Home Defence On Republic Day, Raksha Mantri approves 62 Mentioned in Despatches to members of the armed forces.

On Republic Day, Raksha Mantri approves 62 Mentioned in Despatches to members of the armed forces.

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62 Mentioned in Despatches to members of the armed forces have received the Raksha Mantri’s approval. These include 55 recommendations from the Chief of Army Staff, of which 27 are for Operation Rakshak, 13 are for Operation Snow Leopard, two are for Operation Orchid, six are for Operation Rhino, one is for Operation Nongkee, one is for Operation CAS EVAC, one is for Operation Rescue, one is for Operation WASO, and three are for other operations (Operation).It also includes seven Chief of Air Staff Recommendations.

The full list of the recipients of Mentioned in Despatches is as follows:

RECOMMENDED BY CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF:
OPERATION RAKSHAK :
1IC-63100A COLONEL PIYUSH BHATT, 16TH BATTALION THE GARHWAL RIFLES
2IC-63137F COLONEL SHISHPAL SINGH, THE DOGRA REGIMENT, 11TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
3IC-63430Y COLONEL MUKESH KUMAR RANA, THE PUNJAB REGIMENT, 53RD BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
4IC-63499H COLONEL KAMAKHYA SINGH, THE MADRAS REGIMENT, 25TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
5IC-64393H COLONEL SURESH D SINGH DADHWAL, 89 ARMOURED REGIMENT
6IC-68634P LIEUTENANT COLONEL VISHVANATH GUPTA, THE RAJPUT REGIMENT, 44TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
7IC-69804A LIEUTENANT COLONEL ASHWARYA JOSHI, THE KUMAON REGIMENT, 50TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
8IC-72069A MAJOR  AJIT KUMAR ROUT, 37 (INDEPENDENCE) RECONNAISSANCE AND OBSERVATIONFLIGHT
9IC-76770A MAJOR  RAGHUNATH, 3RD BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) (POSTHUMOUS)
10IC-80594L MAJOR  RAHUL MISHRA, THE BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS, 50TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
11SS-49319K MAJOR  DUPINDERPAL SINGH GILL, THE CORPS OF ELECTRONICS AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 9TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES (POSTHUMOUS)
12JC-461408H SUBEDAR MAHESH AMROLKAR, 16TH BATTALION THE MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY
13JC-681756P RISALDAR VISHANU PRASAD SHARMA, 898 ANIMAL TRANSPORT BATTALION ARMY SERVICE CORPS
14JC-414919F NAIB SUBEDAR PANKAJ SINGH JHINKWAN, 2ND BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES)
1515568568M HAVILDAR MOHD IQBAL LONE, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 47THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
162695394W HAVILDAR JAHANGIR ALI, THE GRANADIERS, 55THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
1714705388H NAIK M RANGAYUNG, 9TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES)
1816027382F LANCE NAIK SABAR ALI KHAN, THE RAJPUTANA RIFLES, 9THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
1921010705L LANCE NAIK ACHAL PATWARI, THE REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY, 19THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
203015358Y LANCE NAIK SADDAM HUSSAIN, THE RAJPUT REGIMENT, 44THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
2114945333L SEPOY SURENDRA PATEL, THE MECHANISED INFANTRY, 50TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
222821594F SEPOY KADAM AJAY MARUTI, THE MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY, 17THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
233018179K SEPOY VIKAS SINGH, THE RAJPUT REGIMENT, 44THBATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
2416028428L RIFLEMAN SHIVRAJ YADAV, THE RAJPUTANA RIFLES, 9TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
2516028807F RIFLEMAN VIRENDRA SINGH CHUNDAWAT, THE RAJPUTANA RIFLES, 9TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
2616123043Y SAPPAR SIVANESAN S, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 44TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA RIFLES
2779B2 ARMY DOG ZOOM, 28 ARMY DOG UNIT
OPERATION SNOW LEOPARD:
28IC-59705K COLONEL SAMIR MOHAN, 3 INFANTRY DIVISION ORDNANCE UNIT
29IC-67023N COLONEL PRADEEP KARAN RATHORE, 22ND BATTALION THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIFLES
30IC-71094M LIEUTENANT COLONELAMIT KUMAR, THE SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY, HEADQUARTERS 14 CORPS
31IC-73784P MAJOR  DEEPAK KAVIYA, 14TH BATTALION THE JAT REGIMENT
32ACC-19 DEPUTY COMMANDANT DAWA NORBU, HEADQUARTERS SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE
33IC-73782K LIEUTENANT COLONEL VARUN SINGH SLATHIA, SENA MEDAL, 8TH BATTALION THE SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY
34IC-83329A MAJOR DIVYARAJ SINGH TOMAR, 8TH BATTALION THE SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY
35MR-10202P CAPTAIN SHIVAM GUPTA, THE ARMY MEDICAL CORPSE, 8TH BATTALION THE SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY
36IC-88424W LIEUTENANT RAMAN BENIWAL, 19TH BATTALION THE JAMMU & KASHMIR RIFLES
3713774838K NAIK JAGDEEP SINGH, 19TH BATTALION THE JAMMU & KASHMIR RIFLES
384490731Y NAIK SUKHPREET SINGH, 8TH BATTALION THE SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY
3913630946Y SEPOY SUBRATA SINHA, THE ASSAM REGIMENT, 2 ARUNACHAL SCOUTS
4013786693W RIFLEMAN KARANPREET SINGH, 19TH BATTALION THE JAMMU & KASHMIR RIFLES
OPERATION ORCHID:
41IC-79958A MAJOR  SIDHARTH SINGH, THE ARMOURED CORPS, 5 ASSAM RIFLES
42G/5027946L RIFLEMAN SOMESH KUMAR, 6 ASSAM RIFLES
OPERATION RHINO:
43IC-70020L LIEUTENANT COLONELSANJAY FRANK, 671 ARMY AVIATION SQUADRON (RECONNAISSANCE AND OBSERVATION)
44IC-73790H MAJOR  SANDEEP KUMAR SINGH, 14TH BATTALION THE RAJPUT REGIMENT
45IC-75188F MAJOR ANGAD POUNDARIK, 41 (INDEPENDENT) RECONNAISSANCE AND OBSERVATIONFLIGHT
46IC-75351W MAJOR  AMAR VIJAYKUMAR BOMBATKAR, 38 RECONNAISSANCE AND OBSERVATION FLIGHT
47SS-50100F MAJOR DEBANSHU CHAUHAN, 14TH BATTALION THE RAJPUT REGIMENT
4813014184P SEPOY MOHAMMED NOOR ISLAM, THE ASSAM REGIMENT, 166 INFANTRY BATTALION (TERRITORIAL ARMY)
OP49ERATION NONGKEE:
49IC-78703N MAJOR  HIMANSHU RAVINDRA SENGAONKAR, THE ARMOURED CORPS, 19 ASSAM RIFLE
OPERATION CAS EVAC:
50SS-46746P MAJOR  RAJIV KUMAR CHAUDHARY, 2041 UTILITY HELICOPTER FLIGHT
OPERATION RESCUE:
51IC-85401K CAPTAIN AKHIL NEGI, 102 ENGINEER REGIMENT
WASO:
52IC-72142N MAJOR  SAURABH GUPTA, 39 (INDEPENDENT) RECONNAISSANCE AND OBSERVATION FLIGHT
MISC (OPERATION):
53IC-63236K COLONEL YOGESH MEHTA, 202 ARMY AVIATION SQUADRON (UTILITY HELICOPTER)
54IC-66574M LIEUTENANT COLONEL RAJNEESH PANDEY, NUMBER 3 COUNTER INTELLIGENCE DETACHMENT
55IC-80402H MAJOR ANKUSH CHANYAL, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 2 ASSAM RIFLES
RECOMMENDED BY CHIEF OF AIR STAFF:
 1GROUP CAPTAIN RAJEEV GUPTA (21331) ADMINISTRATIVE/FIGHTER CONTROLLER (RETIRED)
 2GROUP CAPTAIN ARIJIT RAY (22189) FLYING (NAVIGATOR) (RETIRED)
 3WING COMMANDER PARMINDER SINGH (28448) FLYING (PILOT)
 4WING COMMANDER RAVEESH KUMAR (29231) FLYING (PILOT)
 5MASTER WARRANT OFFICER MRUGANKA SEKHAR JENA (730054) FLIGHT ENGINEER
 6JUNIOR WARRANT OFFICER VIKRAM SINGH (914441) FLIGHT ENGINEER
 7SERGEANT AMERJEET KUMAR (788595) WORKSHOP FITTER (R)

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