Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) Archives

Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Assumes Charge as Vice Chief of Naval Staff

Admin - May 2, 2024

New Delhi. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on May 1, 2024. On assuming charge, the Flag Officer paid homage to bravehearts that made the...

Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti Assumes Charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff

Admin - October 1, 2023

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on October 1, 2023. VAdm Sobti was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1988 and is...

Rear Admiral Vikram Menon takes over as FOGA & FONA

Admin - April 30, 2022

New Delhi: Rear Admiral Vikram Menon, VSM took over duties of Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area (FOGA) and Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA) from Rear Admiral Philipose G Pynumootil on April 30, 2022. Rear Admiral Menon is...

Gen Manoj Pande Takes Charge as 29th Army Chief

Admin - April 30, 2022

New Delhi: General Manoj Pande on April 30 took charge as the 29th Chief of the Army Staff. He succeeds Gen MM Naravane, who retired from service the same day. Gen Pande became the...

Lt Gen Manoj Pande Appointed as the Next Chief of the Army Staff

Admin - April 19, 2022

New Delhi: Lt Gen Manoj C Pande, presently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, has been appointed by the Government as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from April 30, 2022....

Rear Admiral Sanjay Sadhu Takes Over as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam

Admin - April 6, 2022

New Delhi: Rear Admiral Sanjay Sadhu, NM, took over as the Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam from Rear Admiral IB Uthaiah, AVSM, VSM during a formal ceremony held on April 6, 2022. Rear Admiral Sanjay...

Indian Navy Gets New Flag Officer Sea Training

Admin - February 11, 2020

New Delhi. Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) on February 11. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, and was commissioned into the Indian...

COAS Gen MM Narvane inaugurates BEML Stall at DEFEXPO 2020

Admin - February 5, 2020

Lucknow. India’s Chief of the Army StaffGen. M. M. Naravane PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC inaugurated the BEML Stall today at DEFEXPO 2020 in the presence of Deepak Kumar Hota, CMD, BEML and other...

IISE Day2 Focusses on Defence Manufacturing in India

Admin - October 5, 2019

New Delhi. The second day of the 22nd India International Security Expo 2019 witnessed a large number of participants from the Centre, and State Governments, delegates from 12 countries, armed forces, paramilitary forces, state...

MoS Home Nityanand Rai inaugurates 22nd India International Security Expo 2019

Admin - October 3, 2019

New Delhi. The prestigious 22nd India International Security Expo, 2019, organized jointly by India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) and the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), was inaugurated in New Delhi on October...

Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar Assumes Charge as Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area

Admin - March 27, 2019

New Delhi. Rear Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, VSM, assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area on March 25. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the Indian Navy in...

Air Marshal MSG Menon Takes Over as Director General (Wks & Cer) of IAF

Admin - November 1, 2018

New Delhi. Air Marshal MSG Menon took over as Director General (Wks & Cer) of Indian Air Force (IAF). Prior to taking over as Director General (Wks & Cer), he was the Assistance Chief of...

Air Marshal Amit Dev Appointed Director General Air (OPS)

Admin - October 2, 2018

New Delhi. Air Marshal Amit Dev has been appointed as the Director General Air (OPS). Air Marshal Dev has graduated from National Defence Academy (NDA) in December 1981 and was commissioned in the Indian Air...