Gallantry awards for Servicesmen

a total of 165 armed forces personnel have been named for gallantry awards, including kirti chakra, vir chakra and shaurya chakra, on the occasion of the 55th independence day. the president has also approved 23 gallantry and dinstinghished service awards to armed forces personnel for their successful conquest of mount everest. besides, seven mention-in-despatches have also been announced.the awardees are: kirti charka: capt pankaj dhyani and corporal akhilesh kumar mishra. shaurya chakra: maj bhupinder singh, maj cautam segan, capt sanjiv kumar, capt nanda, capt tapan kumar pant, capt manoj kumar patel, capt sekhar ghosh, lt hemant singh (posthumous), comdt pnnt nair (posthumous), sub nain singh (posthumous), hav parmanand patel (posthumous), hav bikram singh, hav keshar bahadur chhetri, naik vayas chander (posthumous), naik haidip rao, naik amrit malla (posthumous), lance-naik mohammed iqbal, sepoy sahib singh (posthumous), sep amrik singh, sep parkash chand, rf kaliyan singh tomar (posthumous), rf mohd ajaz (posthumous), gdr devender bhati (posthumous), flt-lt sameer riaz kagdi (posthumous), sgt mahender singh, corp mohammad javed, corp sanjeev kumar arora, leading aircraftman amar kumar bajpai, leading aircraftman arvind kumar, leading aircraftman rajeev bharadwaj, suptd ram naresh, giasuddin sarkar and ganga ram bishnoi. yudh seva medal: col konsam himalay singh. bar to sena medal (gallantry): lt-col mandip grewal, maj ph reddy, karan singh, capt s tanwer, capt ps banafar, capt sb rathore. mount everest expedition awards: ati vishisht seva medal col krishan kumar; vishisht seva medal brig rakesh dhir; shaurya chakra lt-col satish chandra sharma, maj ajay kothiyal, capt saurabh singh shekhawat, naib sub amar prakash, hav til bikram budhathoki, hav jigmey namgyal, lance hav chanchal singh, lance hav mohinder singh, lance naik chhering norbu bodh, lance naik neel chand, lance naik bhag chain, lance naik palden giachho. medal for crpf officials: three officers of the central reserve police force (crpf) have been awarded president's police medal for distinguished service and another 32 personnel got the medal for meritorious service. the president's medal: an srinivasan, addl. dig (group centre, bangalore); hr banga (commandant 100 battalion raf), and sp kaushal, cmo (group centre, jalandhar). fifteen officers and other ranks of the central bureau of investigation (cbi) were awarded president'ds police medal for distinguished service and police medal for meritorious service by president k r narayanan on the 55th independence day. the president's police medal for dinstinguished service has been awarded to three officers while 12 cbi personnel have been named for the police medal for meritorious service. distinguished service: d baghchik, dig (on deputation with the delhi vidyut board), jai swadesh, sp, new delhi, and j p verma, sp, bhubaneshwar.