President, Mr APJ Abdul Kalam conferred three Kirti Chakra, twentysix Shaurya Chakra on those Armed Forces and civilian personnel who displayed conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan.

The President also conferred twelve Param Vishisht Seva Medals, three Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals and twenty Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to senior officers of the Armed Forces for distinguished service of an exceptional order.

The following is the list of awardees:

Nb Sub Dev Bahadur Thapa, (JC-612305) 1/4 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)

Maj Ushnisha Jaitly (IC-47093), 3/11 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)

Nk Tarlok Singh, (4560276), Mahar/30, Rashtriya Rifles

Mr Ravindra Kumar Sriwas, Madhya Pradesh (Posthumous)

Mr Bachittar Singh, Jammu and Kashmir

Capt Tej Karam Singh Sekhon (IC-58400), 15 Rajput

Nk Babu Singh, 2480359, Punjab/37 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

Maj Jodhvir Singh (SS-37244), 1/4 Gorkha Rifles

Maj Rajeshwar Singh (IC-50189), 18 Madras

Capt Chandra Pal Singh Khati (SS-37700), 4/4 Gorkha Rifles

Nk Rit Ram, 3183763, 7 Jat

Sep Manjit, 3186838, 6 Jat (Posthumous)

Sub Gyan Bahadur Limbu, JC-634214, 3/11 Gorkha Rifles (Posthumous)

Non Combatant (Enrolled) Prakash

Shivaji Gangavane Lascar, 822324 (Posthumous)

Ln/Nk Khadam Hussain, 2683896, 15 JAK Rifles

Hav Dalwinder Singh, 2479576, 17 Punjab

Maj Sunit Singh (IC-53629), Mahar/1 Rashtriya Rifles

Sep Rajbir, 4569688, Mahar/1 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

Maj Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui (IC-42448), 7 Jat

Sep Joginder Singh, 3194631, 7 Jat

Sowar Makhan Singh, 15474764, Armoured Corps/33 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

Nb Sub (Now Sub) Jagan Bahadur Gurung, JC-122445, 12 Assam Rifles

Hav Jaipal Singh, 4067942, Garhwal Rifles/14 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

Maj Tejinder Pal Singh Sohal (IC-54012), JAK Rifles/3 Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)

Maj Manpreet Singh Bains (IC-49545), 9 Para (SF)

Paratrooper Satpal Singh, 4476227, 2 Para (SF)

Lt Cdr Nateshan Sai Kumar Trichnapalli (02903-Y)

Tirath Singh, Leading Seaman (116428-K)

Capt Rajesh Sharma, National Security Guard

Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi, (7722) Flying (Pilot)

Lt Gen Brij Mohan Kapur (IC-14385), Armoured Corps

Lt Gen Ashok Chaki (IC-15915), Infantry

Lt Gen Naresh Chand (IC-15490), AD Artillery

Lt Gen Dharam Prakash Sehgal (IC-15403), Signals

Lt Gen Narayan Chatterjee (IC-15543), Artillery

Lt Gen Roshan Lal Magotra (IC-16176), Signals

Lt Gen Ananthanarayan Natarajan (IC-15464), Artillery

Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh (IC-16272), Infantry

Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Dua (IC-15041), Engineers

Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad, (00709-K)

Air Marshal Vijay Achyut Patkar (8632) Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics)

Maj Gen Amrik Singh Bahia (IC-17576), Naga

Maj Gen Madan Gopal (IC-17733), 9 GR/HQ 2 Mountain Division

Maj Gen Gaganjit Singh (IC-26878), Armoured Corps/21 Mountain Division

Lt Gen Arvind Kumar (IC-15831), Armoured Corps

Lt Gen Jawahar Lal Sharma (DR-10170), Army Dental Corps

Air Marshal Ranjeet Kumar Gupta (8899), Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics)

Maj Gen Srinivasa Pattabhiraman (IC-17210), Engineers

Maj Gen Kaustubha Nand Bhatt (IC-19196), Army Education Corps

Maj Gen Rajinder Singh Jamwal (IC-24054), Engineers/CIF (V)

Maj Gen Vir Chand Jain (IC-17280), HQ Base Workshop GP EME

Maj Gen Bhamidipati Sadananda (MR-02051), AMC/Command Hospital, Western Command

Maj Gen Manmohan Bhardwaj (IC-16329), Artillery (Retd)

Maj Gen Vijay Kumar Bhaskar (IC-16054), Engineers (Retd)

Maj Gen Rajinder Nath Wadehra (IC-16418), Artillery (Retd)

Maj Gen Ashim Chakravarti (MR-02610), Army Medical Corps (Retd)

Rear Admiral Birinder Singh Randhawa, (40298-K)

Rear Admiral Vijay Swarup Mathur, (60147-Y)

Surgeon Rear Admiral Vijay Kumar Singh, (75111-F)

Air Cmde (Now Air Vice Marshal) Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018) Flying (Pilot)

Air Cmde Pradeep Kumar (12029), Flying (Pilot)

Air Cmde Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi, (12765), Flying (Pilot)

Air Cmde Norman Anil Kumar Browne, (13129) Flying (Pilot)

Air Cmde Nirbhay Kumar Jain (13576), Flying (Pilot)

Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister, Mr LK Advani, Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes and Minister of State for Defence, Mr Chaman Lal Gupta were also present on the occasion.