Updated 14 August 2025 at 21:02 IST

Independence Day 2025: Government Honours Operation Sindoor Heroes With Gallantry Awards, Check Full List

Additionally, three Agniveers were recognized for gallantry, two received the Sena Medal, and one was mentioned in Dispatches.

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New Delhi: As India prepares to mark its 79th Independence Day, the government on Thursday announced a series of gallantry and distinguished service awards, recognising the bravery and dedication of personnel across the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces.

The list includes several who played pivotal roles during Operation Sindoor and in subsequent engagements with Pakistan. Among them, 13 Indian Air Force officers will receive the Yudh Seva Medal, 26 officers will be honoured with the Vayu Sena Medal, while four Air Force officers and two senior Army officers will be decorated with the Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal.

Three Agniveers were awarded gallantry medals on this Independence Day for their roles in Operation Sindoor and other operations. Two of them have got the Sena medal gallantry, while one has got a mention in despatches

127 Gallantry, 40 Distinguished Service Awards, 290 Mention-in-Despatches Approved on Independence Day Eve

President Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved 127 Gallantry awards and 40 Distinguished Service awards to the Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the eve of Independence Day 2025. These are: 04 Kirti Chakras; 15 Vir Chakras; 16 Shaurya Chakras; 02 Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry); 58 Sena Medals (Gallantry); 06 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry); 26 Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry); 07 Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medals; 09 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals and 24 Yudh Seva Medals.

The President has also approved 290 Mention-in-Despatches – 115 personnel of the Indian Army, 05 of the Indian Navy, 167 of the Indian Air Force and 03 of the Border Roads Development Board (BRDB).

Following is the list of Gallantry awards approved by the President:

Kirti Chakra Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Unit / Regiment	Award
1	IC-88733Y Captain Lalrinawma Sailo	Army	4 PARA (Special Forces)	Kirti Chakra
2	IC-91128W Lieutenant Shashank Tiwari	Army	The Army Service Corps, 1 Sikkim Scouts	Kirti Chakra
3	21009588Y Lance Naik Meenatchi Sundaram A	Army	The Regiment of Artillery, 34 Rashtriya Rifles	Kirti Chakra
4	4594379M Sepoy Janjal Pravin Prabhakar	Army	The Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles	Kirti Chakra

Vir Chakra Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Unit / Regiment / Role	Award
1	IC-69077N Colonel Koshank Lamba	Army	302 Medium Regiment	Vir Chakra
2	IC-72358P Lieutenant Colonel Sushil Bisht	Army	1988 (Independent) Medium Battery	Vir Chakra
3	JC-524528Y Naib Subedar Satish Kumar	Army	4 DOGRA	Vir Chakra
4	9124126F Rifleman Sunil Kumar	Army	4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry	Vir Chakra
5	28181 Group Captain Ranjeet Singh Sidhu	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
6	28462 Group Captain Manish Arora	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
7	28689 Group Captain Animesh Patni	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
8	29889 Group Captain Kunal Kalra	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
9	30398 Wing Commander Joy Chandra	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
10	32748 Squadron Leader Sarthak Kumar	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
11	33900 Squadron Leader Siddhant Singh	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
12	34563 Squadron Leader Rizwan Malik	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
13	36433 Flight Lieutenant Aarshveer Singh Thakur	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Vir Chakra
14	870027370 Sub Inspector (GD) Mohd Imteyaj	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Vir Chakra
15	214005316 CT/GD Deepak Chingakham	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Vir Chakra

Shaurya Chakra Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Unit / Regiment / Role	Award
1	IC-75018X Lieutenant Colonel Neetesh Bharti Shukla	Army	19 SIKH	Shaurya Chakra
2	IC-81649W Major Bhargav Kalita	Army	The Kumaon Regiment, 50 Rashtriya Rifles	Shaurya Chakra
3	IC-83864A Major Ashish Kumar	Army	7 PARA (Special Forces)	Shaurya Chakra
4	IC-87240L Major Aditya Pratap Singh, SM	Army	The Rajputana Rifles, 44 Assam Rifles	Shaurya Chakra
5	AR-425Y Assistant Commandant Mohd Shafiq	Army	26 Assam Rifles	Shaurya Chakra
6	JC-414986M Subedar Shamsher Singh	Army	4 PARA (Special Forces)	Shaurya Chakra
7	2712274W Lance Naik Rahul Singh	Army	4 PARA (Special Forces)	Shaurya Chakra
8	G/5009749A Rifleman Bhoj Ram Sahu	Army	3 Assam Rifles	Shaurya Chakra
9	09213-N Lieutenant Commander Suraj Prashar	Navy	Indian Navy	Shaurya Chakra
10	254831-N Ram Goyal, SEA II	Navy	Indian Navy	Shaurya Chakra
11	Wing Commander Abhimanyu Singh (30725)	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)	Shaurya Chakra
12	Inspector Shri Laxman Kewat	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shaurya Chakra
13	Inspector Shri Rameshwar Prasad Deshmukh	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shaurya Chakra
14	145310461 Constable/GD Saddam Hussain	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shaurya Chakra
15	115342883 Constable/GD Feda Hussain Dar	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shaurya Chakra
16	115069477 Constable/GD Sanjay Tiwari	MHA	Ministry of Home Affairs	Shaurya Chakra

Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry) Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Unit / Regiment	Award
1	IC-77496A Major Rahul Dutta, SM	Army	The Regiment of Artillery, 6 Rashtriya Rifles	Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry)
2	12984882P Sepoy Nadim Iqbal Shah, SM	Army	163 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army	Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry)

Sena Medal (Gallantry) Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Unit / Regiment / Role	Service
1	Lt Col Thakur Maheshsingh Ramshankarsingh	The Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
2	Lt Col Palugulla Mastan Reddy	Eastern Command Intelligence Battalion	Army
3	Lt Col Parikshit Panwar	12 Mahar	Army
4	Lt Col Mohan Singh	4 Rajput	Army
5	Lt Col Nikhil Thakur	160 Infantry Battalion Territorial Army	Army
6	Maj Jappanpreet Singh	The Armoured Corps, 22 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
7	Maj Sumeet Grohwal	9 Punjab	Army
8	Maj Shiladitya Singh Ranawat	21 PARA (Special Forces)	Army
9	Maj Hitesh Singh Verma	5 J&K Light Infantry	Army
10	Maj Yogesh Kumar	Regiment of Artillery, 57 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
11	Maj Ankur Yadav	5 Sikh	Army
12	Maj Shivank Pathak	Madras Regiment, 8 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
13	Maj Amit Bhatti	302 Medium Regiment	Army
14	Maj Dhananjay Jamwal	Grenadiers, 29 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
15	Maj Nikhil Sharma	4 PARA (Special Forces)	Army
16	Maj Anuj Mahajan	Mechanised Infantry, 36 Assam Rifles	Army
17	Maj Aman Dhar	Corps of Signals, 22 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
18	Maj Roger Saul Kamuo Mao	Kumaon Regiment, 43 Assam Rifles	Army
19	Maj Gagandeep Singh	9 Rajputana Rifles	Army
20	Maj Swaroop Anjan Behera	5 J&K Light Infantry	Army
21	Capt Varun Chadha	19 Sikh	Army
22	Sub Maj Pawan Kumar	Punjab Regiment, 10 Infantry Brigade Camp	Army
23	Sub Pardeep Kumar	278 Medium Regiment	Army
24	Sub Girraj Singh Rajpoot	1851 Light Regiment	Army
25	Sub Roshan Singh	17 Garhwal Rifles	Army
26	Sub Manish Kumar Dubey	131 Air Defence Regiment	Army
27	Nb Sub Rakesh Kumar	2 PARA (Special Forces)	Army
28	Nb Sub Satnam Singh	30 Punjab	Army
29	Nb Sub Arvind Kumar	Rajputana Rifles, 57 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
30	Nb Sub Birender Singh	Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
31	Nb Sub Prem Bahadur Singh	5/9 Gorkha Rifles	Army
32	Nb Sub Surja Deb Barma	1832 Light Regiment	Army
33	BHM Pawan Singh	49 Air Defence Regiment	Army
34	RHM Ankur	302 Medium Regiment	Army
35	Hav Sunil Kumar Singh	625 EME Battalion	Army
36	Hav Gurpreet Singh	19 Sikh	Army
37	Hav Medade Vikas Ramdas	18 Maratha Light Infantry	Army
38	Hav Jaswant Singh	4 Rajput	Army
39	Hav Gopal Pradhan	12 Mahar	Army
40	L/Hav Morey Santosh Bhagwan	34 (M) Field Regiment	Army
41	L/Hav Lagariya Dineshbhai Palabhai	12 Grenadiers	Army
42	L/Hav Jobanpreet Singh	13 Sikh Light Infantry	Army
43	Nk Gurjeet Singh	7 PARA (Special Forces)	Army
44	Nk Sunil	Mechanised Infantry, 9 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
45	Nk Gurpreet Singh	Regiment of Artillery, 34 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
46	Nk Bhupinder Singh	19 Sikh	Army
47	Nk Robin Singh	19 Sikh	Army
48	L/Nk Dinesh Kumar	5 Field Regiment	Army
49	L/Nk Pradeep Kumar	1 PARA (Special Forces)	Army
50	L/Nk Abhiman Singh	Regiment of Artillery, 34 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
51	L/Nk Subhash Kumar	7 JAT	Army
52	Sep Gurjodh Singh	Sikh Regiment, 6 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
53	Rfn Hilal Ahmad Bhat	Territorial Army, 19 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
54	Rfn Mohit Rathour	Rajputana Rifles, 57 Rashtriya Rifles	Army
55	Rfn Diwaker Singh	17 Garhwal Rifles	Army
56	Rfn Najum Ud Din Khan	4 J&K Light Infantry	Army
57	Agniveer Kulveer Singh	7 Sikh Light Infantry	Army
58	Agniveer Mood Muralinaik	851 Light Regiment	Army

Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) Awardees – Navy

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Award
1	Captain Suraj James Rebeira	Navy	Nao Sena Medal
2	Captain Vikas Garg	Navy	Nao Sena Medal
3	Commander Saurabh Kumar	Navy	Nao Sena Medal
4	Commander Kapil Kumar	Navy	Nao Sena Medal
5	Commander Vivek Kuriakose	Navy	Nao Sena Medal
6	CHME Manoj Kumar	Navy	Nao Sena Medal

Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Awardee – Air Force

S. No.	Rank & Name	Role	Award
1	Gp Capt Manav Bhatia	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
2	Gp Capt Varun Bhoj	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
3	Gp Capt Omar Browne	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
4	Gp Capt Deepak Chauhan	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
5	Wg Cdr Kunal Vishwas Shimpi	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
6	Wg Cdr Deepak Dogra	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
7	Wg Cdr Ravinder Kumar	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
8	Gp Capt Ankur Hakim	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
9	Sqn Ldr Abhay Singh Bhadoria	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
10	Sqn Ldr Kaustubh Nalawade	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
11	Sqn Ldr Malapati NV Naveen Kumar	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
12	Sqn Ldr Shubham Sharma	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
13	Sqn Ldr Gaurav Khokher	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
14	Sgt Surendra Kumar	Medical Assistant	Vayu Sena Medal
15	Sqn Ldr Mihir Vivek Chaudhari	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
16	Sqn Ldr Aman Singh	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
17	Wg Cdr Rupak Roy	Flying (Navigator)	Vayu Sena Medal
18	Wg Cdr Devendra Babasaheb Autade	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
19	Sqn Ldr Amandeep Singh Dihot	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
20	Gp Capt Yasir Faruqi	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
21	Wg Cdr Anuraj Minhas	Flying (Navigator)	Vayu Sena Medal
22	Cpl Varun Kumar S	Medical Assistant	Vayu Sena Medal
23	Wg Cdr Mayank Paliwal	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
24	Wg Cdr Adarsh Gupta	Flying (Pilot)	Vayu Sena Medal
25	Flt Lt A Naveen Chandar	Admin / Fighter Controller	Vayu Sena Medal
26	Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma	Admin / Fighter Controller	Vayu Sena Medal

Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Role / Command
1	Lt Gen Pratik Sharma	Army	HQ Northern Command
2	Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai	Army	Integrated HQ of MoD (Army)
3	Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh	Navy	Naval Command
4	Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
5	Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
6	Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
7	Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)

Uttam Yudh Seva Medal Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Role / Command
1	Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar	Army	HQ Western Command
2	Lt Gen Prashant Srivastava	Army	HQ 15 Corps
3	Lt Gen Prasanna Kishore Mishra	Army	HQ 16 Corps
4	Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti	Navy	Naval Command
5	Air Marshal Manish Khanna	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
6	Air Marshal Praveen Keshav Vohra	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
7	Air Commodore Ajay Kumar Chaudhary	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
8	Air Commodore Prabhat Malik	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
9	Gp Capt Kamran Nazeer	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)

Yudh Seva Medal Awardees

S. No.	Rank & Name	Service	Role / Command
1	Maj Gen Sandeep Sudarshan Sharda	Army	Integrated HQ of MoD (Army)
2	Brig Rakesh Nair	Army	Integrated HQ of MoD (Army)
3	Brig Vivek Goel	Army	HQ 616 (Independent) Air Defence Brigade
4	Brig Surjeet Kumar Singh	Army	Intelligence & Field Security Group
5	Brig Sonender Singh	Army	HQ 75 (Independent) Infantry Brigade
6	Brig Vivek Puri	Army	HQ 19 Infantry Brigade
7	Brig Mudit Mahajan	Army	HQ 93 Infantry Brigade
8	Subedar Vinod Kumar	Army	HQ 1 EW Brigade
9	Nb Sub Ratneswar Ghosh	Army	152 Air Defence Regiment
10	Vice Admiral AN Pramod	Navy	Naval Command
11	Rear Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale	Navy	Naval Command
12	Air Vice Marshal Joseph Suares	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
13	Air Vice Marshal Prajual Singh	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
14	Air Commodore Shashi Kant	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
15	Air Commodore Sagar Singh Rawat	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
16	Air Commodore Ashok Raj Thakur	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
17	Air Commodore Pradeep Batra	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
18	Air Commodore Kanwal Preet Singh Dham	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
19	Air Commodore Devashish Kukreti	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
20	Air Commodore Rohit Kapil	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
21	Gp Capt Alok Kumar Sharma	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
22	Gp Capt Vikas Verma	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
23	Gp Capt Ankit Mehrotra	Air Force	Flying (Pilot)
24	Wg Cdr Gobind Singh	Air Force	Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical)

Following is the list of ‘Mention-In-Despatches’ of Army and Air Force Personnel:

Army Gallantry Awardees (Total: 115)

S. No.	Rank & Name	Unit / Regiment / Role
1	Major Ankit Sharma	The Grenadiers, 29 Rashtriya Rifles
2	Major Ayush Nagpal	Mechanised Infantry, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
3	Major Digvijay Singh Dhadwal	The Naga Regiment, 50 Rashtriya Rifles
4	Subedar Gopal Singh	Corps of Engineers, 9 Rashtriya Rifles
5	Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar	Dogra Regiment, 11 Rashtriya Rifles
6	Havildar Surjeet Singh	J&K Light Infantry, 57 Rashtriya Rifles
7	Havildar Kuldeep Singh	9 PARA (Special Forces)
8	Havildar Angrej Singh	9 PARA (Special Forces)
9	Havildar Kadam Vinod Bhimrao	9 PARA (Special Forces)
10	Havildar Metta Giribabu	21 Mechanised Infantry
11	Havildar Dipak Kumar Yadav	1 PARA (Special Forces)
12	Havildar Sakhare Kailash Bhagwan	12 Mahar
13	Havildar Zaffar Iqbal	5 J&K Light Infantry
14	Lance Dafadar Baldev Singh	Armoured Corps, 8 Rashtriya Rifles
15	Naik Ram Rakha Ram	Regiment of Artillery, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
16	Naik Sachin Yadav	Regiment of Artillery, 32 Rashtriya Rifles
17	Naik Winpang Pumoh	Assam Regiment, 42 Rashtriya Rifles
18	Naik Shammi Kumar	9 PARA (Special Forces)
19	Lance Naik Parveen Sharma	1 PARA (Special Forces)
20	Lance Naik Jeet Bahadur Yadav	JAT Regiment, 34 Rashtriya Rifles
21	Sepoy Panth Punjab Singh	19 SIKH
22	Sepoy Arvind Singh	Dogra Regiment, 11 Rashtriya Rifles
23	Sepoy Manish Kaushik	Mahar Regiment, 1 Rashtriya Rifles
24	Paratrooper Suresh Thakur	7 PARA (Special Forces)
25	Lt Col Tushaar Menon	14 Garhwal Rifles
26	Lt Col Laju KR	209 Army Aviation Squadron (UH)
27	Lt Col Wagh Bhupal Vasant	Corps of Engineers, 113 RCC (GREF)
28	Major Neeraj Kumar Sharma	12 PARA (Special Forces)
29	Major Pardeep Balhara	Parachute Regiment, 31 Rashtriya Rifles
30	Major Rajeev Kaushal	Corps of EME, 5 Rashtriya Rifles
31	Major Sanjay Adhikari	23 Grenadiers
32	Major Abhijith VS	Regiment of Artillery, HQ Special Frontier Force
33	Major Ajith Kumar J	13 Mahar
34	Captain Akarsh Shukla	16 Punjab
35	ACIO-I Thupstan Tsephal	Intelligence Bureau, ITBF
36	Subedar Anil Varma	Mechanised Infantry, 5 Rashtriya Rifles
37	Deputy Leader Kalden Panjur	HQ Special Frontier Force
38	Havildar Baneet Kumar	9 PARA (Special Forces)
39	Havildar Kunal Gurung	11 Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
40	Havildar Niran Tamang	11 Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
41	Havildar Arun Kumar Subedi	11 Gorkha Rifles, 1 Sikkim Scouts
42	Havildar Ranjeet Limboo	12 PARA (Special Forces)
43	Lance Naik Kavinder	Parachute Regiment, 31 Rashtriya Rifles
44	Lance Naik Gajendra Kumar	12 PARA (Special Forces)
45	Sepoy Inbaraja R	556 Army Service Corps Battalion
46	Sepoy Sandeep Singh	25 SIKH
47	Sepoy S Lunghanglong	9 ASSAM
48	Paratrooper Maddeppa Sarapur	9 PARA (Special Forces)
49	Lt Col Narinder Sharma	2 MAHAR
50	Major Suraj Rana	5/9 Gorkha Rifles
51	Major Ramneek Singh Bhatia	Garhwal Rifles, 28 Assam Rifles
52	Major Karan Bainsla	5/9 Gorkha Rifles
53	Captain Taranjeet Singh	4 MAHAR
54	Havildar Deepak Thapa	5/9 Gorkha Rifles
55	Agniveer Yuvraj Singh	57 Mountain Division Provost Unit
56	Subedar Mahesh Singh	11 PARA (Special Forces)
57	Naik Dhiren Sinha	166 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)
58	Sepoy Sanjit Kumar Barman	166 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army)
59	Rifleman S S Lomchu Chang	44 Assam Rifles
60	Lt Col Jigmet Singay	2 Ladakh Scouts
61	Major Saurav Deopa	20 MADRAS
62	Major Suhail Shahnawaz	Corps of Signals, 666 Army Aviation Squadron (R&O)
63	Naik Subhankar Bhowmik	10 ASSAM
64	Sepoy Aibok Madur	10 ASSAM
65	Gunner Niraj Kumar	219 Medium Regiment
66	Major Rohit Kumar	5th Gorkha Rifles, 23 Assam Rifles
67	Subedar Rohokale Ganesh Shahuraj	21 PARA (Special Forces)
68	Naik KH Dilip Babu Singha	21 PARA (Special Forces)
69	Lt Col Anupam Thapa	Maratha LI, 52 SAG, NSG
70	Major Nitin Kumar Tyagi	Regiment of Artillery, 39 (Independent) R&O Flight
71	Captain B Sreevijay Nair	Army Medical Corps, Garhwal Scouts
72	Lieutenant Pushpendra Payal	Army Service Corps, Garhwal Scouts
73	Subedar Lalrem Thang Hmar	7 ASSAM
74	Naib Subedar Surjeet Singh	418 (Independent) Field Company
75	Naik Kamal Joshi	7 ASSAM
76	Lt Col Vikramjit Singh	23 (Independent) R&O Flight
77	Major Gangesh Kumar	23 (Independent) R&O Flight
78	Naik Tulsing Bagale	1/1 Gorkha Rifles
79	Captain Aditya Singh	19 RAJPUT
80	Naib Subedar Surjeet Singh	19 RAJPUT
81	Sapper Mahesh N Wali	Corps of Engineers, 126 RCC (GREF)
82	Colonel Krishan Singh Rawat, SC, SM	1 PARA (Special Forces)
83	Lt Col Ravi Dhillon	21 Field Ammunition Depot
84	Lt Col Pr

Navy Gallantry Awardees (Total: 5)

S. No.	Service No.	Rank & Name
1	08559-A	Lieutenant Commander Kshitij Vashisth
2	238681-H	LA(FD) Hari Kumar
3	06125-W	Commander Harish Narayanan Kutty
4	08225-T	Lieutenant Commander Davis E Veedon
5	08856-A	Lieutenant Commander Srikanth SM

Air Force Gallantry Awardees (Total: 167)

S. No.	Rank	Name	Role
1	Squadron Leader	Shashank (32500)	Flying (Pilot)
2	Group Captain	Sumit Prasad (23615)	Administration
3	Group Captain	Vipin Rehani (24183)	Flying (Pilot)
4	Group Captain	Mohan Namdeo (24555)	Administration/Fighter Control
5	Group Captain	Samar Veer Saharan, VSM (25065)	Flying (Pilot)
6	Group Captain	Prashant Arora, VSM (25600)	Flying (Pilot)
7	Group Captain	Sanjeev Rao (25665)	Flying (Navigator)
8	Group Captain	Tara Dutt Karnatak (25717)	Administration/Fighter Control
9	Group Captain	Ritam Kumar, VM (25837)	Flying (Pilot)
10	Group Captain	Sunil Kumar Deswal (25870)	Flying (Pilot)
11	Group Captain	S Parameswaran (26143)	Administration/Fighter Control
12	Group Captain	Parijat Saurabh, VM (26280)	Flying (Pilot)
13	Group Captain	Vishwas Ashok Jamkar (26299)	Flying (Pilot)
14	Group Captain	Parijat Jha (26955)	Flying (Pilot)
15	Group Captain	Tanmay Khare (26963)	Flying (Pilot)
16	Group Captain	P Sajini (27059)	Administration
17	Group Captain	Rajesh Agarwal, VM (27197)	Flying (Pilot)
18	Group Captain	Yathartha Johri (27210)	Flying (Pilot)
19	Group Captain	C Clement Chelliah Anantharaj (27325)	AE (Mechanical)
20	Group Captain	Rakesh Kumar Yadav (27949)	Flying (Navigator)
21	Group Captain	Gurinder Singh (27978)	Flying (Pilot)
22	Group Captain	C J Chethan (28207)	Flying (Pilot)
23	Group Captain	Gaurav Kundalia (28209)	Flying (Pilot)
24	Group Captain	Vipul Kumar (28444)	Flying (Navigator)
25	Group Captain	Danpreet Paul Singh Bali (28446)	Flying (Pilot)
26	Group Captain	Sushil Kumar (28449)	Flying (Pilot)
27	Group Captain	Abhishek Raina (28452)	Flying (Pilot)
28	Group Captain	Sameer Yadav (28463)	Flying (Pilot)
29	Group Captain	Abhishek Tripathi (28487)	Flying (Pilot)
30	Group Captain	Bharat Malhotra (29042)	Flying (Pilot)
31	Group Captain	Inderjeet Singh (29333)	AE (Mechanical)
32	Group Captain	Manish Joshi (29882)	Flying (Pilot)
33	Group Captain	Sahil Kapoor (29885)	Flying (Pilot)
34	Wing Commander	Pankaj Pant (27469)	Flying (Pilot)
35	Wing Commander	Somraj Mitra (27710)	Flying (Pilot)
36	Wing Commander	Neeraj Singh (28014)	Flying (Navigator)
37	Wing Commander	Rajat Devendra Gupta (28024)	Flying (Pilot)
38	Wing Commander	Maria Pereira (28168)	AE (Mechanical)
39	Wing Commander	Chintamani Telang (28485)	Flying (Pilot)
40	Wing Commander	Keshav Sharma (29385)	AE (Electrical)
41	Wing Commander	Ashutosh Bhadola (29472)	Flying (Pilot)
42	Wing Commander	Jugal Kishor Lohani (29520)	AE (Electrical)
43	Wing Commander	Suvojit Dutta (29522)	Administration/Fighter Control
44	Wing Commander	Shree Krishna (30145)	AE (Mechanical)
45	Wing Commander	Shrey Tomar, VM (30170)	Flying (Pilot)
46	Wing Commander	Joyanta Mukherjee (30226)	Administration/Fighter Control
47	Wing Commander	Sandeep Waila (30307)	AE (Electrical)
48	Wing Commander	Avdesh Tripathi (30446)	Flying (Pilot)
49	Wing Commander	Prashant Kondal (30499)	Flying (Pilot)
50	Wing Commander	Satender Kumar Barar (30555)	AE (Mechanical)

S. No.	Rank	Name	Role
51	Wing Commander	Saurabh Kumar (30565)	AE (Electrical)
52	Wing Commander	Md Rakibur Mirza (30801)	Administration/Fighter Control
53	Wing Commander	Kaushal Kumar Jha (30933)	AE (Electrical)
54	Wing Commander	Nitin Sehra (30954)	AE (Electrical)
55	Wing Commander	Manoj Yadav (30994)	AE (Mechanical)
56	Wing Commander	Yathish N (31060)	AE (Mechanical)
57	Wing Commander	Danish Handa (31322)	AE (Electrical)
58	Wing Commander	Raveesh Vashisht (31325)	AE (Electrical)
59	Wing Commander	Sunil Kumar (31350)	AE (Electrical)
60	Wing Commander	Deepak Upadhyay (31962)	AE (Electrical)
61	Wing Commander	Priti Yadav (32230)	Administration/Fighter Control
62	Wing Commander	Dhann Singh (32533)	Administration/Fighter Control
63	Wing Commander	Retaish Wali (32622)	AE (Electrical)
64	Squadron Leader	Poonam Gulia (30370)	AE (Electrical)
65	Squadron Leader	Dhruv Trehan (33200)	Flying (Pilot)
66	Squadron Leader	Amol Vijay Shitole (33235)	Administration/Fighter Control
67	Squadron Leader	Manoj Kumar (33236)	Administration/Fighter Control
68	Squadron Leader	K Muthamil Selvan (33330)	AE (Mechanical)
69	Squadron Leader	Sanket Shrikant Pande (33500)	Flying (Pilot)
70	Squadron Leader	Sanjay Kumar Kalkhuria (33550)	Administration/Fighter Control
71	Squadron Leader	Nikhil Sanjay Mahagaonkar (33615)	Flying (Navigator)
72	Squadron Leader	Ranmay Ranjan Ghosh (33925)	Flying (Pilot)
73	Squadron Leader	Ankita Singh (34043)	Administration/Fighter Control
74	Squadron Leader	Sumangla Sharma (31485)	Flying (Pilot)
75	Squadron Leader	Kuldeep Singh (34325)	Administration
76	Squadron Leader	Swapnika Saxena (34495)	AE (Electrical)
77	Squadron Leader	Kirti Pandey (34499)	AE (Mechanical)
78	Squadron Leader	Sehaj Veer Singh Sindhu (34542)	Flying (Pilot)
79	Squadron Leader	Sudhir Kumar (34544)	Flying (Pilot)
80	Squadron Leader	Kunal Verma (35269)	AE (Mechanical)
81	Squadron Leader	Anup Omprakash Singh (35701)	AE (Electrical)
82	Squadron Leader	Naman Bhatt (35895)	Flying (Navigator)
83	Squadron Leader	Khsitij Singh SehloT (35984)	Flying (Pilot)
84	Squadron Leader	Anoop Rawat (36038)	Flying (Pilot)
85	Squadron Leader	Kartik Menon (36089)	AE (Mechanical)
86	Squadron Leader	Kaustubh Sandip Muley (36207)	Flying (Pilot)
87	Squadron Leader	Harpreet Singh (36519)	Administration/Fighter Control
88	Flight Lieutenant	Iqbal Singh Gill (36417)	Flying (Pilot)
89	Flight Lieutenant	Bichkar Shubham Santosh (36599)	Flying (Pilot)
90	Flight Lieutenant	Digvijay Charak (36608)	Flying (Pilot)
91	Flight Lieutenant	Ankit Sharma (36619)	Flying (Pilot)
92	Flight Lieutenant	Vikram Jaywant (36639)	Flying (Pilot)
93	Flight Lieutenant	Mihir Singh (36665)	Flying (Navigator)
94	Flight Lieutenant	Hrithik Gaur (36668)	Flying (Navigator)
95	Flight Lieutenant	Saanand Dudpuri (37066)	Flying (Pilot)
96	Flight Lieutenant	Shakti Panchal (37088)	Flying (Pilot)
97	Flight Lieutenant	Ravi Kumar (37427)	Administration/Fighter Control
98	Flight Lieutenant	Anurag Kushwaha (37953)	Flying (Pilot)
99	Flight Lieutenant	Swastika Jamwal (38017)	Flying (Navigator)
100	Flight Lieutenant	Anish Singh Sisodiya (38300)	Flying (Pilot)
101	Flying Officer	Pranav Bellur (38972)	Accounts
102	Flying Officer	Abhishek Suryawanshi (39186)	Administration/Fighter Control

S. No.	Rank	Name	Role
103	Master Warrant Officer	Girish Kumar Jha (728159)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
104	Master Warrant Officer	Mohan Kishor Thakur (766709)	Flight Gunner
105	Warrant Officer	Suresh Kumar M P (708555)	ADSO
106	Warrant Officer	Rajesh Prasad Gupta (769698)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
107	Warrant Officer	Krishna Moorthy P (776152)	Engineering Fitter
108	Junior Warrant Officer	Krishna Kumar Yadav (779344)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
109	Junior Warrant Officer	Suneesh Ambat (780334)	Motor Transport Driver
110	Junior Warrant Officer	Naresh Kumar (739711)	Radio Fitter
111	Junior Warrant Officer	Santosh Kumar (798624)	MS Fitter (Electrical)
112	Junior Warrant Officer	Deepak Kumar (904514)	IAF (General Duties)
113	Junior Warrant Officer	Bharat Singh Bhakuni (913848)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
114	Junior Warrant Officer	Rajesh Potta (911313)	Electrical Fitter (Radar)
115	Sergeant	Nilesh Kumar (779698)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
116	Sergeant	Zubair Ahmad Khan (908230)	Ops Assistant (Air Defence)
117	Sergeant	Bhale Singh (909853)	MS Fitter (Electrical)
118	Sergeant	Ramjeewan Choudhary (922562)	Auto Technician
119	Sergeant	Prateek Singh (925695)	Electro Fitter
120	Sergeant	Deepak Singh Rawat (932711)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
121	Sergeant	Deepak Kumar (932964)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
122	Sergeant	Manoj Kumar Yadav (933259)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
123	Sergeant	Renju P R (933639)	Flight Gunner
124	Sergeant	Abhishek Kumar (934098)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
125	Sergeant	Raghvendra Tiwari (934122)	Weapon Fitter (Radar)
126	Sergeant	Sorabh Yadav (936965)	ESSA
127	Sergeant	Pravesh Yadav (940533)	Electrical Fitter (Radar)
128	Sergeant	Karamavir (941404)	IAF (Police)
129	Sergeant	Rahul Kumar Singh (943491)	Ops Assistant (Air Defence)
130	Sergeant	Deepak Sharma (957854)	Flight Engineer
131	Sergeant	Suresh Vishnoi (958325)	Flight Engineer
132	Sergeant	Pawan Kumar Singh (960537)	Ops Assistant (Air Defence)
133	Corporal	Ankit Shukla (966732)	Ops Assistant (Air Defence)
134	Corporal	Jahid Beg (979090)	Electro Fitter
135	Corporal	Vishal Kumar Pandey (986282)	IAF (Security)
136	Sepoy	Mohd Zubair (9107975-M)	Defence Security Corps (DSC)

S. No.	Rank	Name	Role
137	Wing Commander	Girish Boldara (29739)	Flying (Pilot)
138	Group Captain	Sagili Sai Kiran (28173)	Flying (Pilot)
139	Wing Commander	Deepak Prasad (30746)	Flying (Pilot)
140	Wing Commander	Mayank Kukreti (29506)	Flying (Pilot)
141	Group Captain	Charles Shorab Simon (26296)	Flying (Pilot)
142	Group Captain	Laxman Singh Charan (26314)	Flying (Pilot)
143	Group Captain	Jijo Jose Ovelil, VM (26518)	Flying (Pilot)
144	Group Captain	Saurabh Karmakar (27467)	Flying (Pilot)
145	Group Captain	Sameep Nijhawan (28028)	Flying (Pilot)
146	Wing Commander	Gowdhaman Karthikeyan (28512)	Admin / Fighter Controller
147	Group Captain	Amol Sudhir Kelkar (28679)	Flying (Pilot)
148	Wing Commander	Sachin Kumar (29032)	Flying (Pilot)
149	Group Captain	Gunadnya Ramesh Kharche, SC (29037)	Flying (Pilot)
150	Wing Commander	Bhaskar Aaruni (27960)	Flying (Pilot)
151	Wing Commander	Ankur Dagar (27997)	Flying (Pilot)
152	Wing Commander	Milind Londhe (29229)	Flying (Pilot)
153	Wing Commander	Manish Kumar Singh (29698)	Flying (Pilot)
154	Wing Commander	Sourabh Suryakant Ambure (31141)	Flying (Pilot)
155	Wing Commander	Hareen Mukesh Joshi (32100)	Flying (Pilot)
156	Squadron Leader	Brij Raj Singh Rathore (35597)	Flying (Pilot)
157	Squadron Leader	Bendhi Rohan Reddy (35600)	Flying (Pilot)
158	Squadron Leader	Nishant Srivastava (35829)	Flying (Pilot)
159	Squadron Leader	Amol Garg (36163)	Flying (Pilot)
160	Squadron Leader	Dharmadhikari Saurabh Shrirang (36218)	Flying (Pilot)
161	Squadron Leader	Sahil Sahu (36442)	Flying (Pilot)
162	Flight Lieutenant	Samarth Shukla (36597)	Flying (Pilot)
163	Flight Lieutenant	Akash Makarand Bibikar (36637)	Flying (Pilot)
164	Flight Lieutenant	Ankit Thapa (37093)	Flying (Navigator)
165	Flight Lieutenant	Dhruv Bhardwaj (37243)	Medical
166	Flight Lieutenant	Ashish Kumar (37340)	Flying (Pilot)
167	Flight Lieutenant	Ananya Sharma (37657)	Flying (Pilot)

Border Roads Development Board (BRDB) Awardees

S. No.	Department	Name
1	DVRMT-1	Shri Vijay Singh
2	OEM	Shri Karambir Singh
3	OVSR	Pannu Lal Sharma

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Published On: 14 August 2025 at 21:00 IST

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