President Murmu presents distinguished service awards; Army and Navy chiefs receive PVSM

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the Distinguished Service Awards during the Defence Investiture Ceremony-2024 (Phase-2) held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, President Murmu presented the 94 distinguished service awards to the personnel of the Armed Forces and the Indian Coast Guard. Army Chief General Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Tripathi were conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) on Friday.

Besides other retired officers of the Army and Indian Air Force, Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar, Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani, Lt Gen Johnson P Mathew and Air Marshal Ravi Gopal Krishna Kapoor also received the PVSM.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan shared pictures of the event on X, formerly Twitter. It read: “President Droupadi Murmu presented the Param Vishisht Seva Medal to: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi – General Upendra Dwivedi, The Infantry – Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar, The Infantry – Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani, The Infantry.”

The Ministry of Defence in a statement shared the list of those who received the decorations. “Lt Gen Viresh Pratap Singh Kaushik of the Kumaon Regiment, Lt Gen Rashim Bali of the Sikh Light Infantry, Lt Gen Manish Mohan Erry Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry and Lt Gen Harjeet Singh Sahi of the Rajput Regiment were conferred the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UVSM),” the ministry said.