army
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
Army
35.
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
40.
MR-06072A Major General Balachandran Nambiar, SM, VSM, The Army Medical Corps
Army
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
45.
19668 Air Vice Marshal Suhas Prabhakar Bhandare, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)
Air Force
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
51.
IC-47057A Major General Mukesh Aggarwal, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery (Retired)
Army
52.
IC-48571W Major General Abhay Dayal, VSM, The Regiment Of Artillery (Retired)
Army
53.
41552K Rear Admiral Cyril Thomas, VSM (Retired)
Navy
54.
19671 Air Vice Marshal Niraj Nainwal, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired)
Air Force
55.
19722 Air Vice Marshal Padippurackal Thekkethil Krishnapillai Sreekumar, VSM, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) (Retired)
Air Force
56.
20188 Air Vice Marshal Ramakuru Venkata Ramkishore, VSM, Administration/Air Traffic Controller (Retired)
Air Force
57.
GO-2101M ADGBR, George P Cherian, VSM (Retired)
BRO