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At a glittering ceremony, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba presented President’s gallantry and non-gallantry awards to 33 naval officers and sailors in recognition of their courage and outstanding contribution at the naval investiture ceremony (an annual event for the Indian Navy) held at Command Parade Ground, Eastern Naval Command, here on Thursday.
Visakhapatnam: At a glittering ceremony, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba presented President’s gallantry and non-gallantry awards to 33 naval officers and sailors in recognition of their courage and outstanding contribution at the naval investiture ceremony (an annual event for the Indian Navy) held at Command Parade Ground, Eastern Naval Command, here on Thursday.Addressing a massive gathering of officers, sailors and their families, the navy chief recalled their outstanding and brave contribution and also thanked the family members of the award winners for their support to the service personnel in their performance of duty.
Navy’s role in shaping the economy of the country has been growing and the core values - Duty, honour and courage forms the fundamental traits expected from all the naval personnel, he added.The award winners have displayed many qualities such as patriotism, courage, fighting spirit, integrity sincerity, perseverance, discipline humility and selflessness that would have come to define our fine service. Sunil Lanba also said that he firmly believed that it is the team work and never say die attitude of naval personnel that has made the Indian navy a strong and capable maritime force in the world.
The leadership, foresight and devotion to duty displayed by naval personnel has enabled a steady growth of our service and transformed us into a blue water navy. Awardees: Lt Cdr Vikash Kumar Narwal, Lt Cdr Neeraj Kumar, Veer Singh Chief Petty Officer Clearance Diver I and Rakesh Kumar Hull Artificer-4 (posthumously) were awarded Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry) for their indomitable courage, conspicuous gallantry and outstanding professionalism. Other awards presented included eight Nao Sena Medals for devotion to duty, 16 Vishisht Seva Medals.
Sarvottam Jeeven Rakshak Padak awarded to Cdr Shishir Kumar Yadavannavar (posthumous), Jeeven Rakshak Padak to Lt Cdr Kapil Kumar Shishodia and Shri Neelkant Ramesh Harikantra LASCAR-1. Captain Ravi Dhir Medal was awarded to Aravind Marisamy Master Chief Air Artificer II and Lieutenant VK Jain Memorial gold medal was awarded to Commander Ravi Kumar Singh. Sunil Lanba also presented unit citation to two afloat units and six shore establishments which have delivered exceptional performance over the past one year.
These include IN Ships Trikand, Sunayna, IN Air Squadron 312A, Command Clearance Diving Team, Mumbai, INS Eksila at Visakhapatnam, Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar, Base Victualling Yard, Kochi and INS Kardip in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, and INS Shivaji at Lonavala, Maharastra, were awarded with the ‘CNS Trophy for Best Green Practices’ for the environment friendly and green initiatives. Apart from the relatives of the award winners, the ceremonial parade was also attended by flag officers, commanding officers of various ships, submarines and establishments and a large number of service and civilian personnel and their families.
