Param Vishisht Seva Medal

Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Param-vishisht-seva-medal
TypeMilitary award
Awarded forPeace-time service of the most exceptional order
Country India
Presented byGovernment of India
Ribbon
Established26 January 1960
(as "Vishisht Seva Medal Class I", renamed 27 January 1967)
First awarded1961
Precedence
Next (higher) Padma Bhushan[1]
Equivalent Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal[1]
Next (lower) Maha Vir Chakra[1]
← Vishisht Seva Medal, Class I[2]

Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: Parama Viśiṣṭa Sēvā, lit. 'supreme distinguished service medal') is a military award of India. It is the highest peacetime medal of the Indian Armed Forces,[3] and is awarded for "distinguished service of the most exceptional order."[4] The medal is awarded for "distinguished service rendered by personnel of the Armed Forces."[4][5] All ranks of the Armed Forces, including Territorial Army, Auxiliary and Reserve forces, Nursing officers and other members of the Nursing services and other lawfully constituted Armed Forces are eligible for the medal,[6] which may be awarded multiple times as well as posthumously.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Precedence Of Medals". indianarmy.nic.in. Indian Army. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Service Awards - Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force".
  3. ^ "Part I-Section 1: Order of Precedence of wearing of various medals and decorations" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 8 February 2020. p. 219–220.
  4. ^ a b "Part I-Section 1 (Extraordinary)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 26 January 1960. p. 33.
  5. ^ "Vishist Seva Medal & Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal". bharat-rakshak.com.
  6. ^ "Param Vishisht Seva Medal | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gazette_Medal_1967 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).