Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pandey was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Constituted in 1960, the Param Vishisht Seva Medal is granted to all positions of the Indian Armed Forces in acknowledgment of peace-time service of the most exceptional order.
General Manoj Pandey is the first engineer who has been posted as the Chief of Army Staff.
President Ram Nath Kovind also conferred 14 PVSM, four Uttam Yudh Seva Medals (UYSM) and 24 Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
General Pandey took over as the 29th Chief of the Army Staff on 30 April.
Earlier he served as Chief of the Army Staff from 01 February and before that as Eastern Army Commander.s (AVSM) for distinguished service of an exceptional order.