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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.

Naval Investiture Ceremony– 2020
Naval Investiture Ceremony– 2020

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)

  1. Commander Shailendra Singh

  2. Commander Vikrant Singh

  3. Lieutenant Commander Ravindra Singh Chaudhary

  4. Sushil Kumar, Leading Seaman

Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to duty)

  1. Commodore MP Anil Kumar

  2. Commodore Gurcharan Singh

VishishtSeva Medal

  1. Rear Admiral TarunSobti

  2. Commodore Ajith V Kumar

  3. Commodore R Ramakrishnan Ayyar

  4. Captain K Nirmal Raghu

Jeevan RakshaPadak

  1. Mukesh Kumar, Chief Petty Officer

Unit Citations

  1. Ashore unit - INS Chilka (Establishment)

  2. Afloat unit - INS Sujata  (Ship)


Vice Admiral AK Chawla said that the occasion is of special significance, as a formal acknowledgement by the Indian Navy to the conspicuous acts of gallantry and devotion to duty of fellow shipmates. He congratulated all the awardees and highlighted the fact that the men and women of the navy have stood out with their selfless acts at all times just as the Indian Navy has stood for the good in the Indian Ocean region. He gave the example of the recent diving assistance rendered by INS Nireekshak to the govt of Mauritius and said it was along the lines of the Prime Minister’s vision of SAGAR (Security and growth for all in the region).


A 50 men guard of Honour was paraded during the ceremonial parade which was held during the Investiture ceremony. The guard of honour was inspected by Vice Admiral AK Chawla prior to reviewing of parade comprising of four platoons of naval personnel drawn from various ships and establishments of SNC. The parade was commanded by Commander Abhishek Tomar.


The ceremony was witnessed by senior dignitaries of the Indian Navy. NIC is normally conducted centrally for the Indian Navy. However, in view of the prevailing health scenario, it is being conducted locally in each Command for their respective personnel. All social distancing norms and COVID 19 protocol was followed during the ceremonial parade.

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