Yudh Seva Medal

YUDH SEVA MEDAL

The Yudh Seva Medal (YSM) is awarded to all members of the Indian Armed Forces for a high degree of distinguished service in an operational context. In many ways this is an operational version of the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) which since 1980 has been restricted to non-operational awards. The award may be made posthumously. The following list of YSM awardees is incomplete and additional citations will be featured as and when they are found.

1999

• Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh

• Brigadier Ramesh Kumar Kakar

• Brigadier Ravinder Singh

• Colonel Prem Parkash Sharma

• Colonel Heman Haribhau Mahajan

• Colonel Rajinder Pal Singh Dhillon

• Colonel John De Britto

• Colonel Balwant Singh Negi

• Group Captain Mathews Kurrhikombil Joseph

• Group Captain Arvind Ramachandra Oak

• Wing Commander Sunderraman Neelakantan

• Wing Commander Birender Singh Dhanoa

• Wing Commander Sandip Sud

• Wing Commander Sandeep Chhabrra

• Major Shobti Bahadur Khatri Chhetri

2000

• Brigadier Amarjeet Singh Sekhon

• Brigadier Ravinder Singh

• Brigadier Mohinder Pratap Singh Bajwa

• Colonel Prem Parkash Sharma

• Colonel Samuel Victor Emmanual David

• Colonel Satyapal Singh Sahrawat

• Colonel Uttam Singh

• Colonel Govind Singh Chandel

• Colonel Kunwar Shiv Pratap Singh

• Colonel Sudhir Bhatnagar

• Colonel Chabbewal Amarjeet Singh

• Colonel Khushal Thakur

• Colonel Subramanian NA

• Colonel Sanjay Saran

• Colonel Om Parkash Yadav

• Colonel Dinesh Kumar Badola

• Lieutenant Colonel Akshay Mehrotra

• Lieutenant Colonel Dinesh P. Naikavde

• Lieutenant Colonel Amarjit Singh Chandhoke

• Major Sarat Chandra Dash

• Major Arun Ratan Basu

2001

• Brigadier Dipak Mukherjee

• Brigadier Randhir Kumar Mehta

• Brigadier Tej Kumar Sapru

• Brigadier Bahukhandi Prem Sadan

• Colonel Konsam Himalay Singh

• Major Raj Pal Punia

• Major Harinder Paul Sood

• Group Captain Bijender Singh Siwach

2002

• Brigadier Soli Noshir Pavri