The general officer commanding in chief (GOC in C) of western command Lieutenant General, R P Singh felicitated 15 officers and 26 soldiers of the Indian army for their exemplary service to the nation at an investiture ceremony on Tuesday. Sixteen units of Western Command were also honoured for their professional excellence. The ceremony was organised on behalf of the Western Command of Indian Army which is responsible for guarding western border of the country and is deployed in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The GOC in C, Lt Gen R P Singh congratulated all the awardees and recipients of unit citations to do their best and keep up the glory of Indian Army and commended all ranks for their dedication and devotion to duty. He also expressed his confidence that all ranks of Western Command would emulate the actions and courage of the brave hearts of Indian Army. Presentation of 41 awards was the major highlight of the event wherein brief citation of the act of gallant of 32 Army Officers and soldiers were read out and the recipients were awarded medals. The saga of courage of these soldiers and officers in adverse situations charged the atmosphere with patriotic fervour.

The recipients of awards-Sena Medals

Naib Subedar (Nb Sub) Rajendra Prasad, Nb Sub Ravinder Singh, Nb Sub Hareesh Kumar PK, Nb Sub Sunder Pal Singh, Nb Sub Anil Thapa, Naik (Nk) Sunny Thakur, Nk Sunil Kumar, Nk Yam Bahadur Budha, Havildar  Indervesh, Nk Ramesh Kumar, Major (Maj) Niraj Kumar, Lt Col Sandeep Kurup, Maj Krishna Dutt Tiwari, Maj Rohit Shukla, Capt Akhil Radhakrishnan, Sub (Retd) Ravinder Kumar, Sub (Retd) Trilok Singh, Sub Ram Niwas Gurjar, Sub Mohd Yaqoob Khan, Sub Sunil Kumar, L/Nk Rajinder Kumar, L/Nk Satendra Singh, L/Nk Jagtar Singh, Sep Kulwinder Singh, Rifleman (Rfn) Ramesh Singh Dhami, Rfn Rupen Pradhan, Rfn Rayees AH Lone, Nk Sunit Kumar, Rfn Ravi Singh, Maj Shakti Nandan Tripathy, Maj Aman Kumar and Maj Nitish Tyagi.

Sena Medals

Maj Gen (Retd)  Sanjiv Bajaj, Maj Gen (Retd) Harvijay Singh, Sp Amandeep Singh ( posthumously)

Vishisht Sena Medals

Maj Gen Vivek Kashyap, Col Yudwir Singh Sekhon, Col Manjit Singh Kooner, Col Deependra Jasrotia, SM Sultan Singh Shekhawat and Brig Sanjeev Saini.