Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi were on July 19 conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) by President Droupadi Murmu for their momentous service to the nation.
President Droupadi Murmu also conferred 94 distinguished service decorations to the personnel of the armed forces and the Indian Coast Guard at the second phase of a defence investiture ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The first phase of the ceremony was held on July 5 where the President had conferred 10 Kirti Chakras, including seven posthumously, to personnel of the army and paramilitary forces for displaying courage and extraordinary valour in the line of duty. Kirti Chakra is India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award.
As part of the second phase of the ceremony, the President conferred 31 PVSMS, four UYSMs (Uttam Yudh Seva Medal), two Bar to AVSMs (Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medal) and 57 AVSMs (Ati Vishisht Seva Medal) during the ceremony on Friday.
Army Chief General Dwivedi and Navy Chief Admiral Tripathi were conferred the PVSM.
The other officers who were also conferred the PVSM include Lt Gen M V Suchindra Kumar, Lt Gen N S Raja Subramani, Lt Gen Johnson P Mathew and Air Marshal Ravi Gopal Krishna Kapoor, besides many retired officers of the Army and the Indian Air Force.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan in a series of post on X shared photographs of the ceremony.
“The President Droupadi Murmu presented Param Vishisht Seva Medal to: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi – General Upendra Dwivedi, The Infantry – Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar, The Infantry – Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani, The Infantry,” it wrote in a post on X.