Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM)
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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) with Bar
Samanya Seva Medal (SM)
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM) & Yudh Seva Medal (YSM)
Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)
Special Service Medals
Indian Operation Vijay Star
Operation Parakram Medal
India High Altitude Service Medal
Videsh Seva Medal
India 50th Anniversary Independence Medal
Indian 30 Years Long Service Medal
Indian 20 Years Long Service Medal
Indian 9 Years Long Service Medal
UN UNAVEM medal
GENERAL’S JOTTINGS-TOI
Fauji Adda’ to mentor national security aspirants at city college
Chandigarh: Postgraduate Govt College, in association with Gyan Setu Think Tank (GSTT), inaugurated a multipurpose ‘Information Centre-cum Hybrid Library’ at its Defence Studies De...
50th NDA Course' celebrates golden jubilee reunion
Coursemates of the 50th NDA Course celebrated their Golden Jubilee Reunion from June 2 to 4 at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Khadakwasla....
Revamping China Response Strategy
India recently celebrated the first anniversary of the ongoing Operation Sindoor. It is most appropriate to celebrate the execution of this very effective 88-hour "long" (really, "...
North out of Atmanirbharta defence mission
THERE is great expectation and a flurry of events on the theme of Atmanirbharta (self-reliance) in defence manufacturing, both at the national and regional levels. Unfortunately, t...
Recalibrating for Regime Reset in India's Neighbourhood
Global attention is riveted on West Asia, awaiting the outcome of a regime-change mission that appears to have gone astray. In our neighbourhood, however, a regime reset has taken...
Connecting across Brahmaputra
During a safety briefing on a flight from Bengaluru to Delhi, the announcer informed us that the cabin staff spoke English, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi and Nagamese....
Myriad hues of Navratras
THE Indian Army believes in celebratory secularism — the troops take part in festivities together. Navratras are special for me as I was commissioned in the Rajput squadron and the...
Food for thought from fauji kitchen
We are today grappling with intolerance, divisive narratives and trumped-up ‘fassad’ (tension/violence), mischievously described as ‘food jihad’. Coupled with this is the advocacy...
Managing New Shades Of Terrorism
After somewhat heady celebrations of Operation Sindoor, the nation was jolted by dastardly mayhem, triggered by cornered terrorist on the run. His car (i20) was blown-up, near icon...
INTEGRATED BATTLE GROUPS (IBGs) – SWORD ARM OF EMERGING BATTLEFIELDS
Indian Army has shifted gear in the quest for transformation. There is new doctrine taking shape, with evolving organizations- Rudra-IBGs, Bhairav-Light Strike Commando Battalions,...
Hamas to Hammer: How the Middle East became a global fault line
The world in general and geo-political analysts in particular are grappling with a disruptive disorder unleashed by President Trump. The new game play-out in the Middle East really...
Pakistan’s new game to regain strategic depth
Targets degraded by India during Operation Sindoor unmistakably highlighted Pakistan’s vulnerability in terms of lack of geographical and strategic depth. At its broadest, the coun...
Trump’s trap or India’s chance at defence modernisation?
PM Modi returned after fairly satisfactory parleys with President Trump earlier this month. There is considerable hype about Trump’s eulogies on our PM’s negotiating skills, but it...
Cannot afford another misadventure by adversaries, have to build deterrence
Republic Day is the occasion when the top brass gives a status check on national security. This is followed by the Union Budget, hence, equally important is to carefully discern bu...
The key to tackling HRD and career management in the forces
Social and electronic media are abuzz with ill-informed comments on a demi-official (DO) letter written by a senior corps commander outlining his views on the issue of women office...
Mapping conflict resolution strategies, old and new
India is making steady progress to achieve its goal of Viksit Bharat 2047, but multiple fault lines are lurking in the background, some festering and few latent ones. A cultural na...
25 years after Kargil, need to relearn some lessons
Operation Vijay is referred to in different ways in military discourse — as a conflict, limited war, and Kargil war. If we strictly apply the ‘Correlates of War’ approach pioneered...
Looking back to look ahead: Strategic challenges in 2024
While bidding farewell to 2023, it is time to take stock of strategic issues. Globally, it has indeed been a challenging year with many unresolved conflicts and Gaza joining the li...
Deciphering emerging trends in festering conflicts
Global think tanks put out an annual, projected conflict risk index every year, mapping likely conflict hotspots. This list invariably conforms to model of Greek analyst Dimitri Ki...
Outreach to veterans, who deserve a fair deal
It is somewhat reassuring that after a rather long hiatus, the top defence hierarchy is making some feeble attempts to reach out to veterans. It appears that ‘angst’, which has bee...