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
In crisis, military capability of the two sides drives policy choices
The India-China standoff has entered its second month, and it appears that we are in for a period of protracted and tough negotiations before we see some real progress. While it is...
Paradigm shift in border management
Sino-Indian border, described as Line of Actual Control (LAC), remote and ignored, unlike its TRP hogging cousin, Line of Control (LOC), has literally pole vaulted into our lives....
Seema-Sambhal: Harnessing TOD to assume ownership of our borders
The new proposal with the peculiar nomenclature of Tour of Duty (TOD), for youth in Army for three years is being cited by the media as the panacea for problems like rising manpowe...
Corona-induced cuts shouldn’t mar army capabilities
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on every organisation, from the smallest private sector company to the large government agencies, and forced a rethink on their future...
Taking stock of China-Pak economic corridor
Pakistan has decided to lift lockdown to kick-start its tottering economy. The growth engine of Pakistan’s economic revival is powered by CPEC, flagship project of the Belt Road In...
Sense of new geopolitics marred by old hostilities
The Pakistan Army’s “Green Book 2020” has recently been released by the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. The Green Book is a research journal of the Pakistan Army and could, the...
A virus incubating across Durand Line
India seems poised to manage current pandemic triggered by Wuhan Virus, but another equally deadly pathogen of religious extremism is being incubated across Durand Line in Afghanis...
Lessons from pandemic: Robotics and readiness for info warfare
It is now almost universally accepted that the post-Covid-19 world will be significantly different from the pre-Wuhan period. Leaders in all fields are preparing themselves for new...
Emerging opportunities and challenges that face our country
India’s in battle against Covid-19 is now in the third week of the first tranche of unprecedented lockdown. The overall sense is of cohesive response and resolve. However, avoidabl...
In post-corona world, will India address its economic inequality?
National security has traditionally been defined in terms of power, military strength, and diplomatic influence. Last year, when a group of us were writing the national security st...
Covid-19: Time to enhance social capital through voluntary compliance
Last year, while explaining national security challenges at the Indian Institute of Management, it was difficult to convince participants about pandemics as an emerging crisis. Two...
Covid-19: Can we achieve with 1% what Italy couldn’t with 9%?
The world is in the mid of a war against Covid-19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a more significant crisis than the two World Wars, while President Trump talked about “our...
Create supporting structures, agendas for CDS without hype
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is indeed the most significant reform of department of military affairs (DMA) and, with tweaking, has the potential to become enabling catalyst for tra...
Now it’s up to Army to create gender-neutral standards
This Women’s Day, women in the Indian Army must feel special. They have fought a long battle in the courts for gender equality and won. The government counsel, while opposing perma...
Endangered eco-system of armed forces
Armed Forces have traditionally maintained a relatively cocooned eco-system, often criticised for opacity. Unfortunately, this trend is now reversed due to probing scrutiny by all...
NE is a geographical riddle with enigmatic insurgencies
The famous explanation of Winston Churchill that “China is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, applies in some measure to understanding of North East (NE) among most...
Gender cannot and should not be an automatic disqualification
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case for grant of commanding officers’ posts to women officers in the army. In a written note submitted to the court, the...
Military lit fest: Trick lies in finding the optimum balance
Winter is the season of literary festivals, with recently concluded Jaipur Festival leading the pack. Book fairs morphed into book festivals, writers’ conferences and now, literary...
Normalcy is when a common man can go about his life
Since August 5 last year, Jammu and Kashmir has continued to be in the news. The decision to revoke the special status of the state met with widespread approval of the citizens of...
State of strategic preparedness: Need to reconsider approach
January with Republic and Army Day parades is indeed the most appropriate month to take stock of security preparedness. Unfortunately, despite heightened, albeit largely emotive an...
