Gallantry Awards 2025: On Thursday, the Centre said it will give gallantry awards to armed forces officers, including those who were part of Operation Sindoor and later clashes with Pakistan. Ahead of Independence Day, they announced 13 IAF officers will get the Yudh Sewa Medal, 26 will get the Vayu Sena Medal, and 4 Air Force officers plus 2 senior Army officers will receive the Sarvottam Yudh Sewa Medal.
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| Award | Name | Service/Unit |
| Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal | Lt Gen Pratik Sharma | Northern Command |
| Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal | Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai | DGMO |
| Kirti Chakra | Capt Lalrinawma Sailo | Para (SF) |
| Kirti Chakra | Lt Shashank Tiwari | ASC, Sikkim Scouts |
| Kirti Chakra | L/Nk Meenatchi Sundaram A | Artillery, RR |
| Kirti Chakra | Sep Janjal Pravin Prabhakar | Mahar, RR |
| Uttam Yudh Seva Medal | Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar | Western Command |
| Uttam Yudh Seva Medal | Lt Gen Prashant Srivastava | 15 Corps |
| Uttam Yudh Seva Medal | Lt Gen Prasanna Kishore Mishra | 16 Corps |
| Vir Chakra | Col Koshank Lamba | Med Regt |
| Vir Chakra | Lt Col Sushil Bisht | Med Bty |
| Vir Chakra | Nb Sub Satish Kumar | Dogra |
| Vir Chakra | Rfn Sunil Kumar | JAK LI |
| Shaurya Chakra | Lt Col Neetesh Bharti Shukla | Sikh |
| Shaurya Chakra | Maj Bhargav Kalita | Kumaon, RR |
| Shaurya Chakra | Maj Ashish Kumar | Para (SF) |
| Shaurya Chakra | Maj Aditya Pratap Singh, SM | Assam Rifles |
| Shaurya Chakra | Asst Comdt Mohd Shafiq | Assam Rifles |
| Shaurya Chakra | Sub Shamsher Singh | Para (SF) |
| Shaurya Chakra | L/Nk Rahul Singh | Para (SF) |
| Shaurya Chakra | Rfn Bhoj Ram Sahu | Assam Rifles |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Maj Gen Sandeep Sudarshan Sharda | ADGPI |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Brig Rakesh Nair | Infantry |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Brig Vivek Goel | AAD |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Brig Surjeet Kumar Singh | Intelligence |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Brig Sonender Singh | Engineers |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Brig Vivek Puri | Infantry |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Brig Mudit Mahajan | Infantry |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Sub Vinod Kumar | AAD |
| Yudh Seva Medal | Nb Sub Ratneswar Ghosh |
Veer Chakra Awardees
- Group Captain Ranjeet Singh Sidhu
- Group Captain Manish Arora
- Group Captain Animesh Patnim
- Group Captain Kunal Kalra
- Wing Commander Joy Chandra
- Squadron Leader Sarthak Kumar
- Squadron Leader Siddhant Singh
- Squadron Leader Rizwan Malik
- Flight Lieutenant Arshweer Singh Thakur
SarvottamYudhaSeva Medal
Four officers, including three senior Air Force officers will receive the Sarvottam Yudha Seva Medal:
- Air Staff Air Marshal Narnadeshwar Tiwari Western
- Air Commander Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra DG
- Air Operations Air Marshal Awadhesh Bharti
- Former Western Naval Commander Vice Admiral SJ Singh
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YudhSewaMedal
Thirteen Indian Air Force officers will be honoured with the Yudh Sewa Medal for distinguished service in Operation Sindoor, launched to dismantle terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK after the deadly Pahalgam attack.
