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
Missing the African strategic safari despite headstart
While India makes tentative moves to realise her potential, it is evident that our diplomatic bureaucracy is punching much below the designated weight. This was brought home by an...
External expertise needed in cadre restructuring
The Army has decided to carry out another cadre restructuring after a gap of 35 years. The last formal review was done in 1984. Later, a mini review in the form of AV Singh Committ...
Revisiting Doklam and Siliguri Corridor
It has been one year since the Doklam crisis erupted. While both sides have made concerted efforts for de-escalation, there are many unanswered questions. Some of the more uncomfor...
Pak army in need of corrective surgery
Pakistan is preparing for general elections, which ironically are turning out to be ‘Generals’ Elections’. Nawaz Sharif, who has been disqualified by judiciary in collusion with IS...
Shahmukhi: The window to Punjabi culture
It is best to describe Pakistanis as ‘frenemy’, a curious mix of warm friends at personal level and sworn enemy at state level, where it really matters and hurts Former PM A B Vajp...
Wei-Chi wisdom- Way forward from Wuhan
Chinese President, Xi Jinping and Indian PM, Narendra Modi met at Wuhan on 28 and 29 April, in an informal summit to rebalance their ties. These two powerful leaders, with former h...
Military funerals, war memorials and museums
There are topics which feel morbid and the natural instinct is to skirt them. Yet, they cannot be avoided forever. Last week, I lost my closest buddy of NDA days, Col Sudhir Varni,...
Kashmir- need for full spectrum approach
Last month has seen very intense exchanges, including artillery duels, across thee LoC. It has indeed been one of the bloodiest chapter with considerable damage to civilian lives a...
Cadre review in Indian Army
Indian Army is once again preparing to carry out comprehensive review of its officer cadre. It is presumed that it will be focussed on Officers as only recently in Sept 2017, Gover...
Lotus blooms in North-East
Lotus has bloomed across Brahmaputra with BJP striking roots and it is now banking on these states also for parliamentary elections. Limited number of seats notwithstanding, succes...
No installation can be a fortress
The recent terrorist attack on Sunjuwan Army camp on February 10, in which seven persons were killed, was the second on the same camp, albeit after a gap of 15 years. It brought ba...
Focus on hybrid war, cut training costs
Additional Director General, Perspective Planning is the nodal points man for capability building for the Indian Army. Early in my stint in this hot seat, we were asked to draft a...
Capping of defence funding is dangerous
Strategic community eagerly awaits the next defence budget, the question upper most across the board is – Will finance minister allocate resources for modernisation and more import...
Transformative reforms in career management
There is a hype and buzz on reforms in vacancy allocation and rationalisation of tenure of Army Commanders, which is being touted as transformative change. While the approach is la...
Finally, Military turns pan-Indian
One of the thought provoking issue that got discussed in the recently concluded Mil Litfest was relations between Indian Society and Military. This discussion was anchored by noted...
Breaking stereotypes at Military Litfest
The recent Military Literature Festival at Chandigarh was indeed a path breaking event anchored by Capt Amarinder Singh, CM Punjab with benign guidance of Governor and commendable...
No quick-fix solution to Kashmir issue
As a Colonel in North-East, I had the privilege to accompany a new and dynamic Corps Commander for his meetings with two very wise governors. The General, in his exuberance, spelt...
Mediators need to be experts sans govt links
The journey of Indian nationhood has been tumultuous, punctuated by a large number of internal conflicts. Naga insurgency erupted in the 50s, followed by equally violent movements...
Indus Treaty: We need to use own rivers well
Abrogation of Indus Water Treaty (IWT) has been touted as the ultimate leverage to punish Pakistan for ongoing proxy war in J&K, it may be worthwhile to do a realistic appraisal. P...
Educating citizen warriors through military history
Hybrid wars articulated through terrorism have taken away the security of hinterland, as it is no longer a conventional war, confined to borders. Social media and TV have further b...
