INDIAN AIR FORCEINDIAN ARMYINDIAN NAVY
Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-II)
President confers 30 PVSMs, 5 UYSMs & 57 AVSMs to Armed Forces, Indian Coast Guard & Border Roads Organisation personnel
New Delhi. 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 4, 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 |
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Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM) |
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| 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 |
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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) |
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| 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 |
