Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal

The Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal is India's highest wartime distinguished service decoration. It is awarded for the highest degree of distinguished service in an operational context, which includes times of war, conflict, or hostilities. The award is a wartime equivalent of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, which is India's highest peacetime distinguished service decoration. The Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal may be awarded posthumously.

Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal
Country India
Awarded forWartime distinguished service
Precedence
Next (higher) Padma Bhushan[1]
Equivalent Param Vishisht Seva Medal[1]
Next (lower) Maha Vir Chakra[1]

Ribbon

It is awarded for distinguished service of the most exceptional order during war/conflict/hostilities. It may be awarded to all ranks of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force including those of Territorial Army Units, Auxiliary and Reserve Forces and other lawfully constituted Armed Forces when embodied, as well as Nursing Officers and other members of the Nursing Services in the Armed Forces.

List of recipients

Following is the list of awardees.[2]

Rank YearNameCorps Reference
Lt General 1987 Amarjit Singh Kalkat, SYSM, AVSM, VSMInfantry [3][4]
Air Marshal 15 August 1999Vinod Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrCAir Force [5]
Lt General 26 January 2000 Hari Mohan Khanna, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, ADCInfantry [3][6][4]

See also

Orders, decorations, and medals of India

References
  1. "Precedence Of Medals". indianarmy.nic.in/. Indian Army. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. "Official Website of Indian Army". indianarmy.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. "Official Home page of the Indian Army, Our Heroes".
  4. Singh, Brigadier M. P. History of the Indian Military Academy. p. 246.
  5. "Rediff On The NeT: Army orders inquiry into PVC blunder". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  6. "Tribune India".
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