Naval Investiture Ceremony– 2020
Vice Admiral AK Chawla PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, ADC, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command (SNC), on behalf of the President of India, presented Gallantry and Non-Gallantry Awards, (announced on Republic day 2020) to meritorious naval personnel at the Naval Investiture Ceremony (NIC) conducted at the naval base, Kochi on 25 Sep 20.

Sep 25, Delhi, PIB: In addition, personnel who demonstrated leadership, professional achievements and distinguished service of a high order, and significantly contributed to service were also felicitated.
A total of 10 medals which included four Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), two Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to duty), four VishishtSeva Medal (long meritorious service) were awarded. On the occasion, the Commander-in-Chief also announced one “Jeevan RakshaPadak” - medal (for acts of courage and self-sacrifice) as well as “Unit Citations” for the year 2020-21 for the ashore unit (establishment) and afloat unit (ship) under SNC for delivering exceptional performance over the past one year.
The details of the awardees are as follows:
Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry)
Commander Shailendra Singh
Commander Vikrant Singh
Lieutenant Commander Ravindra Singh Chaudhary
Sushil Kumar, Leading Seaman
Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to duty)
Commodore MP Anil Kumar
Commodore Gurcharan Singh
VishishtSeva Medal
Rear Admiral TarunSobti
Commodore Ajith V Kumar
Commodore R Ramakrishnan Ayyar
Captain K Nirmal Raghu
Jeevan RakshaPadak
Mukesh Kumar, Chief Petty Officer
Unit Citations
Ashore unit - INS Chilka (Establishment)
Afloat unit - INS Sujata (Ship)