# List of Param Vishisht Seva Medal recipients (1970–1979)

The Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: Parama Viśiṣṭa Sēvā, lit. 'supreme distinguished service medal') is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces, and is awarded for "distinguished service of the most exceptional order." The medal was instituted on Republic Day 1960 as the highest class of the Vishisht Seva Medal ("Distinguished Service Medal") intended to recognise "distinguished service rendered by personnel of the Armed Forces." All ranks of the Armed Forces are eligible for the medal, which may be awarded multiple times as well as posthumously.
At its creation, it was designated the Vishisht Seva Medal (Class I). On 27 January 1967, it received its present name. Post-nominals for recipients were approved on 19 August 1967.

## Recipients

| No. | Rank | Name | Branch | Service Number (Unit) | Date of Award |
| 56 | Lieutenant General | Ajit Singh | Indian Army | IC-344 | 26 January 1970 |
| 57 | Lieutenant General | Jagjit Singh Aurora | Indian Army | IC-214 | 26 January 1970 |
| 58 | Vice Admiral | Nilakanta Krishnan DSC | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1970 |
| 59 | Major General | Mihirsingh Gehirsingh Hazari | Indian Army | IC-646 | 26 January 1970 |
| 60 | Major General | Naveen Chand Rawlley AVSM MC | Indian Army | IC-525 | 26 January 1970 |
| 61 | Major General | Sagat Singh | Indian Army | IC-4295 | 26 January 1970 |
| 62 | Major General | Umrao Singh | Indian Army | IC-361 | 26 January 1970 |
| 63 | Rear Admiral | Bansh Raj Singh | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1970 |
| 64 | Air Vice Marshal | Ajit Nath | Indian Air Force | 1666 (Medical) | 26 January 1970 |
| 65 | Lieutenant General | Ram Adhar Loomba | Indian Army | IC-347 (Engineers) | 26 January 1971 |
| 66 | Lieutenant General | Inder Dev Verma | Indian Army | IC-414 (Signals) | 26 January 1971 |
| 67 | Lieutenant General | Sailendra Nath Chatterjee MC | Indian Army | MR-152 (Medical) | 26 January 1971 |
| 68 | Lieutenant General | M. Balakrishna Menon | Indian Army | MR-147 (Medical) | 26 January 1971 |
| 69 | Vice Admiral | Jal Cursetji | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1971 |
| 70 | Major General | Inder Singh | Indian Army | MR-174 (Medical) | 26 January 1971 |
| 71 | Major General | Kartar Singh | Indian Army | DR-10002 (Dental) | 26 January 1971 |
| 72 | Major General | Sri Kanth Korla DSO MC | Indian Army | IC-382 | 26 January 1971 |
| 73 | Major General | Santokh Singh Padda | Indian Army | IC-699 (Armoured Corps) | 26 January 1971 |
| 74 | Major General | Premanghsu Chowdry | Indian Army | IC-902 | 26 January 1971 |
| 75 | Rear Admiral | Balwant Singh | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1971 |
| 76 | Air Vice Marshal | Madhukar Mallanah Srinagesh AVSM | Indian Air Force | 1665 (Medical) | 26 January 1971 |
| 77 | Air Vice Marshal | Idris Latif | Indian Air Force | 1804 GD (P) | 26 January 1971 |
| 78 | Air Commodore | Lal Singh Grewal AVSM VrC | Indian Air Force | 2337 GD (P) | 26 January 1971 |
| 79 | Lieutenant General | Edgar George Petengell | Indian Army | IC-795 | 20 January 1972 |
| 80 | Air Marshal | Hirendra Nath Chatterjee DFC | Indian Air Force | 1620 GD(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 81 | Major General | Harish Chandra Rai | Indian Army | IC-592 | 20 January 1972 |
| 82 | Major General | Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob | Indian Army | IC-470 | 20 January 1972 |
| 83 | Major General | Biswa Nath Sarkar | Indian Army | IC-1417 | 20 January 1972 |
| 84 | Major General | Gurbaksh Singh | Indian Army | IC-630 | 20 January 1972 |
| 85 | Major General | Dalbir Singh | Indian Army | IC-557 | 20 January 1972 |
| 86 | Major General | Lachhman Singh Lehl VrC | Indian Army | IC-1461 | 20 January 1972 |
| 87 | Major General | Narayanai Pillai Sankaran Nair | Indian Army | IC-2042 (Madras) | 20 January 1972 |
| 88 | Major General | Mohindar Singh Brar | Indian Army | IC-1528 (Artillery) | 20 January 1972 |
| 89 | Major General | Eustace D'Souza | Indian Army | IC-518 (Maratha) | 20 January 1972 |
| 90 | Major General | Kundan Singh | Indian Army | IC-1522 (Raj Rif) | 20 January 1972 |
| 91 | Major General | Suraj Prakash Malhotra | Indian Army | IC-1804 (Guards) | 20 January 1972 |
| 92 | Major General | Raizada Dev Raj Anand | Indian Army | IC-2097 (Armoured Corps) | 20 January 1972 |
| 93 | Major General | Rustom Framji Khambatta | Indian Army | IC-1047 (Artillery) | 20 January 1972 |
| 94 | Major General | Drank Dalton Larkins | Indian Army | IC-482 (Artillery) | 20 January 1972 |
| 95 | Honorary Major General | Sujan Singh Uban AVSM (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-1003 (Artillery) | 20 January 1972 |
| 96 | Major General | Stanley Leslie Menezes SC | Indian Army | IC-540 (Grenadiers) | 20 January 1972 |
| 97 | Major General | Walter Anthony Gustave Pinto | Indian Army | IC-605 (Guards) | 20 January 1972 |
| 98 | Major General | Bejoy Mohan Bhattacharjea MVC | Indian Army | IC-1338 (Garhwal Rifles) | 20 January 1972 |
| 99 | Major General | Arun Kumar Biswas | Indian Army | IC-1185 (Army Ordnance Corps) | 20 January 1972 |
| 100 | Major General | Ved Parkash | Indian Army | MR-177 (Medical) | 20 January 1972 |
| 101 | Rear Admiral | Elenjikal Chandy Kuruvila AVSM | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 102 | Captain (Acting Rear Admiral) | Shree Harilal Sarma | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 103 | Rear Admiral | Bansh Raj Singh PVSM | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 104 | Air Vice Marshal | Maurice Barker | Indian Air Force | 1691 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 105 | Air Vice Marshal | Satya Pal Shahi | Indian Air Force | 1601 ADM | 20 January 1972 |
| 106 | Air Vice Marshal | Charandas Gurudas Devasher | Indian Air Force | 1867 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 107 | Air Vice Marshal | Devaiah Subia VrC | Indian Air Force | 1866 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 108 | Brigadier | Shabeg Singh AVSM | Indian Army | IC-778 (Gorkha Rifles) | 20 January 1972 |
| 109 | Commodore | Bishambar Nath Thapar | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 110 | Commodore | Dorab Ratanshaw Mehta | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 111 | Commodore | John Thomas Goslin Pereira AVSM | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 112 | Air Commodore | Randhir Singh AVSM VrC | Indian Air Force | 2135 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 113 | Air Commodore | John Francis Lazaro VM | Indian Air Force | 2944 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 114 | Captain | Mohan Singh Grewal AVSM | Indian Navy | | 20 January 1972 |
| 115 | Group Captain | Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen VM | Indian Air Force | 3641 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 116 | Group Captain | Peter Maynard Wilson VrC | Indian Air Force | 3590 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 117 | Group Captain | Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole AVSM | Indian Air Force | 3652 F(P) | 20 January 1972 |
| 118 | Lieutenant General | Premindra Singh Bhagat VC | Indian Army | IC-267 | 26 January 1972 |
| 119 | Lieutenant General | Jaswant Kishan Khanna MC | Indian Army | IC-264 | 26 January 1972 |
| 120 | Lieutenant General | Har Prasad | Indian Army | IC-242 | 26 January 1972 |
| 121 | Lieutenant General | Brij Lall Kapoor AVSM | Indian Army | MR-173 (Medical) | 26 January 1972 |
| 122 | Major General | Mohindra Nath Batra | Indian Army | IC-308 (Intelligence Corps) | 26 January 1972 |
| 123 | Major General | Syed Mahdi Hasnain | Indian Army | IC-2065 (Garhwal Rifles) | 26 January 1972 |
| 124 | Major General | Mohinder Singh | Indian Army | IC-1021 (Army Service Corps) | 26 January 1972 |
| 125 | Major General | Jonathan Reuben Samson | Indian Army | IC-887 (Engineers) | 26 January 1972 |
| 126 | Rear Admiral | Pritam Singh Mahindroo | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1972 |
| 127 | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Harcharan Lal Bhatia AVSM MC | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1972 |
| 128 | Air Vice Marshal | Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao | Indian Air Force | 1727 F (P) | 26 January 1972 |
| 129 | Air Vice Marshal | Dadi Ardeshir Mehta | Indian Air Force | 1625 F (N) | 26 January 1972 |
| 130 | Air Vice Marshal | Amolak Singh Rikhy | Indian Air Force | 2024 A&SD | 26 January 1972 |
| 131 | Air Commodore | Chandrasekhar Rao Kurpad | Indian Air Force | 2414 RAD | 26 January 1972 |
| 132 | Air Commodore | Mondan Bhaskaran | Indian Air Force | 2761 ENG | 26 January 1972 |
| 133 | Major General | Ram Dharamdas Hira MVC | Indian Army | IC-2531 (Gorkha Rifles) | 20 March 1972 |
| 134 | Major General | Benjamin Franklin Gonsalves | Indian Army | IC-1884 (Artillery) | 20 March 1972 |
| 135 | Major General | Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishnarao | Indian Army | IC-1164 (Mahar Regiment) | 20 March 1972 |
| 136 | Major General | Prature Venkata Ramaniah | Indian Army | MR-183 (Medical) | 20 March 1972 |
| 137 | Rear Admiral | Vasudeva Anant Kamath | Indian Navy | | 20 March 1972 |
| 138 | Lieutenant General | Daljit Singh Kalha | Indian Army | IC-615 (Army Service Corps) | 26 January 1973 |
| 139 | Major General | Satinder Singh | Indian Army | IC-444 | 26 January 1973 |
| 140 | Major General | Madhav Rao Rajwade VSM MC | Indian Army | IC-658 (Engineers) | 26 January 1973 |
| 141 | Major General | Kumar Ranjit Singh | Indian Army | IC-1742 (Armoured Corps) | 26 January 1973 |
| 142 | Major General | Anil Krishna Barat | Indian Army | MR-196 (Medical) | 26 January 1973 |
| 143 | Major General | Trichinopoly Vadival Jagannathan AVSM | Indian Army | IC-556 (Engineers) | 26 January 1973 |
| 144 | Major General | Robert George Williams | Indian Army | IC-298 (Artillery) | 26 January 1973 |
| 145 | Major General | Srinivas Kumar Sinha | Indian Army | IC-1536 | 26 January 1973 |
| 146 | Rear Admiral | Rabinder Nath Batra | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1973 |
| 147 | Rear Admiral | Sarosh Jehangir Lalkaka | Indian Navy | 60000N | 26 January 1973 |
| 148 | Rear Admiral | Kamalakar Laxman Kulkarni | Indian Navy | 00008T | 26 January 1973 |
| 149 | Group Captain | Prabhu Datt Chopra | Indian Air Force | 3497 ENG | 26 January 1973 |
| 150 | Lieutenant General | C. Sundara Rao | Indian Army | IC-2556 (EME) | 26 January 1974 |
| 151 | Lieutenant General | Mohan Lal Thapan | Indian Army | IC-286 | 26 January 1974 |
| 152 | Air Marshal | Krishnamahari Narasimhan | Indian Air Force | 2278 SIG | 26 January 1974 |
| 153 | Major General | T. N. P. Ramachandran Nayar | Indian Army | IC-1295 | 26 January 1974 |
| 154 | Major General | Ravinder Nath Dogra | Indian Army | DR-10003 (Dental) | 26 January 1974 |
| 155 | Major General | K. Velayadhan Pillai | Indian Army | MR-242 (Medical) | 26 January 1974 |
| 156 | Surgeon Rear Admiral | J. N. Ghosh | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1974 |
| 157 | Air Vice Marshal | Edul Jahangir Dhatigara KC | Indian Air Force | 1899 F(P) | 26 January 1974 |
| 158 | Lieutenant General | Brijmohan Narain Das | Indian Army | IC-411 (Engineers) | 26 January 1975 |
| 159 | Lieutenant General | Mohinder Singh Sandhu | Indian Army | IC-813 (AOC) | 26 January 1975 |
| 160 | Air Marshal | Hrushikesh Moolgavkar MVC | Indian Air Force | 1644 F(P) | 26 January 1975 |
| 161 | Major General | Manohar Sadashiv Patankar (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-1087 (Infantry) | 26 January 1975 |
| 162 | Major General | Raghunath Singh Hoon AVSM | Indian Army | MR-235 (Medical) | 26 January 1975 |
| 163 | Major General | Bhaskar Mahadevan AVSM | Indian Army | MR-245 (Medical) | 26 January 1975 |
| 164 | Major General | Ishwar Chand Katoch (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-631 (Infantry) | 26 January 1975 |
| 165 | Major General | Jasbir Singh Bawa AVSM | Indian Army | IC-438 (Engineers) | 26 January 1975 |
| 166 | Major General | Krishna Datt Vasishta (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-627 (Artillery) | 26 January 1975 |
| 167 | Major General | Amreek Singh (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-408 (Artillery) | 26 January 1975 |
| 168 | Major General | Harkesh Chandra Gahlaut | Indian Army | IC-911 (Infantry) | 26 January 1975 |
| 169 | Major General | Rajendra Prasad | Indian Army | IC-684 (Artillery) | 26 January 1975 |
| 170 | Major General | Shyam Sunder Kaul | Indian Army | IC-2798 (Infantry) | 26 January 1975 |
| 171 | Major General | Ranjit Lal Chopra | Indian Army | IC-3315 (Armoured Corps) | 26 January 1975 |
| 172 | Major General | Om Prakash Dutta AVSM | Indian Army | IC-857 (Engineers) | 26 January 1975 |
| 173 | Lieutenant General | Om Prakash Malhotra | Indian Army | IC-478 (Artillery) | 26 January 1976 |
| 174 | Lieutenant General | Abhi Manyu Vohra | Indian Army | IC-829 (Infantry) | 26 January 1976 |
| 175 | Lieutenant General | Zorawar Chand Bakhshi MVC VrC VSM | Indian Army | IC-1510 (Infantry) | 26 January 1976 |
| 176 | Lieutenant General | Kehar Singh Garewal | Indian Army | IC-585 (Signals) | 26 January 1976 |
| 177 | Lieutenant General | Noble Adiseshiah AVSM | Indian Army | MR-254 (Medical) | 26 January 1976 |
| 178 | Lieutenant General | Gurbachan Singh | Indian Army | IC-1191 (Armoured Corps) | 26 January 1976 |
| 179 | Lieutenant General | Jagdiswar Singh Nakai | Indian Army | IC-926 (Artillery) | 26 January 1976 |
| 180 | Vice Admiral | Rajendra Tandon AVSM | Indian Navy | 40000-H | 26 January 1976 |
| 181 | Air Marshal | Bawa Sampuran Singh Bedi AVSM | Indian Air Force | 1795 AE(M) | 26 January 1976 |
| 182 | Major General | Krishan Chand Soni AVSM (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-2053 (Engineers) | 26 January 1976 |
| 183 | Major General | Bantval Ramamohan Prabhu (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-720 (Artillery) | 26 January 1976 |
| 184 | Major General | Paida Chandra Sekhara Reddy (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-1667 (Artillery) | 26 January 1976 |
| 185 | Major General | Vanic Minas | Indian Army | IC-2587 (EME) | 26 January 1976 |
| 186 | Major General | Ram Singh | Indian Army | IC-3198 (Infantry) | 26 January 1976 |
| 187 | Major General | Gurcharan Singh Sandhu | Indian Army | IC-3234 (Armoured Corps) | 26 January 1976 |
| 188 | Major General | Uma Prasanna Mukherjee | Indian Army | MR-274 (Medical) | 26 January 1976 |
| 189 | Major General | Gajendra Singh Rawat AVSM | Indian Army | IC-2281 (Infantry) | 26 January 1976 |
| 190 | Major General | Krishna Kumar Mehta | Indian Army | IC-1011 (EME) | 26 January 1976 |
| 191 | Major General | Percy Harold Alfred AVSM | Indian Army | IC-2751 (AOC) | 26 January 1976 |
| 192 | Air Vice Marshal | Jaspal Singh VM | Indian Air Force | 2451 F(P) | 26 January 1976 |
| 193 | Air Vice Marshal | Jafar Zaheer AVSM | Indian Air Force | 3173 F(P) | 26 January 1976 |
| 194 | Air Vice Marshal | Jemi Harmusji Framji Manekshaw AVSM | Indian Air Force | 2690 MED | 26 January 1976 |
| 195 | Lieutenant General | Puthiya Veetil Ramachandran | Indian Army | MR-264 (Medical) | 26 January 1977 |
| 196 | Lieutenant General | Som Dev Gupta | Indian Army | IC-579 (Artillery) | 26 January 1977 |
| 197 | Lieutenant General | Madan Mohan Lal Chhabra AVSM | Indian Army | IC-3915 (EME) | 26 January 1977 |
| 198 | Lieutenant General | Eric Alexander Vas | Indian Army | IC-722 (Infantry) | 26 January 1977 |
| 199 | Lieutenant General | Anand Narain Mathur | Indian Army | IC-1446 (Signals) | 26 January 1977 |
| 200 | Lieutenant General | Jaswant Singh VSM | Indian Army | IC-604 (Infantry) | 26 January 1977 |
| 201 | Vice Admiral | Ronald Lynsdale Pereira AVSM | Indian Navy | 00018-R | 26 January 1977 |
| 202 | Vice Admiral | Rustom Khushro Shapoorjee Ghandhi VrC | Indian Navy | 00021-Y | 26 January 1977 |
| 203 | Air Marshal | Anand Ramdas Pandit AVSM, DFC | Indian Air Force | 1707 F(P) | 26 January 1977 |
| 204 | Air Marshal | Gian Dev Sharma AVSM | Indian Air Force | 1742 F(P) | 26 January 1977 |
| 205 | Major General | Lok Nath Budhraja AVSM (Ret'd) | Indian Army | MR-315 (Medical) | 26 January 1977 |
| 206 | Major General | Jaswant Mayadas | Indian Army | IC-2145 (Signals) | 26 January 1977 |
| 207 | Major General | Kunwar Surendra Singh AVSM MC | Indian Army | IC-608 (Artillery) | 26 January 1977 |
| 208 | Major General | Sardul Singh Sandhu | Indian Army | IC-1800 (AOC) | 26 January 1977 |
| 209 | Major General | Sushil Kumar | Indian Army | IC-2362 (Infantry) | 26 January 1977 |
| 210 | Major General | Krishan Kumar Tewari AVSM (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-520 (Signals) | 26 January 1977 |
| 211 | Surgeon Rear Admiral | De Rosario Faust Pinto AVSM | Indian Navy | 75001-F | 26 January 1977 |
| 212 | Air Vice Marshal | Waman Raghunath Dani (Ret'd) | Indian Air Force | 1807 F(P) | 26 January 1977 |
| 213 | Lieutenant General | Charanjit Singh | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 214 | Lieutenant General | Gurbaksh Lal Chopra | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 215 | Lieutenant General | Rajpall Sapra | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 216 | Vice Admiral | Swaraj Parkash MVC AVSM | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1978 |
| 217 | Air Marshal | Trilok Nath Ghadiok AVSM VrC | Indian Air Force | 2354 F(P) | 26 January 1978 |
| 218 | Major General | Aban Naidu AVSM | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 219 | Major General | Shriniwas Sadashiv Apte AVSM | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 220 | Major General | Krishnaswamy Sundarji | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 221 | Major General | Manohar Lal Chibber AVSM | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 222 | Air Vice Marshal | Devendra Nath Gupta AVSM | Indian Air Force | 2703 MED | 26 January 1978 |
| 223 | Air Vice Marshal | Achutha Viswanathan AVSM | Indian Air Force | 3607 AE(M) | 26 January 1978 |
| 224 | Colonel | Narendra Kumar KC AVSM | Indian Army | | 26 January 1978 |
| 225 | Lieutenant General | Diyal Chand Sachdeva AVSM (Ret'd) | Indian Army | MR-384 (Medical) | 26 January 1979 |
| 226 | Lieutenant General | Biradavolu Durga Prasad Rao (Ret'd) | Indian Army | MR-247 (Medical) | 26 January 1979 |
| 227 | Vice Admiral | Nar Pati Datta AVSM | Indian Navy | 0024-B | 26 January 1979 |
| 228 | Air Marshal | Dilbagh Singh AVSM | Indian Air Force | 2998 F(P) | 26 January 1979 |
| 229 | Air Marshal | Idandas Werhoma Sabhaney AVSM | Indian Air Force | 2607 AEM | 26 January 1979 |
| 230 | Major General | Vijay Chander Khanna | Indian Army | IC-1061 (Signals) | 26 January 1979 |
| 231 | Major General | Sat Gur Payara | Indian Army | IC-1479 (Artillery) | 26 January 1979 |
| 232 | Major General | Satnam Singh Opal | Indian Army | IC-1572 (Artillery) | 26 January 1979 |
| 233 | Major General | Gertrude Alice Ram (Ret'd) | Indian Army | NR-680881 (Military Nursing Service) | 26 January 1979 |
| 234 | Major General | Mohan Dev Mehra (Ret'd) | Indian Army | DR-10007 (Dental) | 26 January 1979 |
| 235 | Major General | Mahesh Chandra Gupta (Ret'd) | Indian Army | MR-419 (Medical) | 26 January 1979 |
| 236 | Surgeon Rear Admiral | Gerald Justin Kenneth Peck | Indian Navy | 75007-W | 26 January 1979 |
| 237 | Air Vice Marshal | Harkrishan Lal Kapur AVSM | Indian Air Force | 2165 ADM | 26 January 1979 |
| 238 | Air Vice Marshal | Vettakkorumakankav Sivarama Narayanan AVSM VSM | Indian Air Force | 3549 SIGS | 26 January 1979 |