# List of Param Vishisht Seva Medal recipients (1960–1969)

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

Key :
| † | Indicates posthumous honour |
| No. | Rank | Name | Branch | Service Number (Unit) | Date of Award |
| 1 | Lieutenant General | Brij Mohan Kaul | Indian Army | AI-162 | 26 January 1961 |
| 2 | Rear Admiral | Daya Shankar DSC | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1961 |
| 3 | Air Vice Marshal | Harjinder Singh | Indian Air Force | 1963 ENG | 26 January 1962 |
| 4 | Major General | Kunhiraman Palat Candeth | Indian Army | IC-162 | 26 January 1963 |
| 5 | Brigadier | Kottimukkla Alagaraja Singapparaja Raja | Indian Army | IC-801 | 26 January 1963 |
| 6 | Brigadier | Kalyan Singh | Indian Army | IC-403 | 26 January 1963 |
| 7 | Major General | Mahindra Singh Pathania | Indian Army | IC-104 | 26 January 1963 |
| 8 | Air Vice Marshal | Kanwar Jaswant Singh | Indian Air Force | 1587 GD(P) | 26 January 1963 |
| 9 | Major General | Rawind Singh Garewal MC | Indian Army | IC-127 | 26 January 1963 |
| 10 | Major General | Diwan Prem Chand | Indian Army | IC-161 | 6 April 1963 |
| 11 | Brigadier | Reginald Stephen Noronha MC | Indian Army | IC-531 | 6 April 1963 |
| 12 | Lieutenant General | Daulet Singh | Indian Army | 977-IA | 26 January 1964 |
| 13 | Lieutenant General | Bikram Singh | Indian Army | AI-112 | 26 January 1964 |
| 14 | Lieutenant General | Prem Singh Gyani | Indian Army | IA-1281 | 26 January 1964 |
| 15 | Air Vice Marshal | Erlic Wilmot Pinto | Indian Air Force | 1593 GD(P) | 26 January 1964 |
| 16 | Air Vice Marshal | Minoo Merwan Engineer MVC DFC | Indian Air Force | 1614 GD(P) | 26 January 1964 |
| 17 | Lieutenant General | Thomas Bryan Henderson Brooks | Indian Army | AI-824 | 5 March 1964 |
| 18 | Major General | Kartar Nath Dubey | Indian Army | IC-603 (Engineers) | 26 January 1965 |
| 19 | Brigadier | Shavak Naswaranji Antia | Indian Army | IC-2130 (Signals) | 26 January 1965 |
| 20 | Brigadier | Syed Baquar Raza | Indian Army | IC-806 (Artillery) | 26 January 1965 |
| 21 | Brigadier | Badri Nath Upadhyay | Indian Army | IC-2958 (9 Gorkha Rifles) | 26 January 1965 |
| 22 | Brigadier | Vijay Kumar Ghai | Indian Army | IC-1672 (Artillery) | 30 June 1965 |
| 23 | Major General | Joginder Singh | Indian Army | IC-203 | 10 November 1965 |
| 24 | Group Captain | George Kanisht Kumar John | Indian Air Force | 2132 GD(P) | 10 November 1965 |
| 25 | Group Captain | Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd | Indian Air Force | 2623 GD(P) | 10 November 1965 |
| 26 | Lieutenant General | Moti Sagar | Indian Army | IC-25 | 26 January 1966 |
| 27 | Major General | Amrik Singh MC | Indian Army | IC-133 | 26 January 1966 |
| 28 | Major General | Rajinder Nath Batra | Indian Army | IC-446 | 26 January 1966 |
| 29 | Rear Admiral | Benjamin Abraham Samson | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1966 |
| 30 | Rear Admiral | Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1966 |
| 31 | Brigadier | Iorwerth George Jenkins MC | Indian Army | IC-1389 | 26 January 1966 |
| 32 | Brigadier | Zora Singh | Indian Army | IC-3287 | 26 January 1966 |
| 33 | Brigadier | Onkar Singh Kalkat | Indian Army | IC-810 | 26 January 1966 |
| 34 | Air Commodore | Krishna Mahesh Agerwala | Indian Air Force | 1648 GD(N) | 26 January 1966 |
| 35 | Brigadier | Bhumi Chand Chauhan | Indian Army | IC-660 | 30 September 1966 |
| 36 | Lieutenant General | Tirath Ram Pahwa | Indian Army | MR-158 (Medical) | 26 January 1967 |
| 37 | Major General | Sailendra Mohan Basu | Indian Army | MR-145 (Medical) | 26 January 1967 |
| 38 | Rear Admiral | Pabitra Kumar Mukherjee | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1967 |
| 39 | Air Vice Marshal | Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | Indian Air Force | 1616 GD(P) | 26 January 1967 |
| 40 | Air Vice Marshal | Kanianthra Alexander Joseph | Indian Air Force | 2960 SIGS | 26 January 1967 |
| 41 | Air Commodore | Gurbachan Singh | Indian Air Force | 1779 EQPT | 26 January 1967 |
| 42 | Lieutenant General | Amarendra Krishna Dey | Indian Army | MR-135 (Medical) | 26 January 1968 |
| 43 | Major General | Satya Paul Vohra | Indian Army | IC-609 (EME) | 26 January 1968 |
| 44 | Rear Admiral | Sourendra Nath Kohli | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1968 |
| 45 | Air Vice Marshal | Shivdev Singh | Indian Air Force | 1595 GD(P) | 26 January 1968 |
| 46 | Air Vice Marshal | Om Prakash Mehra | Indian Air Force | 1639 GD(P) | 26 January 1968 |
| 47 | Lieutenant General | Apparanda Chengappa Iyappa (Ret'd) | Indian Army | IC-89 (Signals) | 26 January 1969 |
| 48 | Lieutenant General | Bidyapati Bhattacharjya | Indian Army | MR-147 (Medical) | 26 January 1969 |
| 49 | Lieutenant General | Gopal Gurunath Bewoor | Indian Army | IC-129 (Infantry) | 26 January 1969 |
| 50 | Lieutenant General | Rajinder Singh Paintal | Indian Army | IC-125 (Infantry) | 26 January 1969 |
| 51 | Major General | Panavelil Thomas Joseph AVSM | Indian Army | MR-150 (Medical) | 26 January 1969 |
| 52 | Major General | Inderjit Singh Gill MC | Indian Army | IC-1641 (Infantry) | 26 January 1969 |
| 53 | Rear Admiral | Kesavapillai Ramakrishnan Nair | Indian Navy | | 26 January 1969 |
| 54 | Air Vice Marshal | Hari Chand Dewan | Indian Air Force | 1598 GD(P) | 26 January 1969 |
| 55 | Air Vice Marshal | Teja Singh Virk | Indian Air Force | 1621 GD(N) | 26 January 1969 |