List of National Defence Academy alumni: Difference between revisions

The Indian [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] (NDA) is the joint services academy of the [[Indian Armed Forces]], where cadets of the three armed forces (the [[Indian Army|Army]], the [[Indian Navy|Navy]] and the [[Indian Air Force|Air Force]]) train together before beginning pre-commission training at their respective service academies ([[Indian Military Academy]] (IMA), [[Indian Naval Academy]] (INA), and [[Air Force Academy, Dundigul|Air Force Academy]] (AFA) for army, navy, and air force cadets respectively). Established in 1954 and located in vicinity of [[Khadakwasla Dam]], near [[Pune]], it is the world's first tri-service academy.{{Sfn|Bahukhandi|2004|p=13}}<ref name="National Defence Academy: Steel in our spine">{{cite news|author1=Kaushik Deka|title=National Defence Academy: Steel in our spine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-defence-academy-army-navy-air-force-icons-of-modern-india/1/1022738.html|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=12 October 2017|date=10 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009232921/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/national-defence-academy-army-navy-air-force-icons-of-modern-india/1/1022738.html|archive-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>

NDA is not the only officer training academy in India. Besides NDA, which is tri-service academy, the Indian Army's IMA,<ref name="IMA Indian Army">{{cite web|title=IMA|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=M91m4K53Cfg9F97qjz+7UA==&ParentID=v3za+KgdybrMuFclJHq5gA==&flag=U/W3pB9ZYqB8MQ4qN9oGKA==|website=Indian Army|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> [[Officers Training Academy]] (OTA),<ref name="OTA Chennai">{{cite web|title=OTA Chennai|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=bRwDQVjYls9DUI5KI01XOQ==&ParentID=v7jIvgvUpBzKdQokePHSKQ==&flag=FlLe4hNP7b2wltqtlMiUtw==|website=Indian Army|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="OTA Gaya">{{cite web|title=OTA Gaya|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=PLkn/yTG9coFirJsAaizLA==&ParentID=r/vObuEdLtMsQxqgizdKeQ==&flag=YiHFH52msvn8pChLraJqsw==|website=Indian Army|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> [[Army Cadet College]] (ACC), the Indian Navy's INA,<ref name="Vision of Indian Naval Academy {{!}} INA">{{cite web|title=Vision of Indian Naval Academy {{!}} INA|url=http://ina.gov.in/?q=Vision|website=Indian Naval Academy|access-date=13 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923065517/http://ina.gov.in/?q=Vision|archive-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> and the Air Force's AFA are the other officer training academies of India. Besides cadets from NDA, these academies accept cadets separately from several streams.  Apart from these, the Indian Army has three establishments for technical stream which include [[College of Military Engineering, Pune|College of Military Engineering]] (CME),<ref name="CME">{{cite web|title=College of Military Engineering|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=Nlx3rLfIZ+nKs31b76ihEw==&ParentID=/7JIpbmMLmEYWnXLeaTC4A==&flag=iS+kW8wIQUfTT+3tRem4Iw==|website=Indian Army|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> [[Military College of Telecommunication Engineering]] (MCTE),<ref name="MCTE">{{cite web|title=MCTE|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp2PLarge4C.aspx?MnId=pdR2cYdr+g2iKEd79/0M4Q==&ParentID=vx5IGBrp8KyB57L4fvy7zg==&flag=ksqEU3FikV47XaGMeOkKtA==|website=Indian Army|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> and Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME).<ref name="MCEME, Secunderbad">{{cite web|title=MCEME, Secunderbad|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=deYb2rYcmjtdARinPUIvbQ==&ParentID=Pf+WylSU+/tYcferBHv2rQ==|website=Indian Army|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> Although cadets are imparted technical training at these three academies, they are commissioned through OTA, [[Gaya, India|Gaya]].<ref name="OTA Gaya Pass out">{{cite news|author1=Abdul Qadir|title=193 cadets graduate as army officers from Gaya OTA|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/193-cadets-graduate-as-army-officers-from-Gaya-OTA/articleshow/50152032.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117195715/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/193-cadets-graduate-as-army-officers-from-Gaya-OTA/articleshow/50152032.cms|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> Excluding all these establishments, which are meant for combat arms, the Indian Army has other commissioning academies for support services such as the Medical Corps,<ref name="Welcome to Armed Forces Medical College">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Armed Forces Medical College|url=http://www.afmc.nic.in/welcome.html|website=Armed Forces Medical College|access-date=15 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221213247/http://afmc.nic.in/welcome.html|archive-date=21 December 2022}}</ref> and the Judge Advocate General's Department for example.<ref name="Institute of Military Law">{{cite web|title=Institute of Military Law|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp2PLarge1C.aspx?MnId=oTecRXYCYk5x8D0+cM4Icg==&ParentID=lsltOCMPXXv1T6D9/6dsMA==|website=Indian Army|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

NDA alumni have led and participated in every major conflict in which the Indian Armed Forces have been called into action since the academy was founded.{{Sfn|Bahukhandi|2004|p=13}} Alumni include three [[Param Vir Chakra]] recipients and eleven [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|Ashoka Chakra]] recipients.<ref name="Param Vir Chakra NDA Off" /><ref name="Ashok Chakra">{{cite web|title=Ashok Chakra|url=http://www.nda.nic.in/Ashok-chakra.html|website=National Defence Academy|access-date=12 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713125630/http://www.nda.nic.in/Ashok-chakra.html|archive-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> The NDA has produced 32 service chiefs of staff, including the incumbent chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force.<ref name="Chiefs Of Staff www.nda.nic.in" />

|  [[PVSM]],{{efn|PVSM—Param Vishisht Seva Medal}} [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]{{efn|VSM—Vishisht Seva Medal}}|| 1|| 26th [[List of Governors of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]]<ref name="General SFR IA Off">{{cite web|title=General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=rlBsU25DlQtHnBvf6N3Yiw==&ParentID=6NJtbJJxu3F8qzbkjMHVSg==|website=Indian Army|access-date=26 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117141514/http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=rlBsU25DlQtHnBvf6N3Yiw==&ParentID=6NJtbJJxu3F8qzbkjMHVSg==|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Tripathi|2005|loc=General Sunith Francis Rodrigues}}

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]],{{efn|AVSM—Ati Vishisht Seva Medal}} [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]{{efn|ADC—Aide-de-camp}}|| 5|| <ref name="General Bipin Chandra Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC  - IA Off">{{cite web|title=General Bipin Chandra Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, ADC|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=vyOqrIVBDm2XEXSTd/ZLsA==&ParentID=cMIzpvRaHMuetueLSnqYZg==|website=Indian Army|access-date=26 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117141603/http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=vyOqrIVBDm2XEXSTd%2FZLsA%3D%3D&ParentID=cMIzpvRaHMuetueLSnqYZg%3D%3D|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Tripathi|2005|loc=General Bipin Chandra Joshi}}

| [[PVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 10|| Former [[Rajya Sabha]] member<ref name="General Shankar Roy Chowdhury, PVSM, ADC  - IA OFf">{{cite web|title=General Shankar Roy Chowdhury, PVSM, ADC|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=yA9ELrmBgp+ylIGN9XrQ2Q==&ParentID=2WLf3CJbftExQ2gqCex+Hw==|website=Indian Army|access-date=26 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117134005/http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=yA9ELrmBgp+ylIGN9XrQ2Q==&ParentID=2WLf3CJbftExQ2gqCex+Hw==|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="General Shankar Roy Chowdhury appointed as the new chief of army staff after the death of General B.C. Joshi">{{cite news|title=General Shankar Roy Chowdhury appointed as the new chief of army staff after the death of General B.C. Joshi|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shankar-roy-chowdhury-appointed-new-chief-of-army-staff/1/294689.html|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=31 May 2016|date=15 December 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807042204/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shankar-roy-chowdhury-appointed-new-chief-of-army-staff/1/294689.html|archive-date=7 August 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Tripathi|2005|loc=General Shankar Roy Chowdhury}}

|[[PVSM]], [[AVSM]]|| 14|| {{Sfn|Sharma|2007|p=85}}<ref name="Rediff On The NeT: New army chief takes over on Wednesday">{{cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: New army chief takes over on Wednesday|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/sep/30army.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=16 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117143358/http://www.rediff.com/news/sep/30army.htm|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] || 15|| <ref name="Padmanabhan takes over as Army chief today">{{cite news|title=Padmanabhan takes over as Army chief today|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000930/main5.htm|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=16 January 2017|date=29 September 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117152400/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000930/main5.htm|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[UYSM]],{{efn|UYSM—Uttam Yudh Seva Medal}} [[AVSM]]|| 21|| Former [[National Disaster Management Authority (India)|National Disaster Management Authority]] vice-chair; [[Vivekananda International Foundation]] director<ref name="Gen NC Vij- IA Off">{{cite web|title=General Nirmal Chander Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=00JNZWB+C9fHo0cFwSqBsA==&ParentID=Mpt0yIV/r6dtBz/nfdHcUA==|website=Indian Army|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="N C Vij appointed new army chief Rediff">{{cite web|title=N C Vij appointed new army chief|url=http://getahead.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/31army.htm|date=31 October 2002|work=Rediff.com|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180426/http://getahead.rediff.com/news/2002/oct/31army.htm|archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Navy chief to head COSC TOI NC Vij">{{cite news|title=Navy chief to head COSC|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Navy-chief-to-head-COSC/articleshow/32287398.cms?referral=PM|work=The Times of India|access-date=31 May 2016|date=24 December 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119145559/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Navy-chief-to-head-COSC/articleshow/32287398.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=19 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM - Director, VIF">{{cite web|title=General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM – Director, VIF|url=http://www.vifindia.org/author/general-n-c-vij|website=Vivekananda International Foundation|access-date=15 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116182627/http://www.vifindia.org/author/general-n-c-vij|archive-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 25|| 14th [[Governor of Arunachal Pradesh]]<ref name="Rodrigues sworn in Punjab Governor">{{cite news|title=Rodrigues sworn in Punjab Governor|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041117/punjab1.htm|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=16 January 2017|date=17 December 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117152406/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041117/punjab1.htm|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 30|| <ref name="General DK NEW CHIEF PIB">{{cite web|title=General Deepak Kapoor is New Army Chief|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=31552|website=[[Press Information Bureau]]|access-date=31 May 2016|date=30 September 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624153810/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=31552|archive-date=24 June 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]],{{efn|YSM—Yudh Seva Medal}} [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 36|| [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Union Minister of State for External Affairs]]; Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs; [[Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation|Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation]]; Former [[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region|Minister for Development of North Eastern Region]]; [[Member of Indian Parliament]] for [[Ghaziabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghaziabad]]<ref name="Former Army Chief Gen. V K Singh joins BJP along with other Officers IANS">{{cite web|title=Former Army Chief Gen. V K Singh joins BJP along with other Officers|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/former-army-chief-gen-v-k-singh-joins-bjp-along-with-other-officers/|date=1 March 2014|website=IANS|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002554/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/former-army-chief-gen-v-k-singh-joins-bjp-along-with-other-officers/|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="General V K Singh takes over as new Indian Army chief ">{{cite news|title=General V K Singh takes over as new Indian Army chief|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/General-V-K-Singh-takes-over-as-new-Indian-Army-chief/articleshow/5746561.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=16 January 2017|date=31 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115145414/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/General-V-K-Singh-takes-over-as-new-Indian-Army-chief/articleshow/5746561.cms|archive-date=15 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Gen VK Singh intervenes to resolve Indirapuram substation land issue">{{cite news|title=Gen VK Singh intervenes to resolve Indirapuram substation land issue|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/gen-vk-singh-intervenes-to-resolve-indirapuram-substation-land-issue/story-6GM6dlG51E0wJs8oL5WGYM.html|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=16 January 2017|date=25 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117200201/http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/gen-vk-singh-intervenes-to-resolve-indirapuram-substation-land-issue/story-6GM6dlG51E0wJs8oL5WGYM.html|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Gen V K Singh takes charge of Statistics Ministry">{{cite news|title=Gen V K Singh takes charge of Statistics Ministry|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gen-v-k-singh-takes-charge-of-statistics-ministry-114111001131_1.html|work=Business Standard India|access-date=16 January 2017|date=10 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117203706/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/gen-v-k-singh-takes-charge-of-statistics-ministry-114111001131_1.html|archive-date=17 January 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[UYSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Sena Medal|SM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]], [[Legion of Merit|LoM]]|| 40|| <ref name="General Bikram Singh Indian Army Official">{{cite web|title=General Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PTC2C.aspx?MnId=WWCcY+/cwLAmWZbpBsgIsw==&ParentID=vlE9PVyGznwjnmOdFk776Q==|website=Indian Army|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=General Bikram Singh awarded the US's 'Legion of Merit' |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/general-bikram-singh-awarded-the-uss-legion-of-merit/articleshow/27191930.cms |work=The Economic Times |agency=Press Trust of India |date=10 December 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[UYSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]], [[Legion of Merit|LoM]]|| 44|| <ref name="Ascent of a General: A Profile of India’s 26TH Army Chief ">{{cite web|title=Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag named India's new Army chief|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107770|website=Press Information Bureau|access-date=31 May 2016|date=31 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223220435/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=107770|archive-date=23 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sura |first1=Ajay |title=General Suhag awarded US 'Legion of Merit' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/general-suhag-awarded-us-legion-of-merit/articleshow/65459051.cms |work=The Times of India |date=19 August 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[VrC]],{{efn|VrC—Vir Chakra}} [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 1||2004 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Peace and International Understanding<ref name="Magsaysay award for Admiral Ramdas">{{cite news|title=Magsaysay award for Admiral Ramdas|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Magsaysay-award-for-Admiral-Ramdas/articleshow/800670.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2 February 2017|date=3 August 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119145351/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Magsaysay-award-for-Admiral-Ramdas/articleshow/800670.cms|archive-date=19 January 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[VrC]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 7||Former Vice Chairman of Outward Bound India;<ref name="Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat - Bharat Rakshak :: Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat – Bharat Rakshak: Indian Navy|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Personnel/Chiefs/143-VS-Shekhawat.html|website=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804173131/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Personnel/Chiefs/143-VS-Shekhawat.html|archive-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> [[Vivekananda International Foundation]] advisory board member<ref name="Admiral V S Shekhawat (Retd) (Member, VIF Advisory Board)">{{cite web|title=Admiral V S Shekhawat (Retd) (Member, VIF Advisory Board)|url=http://www.vifindia.org/author/admiral-v-s-shekhawat-retd|website=Vivekananda International Foundation|access-date=31 May 2016|date=22 October 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808042525/http://www.vifindia.org/author/admiral-v-s-shekhawat-retd|archive-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[UYSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Nausena Medal|NM]],{{efn|NM—Nao Sena Medal}} [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 16||<ref name="Naval chief sacked">{{cite web|title=Naval chief sacked|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naval-chief-admiral-vishnu-bhagwat-sacked-for-defiance-of-civilian-authority/1/252841.html|website=[[Indiatimes]]|access-date=23 December 2017|date=11 January 1999|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820132159/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naval-chief-admiral-vishnu-bhagwat-sacked-for-defiance-of-civilian-authority/1/252841.html|archive-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[VrC]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 26|| <ref name="Prakash was named Navy chief days before UPA-I took charge">{{cite news|title=Prakash was named Navy chief days before UPA-I took charge|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/prakash-was-named-navy-chief-days-before-upa-i-took-charge/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=3 February 2017|date=3 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004940/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/prakash-was-named-navy-chief-days-before-upa-i-took-charge/|archive-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] || 29|| Former High Commissioner to New Zealand<ref name="Vice-Admiral Sureesh Mehta appointed navy chief">{{cite web|title=Vice-Admiral Sureesh Mehta appointed navy chief|date=1 September 2006|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/01navy.htm|work=Rediff.com|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804150555/http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/01navy.htm|archive-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="Admiral Sureesh Mehta is new envoy to New Zealand ">{{cite web|title=Admiral Sureesh Mehta is new envoy to New Zealand|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Admiral-Sureesh-Mehta-is-new-envoy-to-New-Zealand/articleshow/5142993.cms?referral=PM|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=31 May 2016|date=21 October 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303140303/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Admiral-Sureesh-Mehta-is-new-envoy-to-New-Zealand/articleshow/5142993.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]]|| 35||24th High Commissioner to Canada<ref name="Govt names Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma as the next Navy chief - Indian Express">{{cite web|title=Govt names Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma as the next Navy chief – Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-names-vice-admiral-nirmal-verma-as-the/472441/|website=Indian Express|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221041627/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-names-vice-admiral-nirmal-verma-as-the/472441/|archive-date=21 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="High Commissioners of India in Canada">{{cite web

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 45||<ref name="Robin Dhowan takes over as Navy chief">{{cite web|title=Robin Dhowan takes over as Navy chief|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Robin-Dhowan-takes-over-as-Navy-chief/articleshow/33850269.cms?|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=31 May 2016|date=17 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122065349/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Robin-Dhowan-takes-over-as-Navy-chief/articleshow/33850269.cms|archive-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]||51 ||<ref name="Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC assumes command of Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC assumes command of Indian Navy|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145806|website=pib.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=31 May 2016|date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624155439/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145806|archive-date=24 June 2022}}</ref>

|former [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|CNS]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Philip |first1=Snehesh Alex |title=Vice Admiral Karambir Singh is new Navy chief, supersedes Vice Admiral Bimal Verma |url=https://theprint.in/defence/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-is-new-navy-chief-supersedes-vice-admiral-bimal-verma/210645/ |work=The Print |date=23 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vice Admiral Karambir Singh to Take Over as Next Chief of the Naval Staff |url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vice-admiral-karambir-singh-take-over-next-chief-naval-staff |website=www.indiannavy.nic.in |publisher=Indian Navy |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1134317352026161153|title=Admiral Karambir Singh PVSM AVSM ADC assumes charge as the 24th Chief of the Naval Staff @PMOIndia @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD @PIB_India @DG_PIB @airnewsalerts @rashtrapatibhvnpic.twitter.com/KacUA2xKnd|last=SpokespersonNavy|date=2019-05-30|website=@indiannavy|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal|VM]],{{efn|VM—Vayusena Medal}} [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 1|| <ref name="Nirmal Chandra Suri Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force">{{cite web|title=Nirmal Chandra Suri|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/265-NC-Suri.html|website=Bharat Rakshak: Indian Air Force|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804173822/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/265-NC-Suri.html|archive-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[Maha Vir Chakra|MVC]],{{efn|MVC—Maha Vir Chakra}} [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 5||[[Maha Vir Chakra]] recipient<ref name="Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM MVC ADC">{{cite web|title=Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM MVC ADC|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_exchief.php?pg_id=19&ch=9|website=Indian Air Force|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211659/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_exchief.php?pg_id=19&ch=9|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 12|| <ref name="Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen">{{cite web|title=Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_exchief.php?pg_id=19&ch=8|website=Indian Air Force|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629145352/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_exchief.php?pg_id=19&ch=8|archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 15|| <ref name="Outgoing Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis make different farewell speech">{{cite web|title=Outgoing Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis make different farewell speech|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/outgoing-air-chief-marshal-tipnis-make-different-farewell-speech/1/220713.html|website=India Today|access-date=31 May 2016|date=14 January 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807034902/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/outgoing-air-chief-marshal-tipnis-make-different-farewell-speech/1/220713.html|archive-date=7 August 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 33|| <ref name="P V Naik takes over as IAF chief">{{cite web|title=P V Naik takes over as IAF chief|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/p-v-naik-takes-over-as-iaf-chief-395234|website=NDTV|access-date=31 May 2016|date=1 June 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701055909/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/p-v-naik-takes-over-as-iaf-chief-395234|archive-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>

|  [[PVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal|VM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]|| 39||  Ambassador to Norway<ref name="NAK Browne takes over as the new chief of the Indian Air Force">{{cite web|title=NAK Browne takes over as the new chief of the Indian Air Force|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nak-browne-takes-over-as-the-new-chief-of-the-indian-air-force-463452|website=NDTV|access-date=31 May 2016|date=1 August 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701062752/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nak-browne-takes-over-as-the-new-chief-of-the-indian-air-force-463452|archive-date=1 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Former IAF chief appointed India’s ambassador to Norway">{{Cite news|title=Former IAF chief appointed India's ambassador to Norway|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-iaf-chief-appointed-indias-ambassador-to-norway/article5960076.ece|journal=The Hindu|access-date=31 May 2016|language=en-IN|date=29 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709033505/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-iaf-chief-appointed-indias-ambassador-to-norway/article5960076.ece|archive-date=9 July 2022}}</ref>

| [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vayusena Medal|VM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] || 44||<ref name="Arup Raha takes over as chief of IAF ">{{Cite news|title=Arup Raha takes over as chief of IAF|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arup-raha-takes-over-as-iaf-chief/article5522301.ece|journal=The Hindu|access-date=31 May 2016|language=en-IN|date=31 December 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419030629/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arup-raha-takes-over-as-iaf-chief/article5522301.ece|archive-date=19 April 2014|last1=Bhatnagar|first1=Gaurav Vivek}}</ref><ref name="Chiefs Of Staff www.nda.nic.in">{{cite web|title=Chiefs Of Staff|url=http://www.nda.nic.in/chief-of-staff.html|website=NDA|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515185440/http://www.nda.nic.in/chief-of-staff.html|archive-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>

|[[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Vayusena Medal|VM]], [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]]||52||<ref name="Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa to be the next IAF chief">{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa to be the next IAF chief|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155647|website=Press Information Bureau|publisher=Government of India|access-date=15 January 2017|date=19 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116172024/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155647|archive-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>

Three officers from NDA have posthumously received the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime gallantry award. All three were from the [[Indian Army|Army]].<ref name="Param Vir Chakra NDA Off">{{cite web|title=Param Vir Chakra|url=http://www.nda.nic.in/Paramvirchakra.html|website=National Defence Academy|access-date=15 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531092112/http://www.nda.nic.in/Paramvirchakra.html|archive-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>

! class="unsortable" scope=col | Year<ref name="The Param Vir Chakra Winners (PVC)">{{cite web|title=The Param Vir Chakra Winners (PVC)|url=http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmPhotoGalleryWithMenuWithTitle.aspx?MnId=NCvnix4zLfQhf90l3OuEBw%3d%3d&ParentID=1tHir3NYQjroCJ9AgypEwg%3d%3d|website=Indian Army|access-date=31 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112084716/http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmPhotoGalleryWithMenuWithTitle.aspx?MnId=NCvnix4zLfQhf90l3OuEBw%3d%3d&ParentID=1tHir3NYQjroCJ9AgypEwg%3d%3d|archive-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>

| 90|| [[1 Gorkha Rifles|1/11 Gorkha Rifles]]||1999<ref name="'He died the most glorious death'">{{cite news|title=He died the most glorious death|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/He-died-the-most-glorious-death/articleshow/709608.cms|access-date=31 May 2016|work=The Times of India|date=31 May 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210005844/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/He-died-the-most-glorious-death/articleshow/709608.cms|archive-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>

! class="unsortable" scope=col | Year<ref name="Mahavir Chakra - NDA">{{cite web|title=Mahavir Chakra|url=https://www.nda.nic.in/Mahavir-chakra.html|website=National Defence Academy|access-date=23 December 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714095958/https://www.nda.nic.in/Mahavir-chakra.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>

| 5|| [[Indian Air Force]]|| 1971{{Sfn|Chakravorty|1995|p=219}}<ref name="Swaroop Krishna Kaul">{{cite web|title=Swaroop Krishna Kaul|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/chiefs/266-Kaul.html|website=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=14 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808231135/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/chiefs/266-Kaul.html|archive-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

| 28|| [[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Infantry Regiments (32)|Infantry]]||1971<ref name="India-Pak 1971 War- Awardees (Awards List)">{{cite web|title=India-Pak 1971 War- Awardees (Awards List)|url=http://www.dsalert.org/gallantry-awards/india-pak-1971-fight|website=Defence and Security Alert|access-date=5 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521010449/http://www.dsalert.org/gallantry-awards/india-pak-1971-fight|archive-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>

| 80||[[Rajputana Rifles|2 Rajputana]] ||1999{{efn|name=posth}}<ref name="Kargil war: From the ashes of the dead rise the tales of Indias heroes">{{cite news|title=Kargil war: From the ashes of the dead rise the tales of Indias heroes|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kargil-war-from-the-ashes-of-the-dead-rise-the-tales-of-indias-heroes/1/254363.html|access-date=14 June 2016|work=India Today|date=28 June 1999|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813094749/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kargil-war-from-the-ashes-of-the-dead-rise-the-tales-of-indias-heroes/1/254363.html|archive-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>

One hundred sixty NDA alumni have been awarded the Vir Chakra, India's third-highest wartime award. Of these, 96 are from the Army, 13 from the Navy and 51 from the Air Force. Notable recipients include [[Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas]], [[Admiral Vijai Singh Shekhawat]], [[Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman]] and [[Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat]].<ref name="Vir Chakra NDA Official">{{cite web|title=Vir Chakra|url=http://www.nda.nic.in/Vir-chakra.html|website=National Defence Academy|access-date=14 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414102727/http://www.nda.nic.in/Vir-chakra.html|archive-date=14 April 2022}}</ref> & Lt Gen [[Yogesh Kumar Joshi]].

| 35|| [[Indian Air Force]]|| 1985; Only non-army and IAF NDA recipient|Only Indian national to go into space; [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]<ref name="Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, turns 67: Some unknown facts and video you should not miss : Listicles: Microfacts">{{cite web|title=Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, turns 67: Some unknown facts and video you should not miss: Listicles: Microfacts|date=3 April 2014|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/rakesh-sharma/1/569210.html|website=India Today|access-date=4 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604020051/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/rakesh-sharma/1/569210.html|archive-date=4 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="A ">{{cite web|author1=Alessandro Belli|title=A career as a cosmonaut "is not a joy ride" – Rakesh Sharma|url=http://in.rbth.com/economics/2014/04/19/a_career_as_a_cosmonaut_is_not_a_joy_ride_rakesh_sharma_34643|website=Russia & India Report|access-date=4 June 2016|language=en-IN|date=19 April 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Murkot|1997|p=105}}

| 72||[[Para (Special Forces)|9 Para (SF)]]|| 2000;{{efn|name=posth}} [[Sena Medal]] recipient<ref name="Heroes Para Reg Off" /><ref name="The Story Of Major Sudhir Walia's Sacrifice Is One Of Unparalleled, Selfless Courage">{{cite web|author1=Abhishek Saxena|title=The Story Of Major Sudhir Walia's Sacrifice Is One Of Unparalleled, Selfless Courage|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/the-story-of-major-sudhir-walia-s-sacrifice-is-one-of-unparalleled-selfless-courage-260837.html|website=Indiatimes|access-date=16 December 2016|date=30 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220214430/http://www.indiatimes.com/culture/who-we-are/the-story-of-major-sudhir-walia-s-sacrifice-is-one-of-unparalleled-selfless-courage-260837.html|archive-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

| 73|| [[Para (Special Forces)|9 Para (SF)]]||1996;{{efn|name=posth}} [[Sena Medal]] recipient<ref name="Heroes Para Reg Off">{{cite web|title=Heroes Para Reg|url=http://www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in/heroes.htm|website=India Parachute Regiment|access-date=4 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608081808/http://www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in/heroes.htm|archive-date=8 June 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Dalvi|2010|p=xxviii}}

| 87|| [[1 Gorkha Rifles|1/11 Gorkha Rifles]]|| 1997{{efn|name=posth}}<ref name="Lt. Puneet Nath Datt">{{cite web|title=Lt. Puneet Nath Datt|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Lt-Puneet-Nath-Datt/articleshow/15045654.cms?|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=4 June 2016|date=19 July 2022}}</ref>

| 95|| [[Rashtriya Rifles]]|| 2008;{{efn|name=posth}} [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|COAS]] commendation<ref name="Residents pay tributes to Army officer RR">{{cite news|title=Residents pay tributes to Army officer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/residents-pay-tributes-to-army-officer/article1960410.ece|access-date=4 June 2016|work=The Hindu|date=3 December 2007|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Ashoka Chakra for Major Dinesh Raghu Raman">{{cite news|title=Ashoka Chakra for Major Dinesh Raghu Raman|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/01/25/ashoka-chakra-major-dinesh-raghu-raman-1201263300.html|access-date=4 June 2016|publisher=One India|date=25 January 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803085755/http://www.oneindia.com/2008/01/25/ashoka-chakra-major-dinesh-raghu-raman-1201263300.html|archive-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>

| 94|| [[Bihar Regiment|7 Bihar]]<br />[[51 Special Action Group|51 SAG (NSG)]]|| 2009,{{efn|name=posth}} [[2008 Mumbai attacks|Operation Black Tornado]]<ref name="11 security personnel to get Ashok Chakra">{{cite news|title=11 security personnel to get Ashok Chakra|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/ashok-chakra-307070.html|access-date=4 June 2016|work=News18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701181717/http://www.news18.com/news/india/ashok-chakra-307070.html|archive-date=1 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="'Do not come up, I'll handle them,' Major's last words - Indian Express">{{cite web|title='Do not come up, I'll handle them,' Major's last words – Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/do-not-come-up-ill-handle-them-majors-last-words/392218/|website=Indian Express Archive|access-date=4 June 2016|date=29 November 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520013604/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/do-not-come-up-ill-handle-them-majors-last-words/392218|archive-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Levy|2015|p=clxxxviii}}{{Sfn|Rath|2015|pp=155–157}}

Forty NDA alumni have received the [[Kirti Chakra]], India's second-highest peacetime gallantry award. Of these, seven are from the Air Force and the remainder from the Army.<ref name="Kirti Chakra NDA Off">{{cite web|title=Kirti Chakra|url=http://www.nda.nic.in/Kirti-chakra.html|website=National Defence Academy|access-date=17 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314092605/http://www.nda.nic.in/Kirti-chakra.html|archive-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> Notable recipients include [[Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair]], who is also an Ashok Chakra recipient<ref name="Souvenir on war hero released CNJN" /> [[Lieutenant colonel]] [[Nectar Sanjenbam]] who is also a [[Shaurya Chakra]] recipient.[http://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/nectar-sanjenbam-sc]

A total of 135 NDA alumni have received the [[Shaurya Chakra]], India's third-highest peacetime gallantry award. Eighty-nine are from the Army, 18 from the Navy and 28 from the Air Force.<ref name="Shaurya Chakra">{{cite web|title=Shaurya Chakra|url=http://www.nda.nic.in/Shaurya-chakra.html|website=National Defence Academy|access-date=17 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614212236/http://www.nda.nic.in/Shaurya-chakra.html|archive-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> Notable recipients include [[Rajiv Kumar Joon|Major Rajiv Kumar Joon]], who is also an Ashok Chakra recipient.<ref name="Gaddi Kheri, near Chandigarh, bows head in shame for the brutal rape and murder">{{cite news|title=Gaddi Kheri, near Chandigarh, bows head in shame for the brutal rape and murder|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Gaddi-Kheri-near-Chandigarh-bows-head-in-shame-for-the-brutal-rape-and-murder/articleshow/46223861.cms|access-date=21 June 2016|work=The Times of India|date=13 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083451/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Gaddi-Kheri-near-Chandigarh-bows-head-in-shame-for-the-brutal-rape-and-murder/articleshow/46223861.cms|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>

||[[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]||25||Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA; [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient; 2011 [[IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal]]; 2014 [[Marconi Prize]]; Developed [[MIMO]] wireless technology widely used in 4G and WiFi devices<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marconisociety.org/fellows/arogyaswami-paulraj/|title=Arogyaswami Paulraj – Marconi Society|website=marconisociety.org|language=en-US|access-date=22 February 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051223/http://marconisociety.org/fellows/arogyaswami-paulraj/|archive-date=23 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Arogyaswami Paulraj -Stanford">{{cite web|title=Arogyaswami Paulraj|url=https://web.stanford.edu/~apaulraj/|website=Stanford Education|access-date=6 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226172409/https://web.stanford.edu/~apaulraj/|archive-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>

| [[AVSM]]||77 || Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting; [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Jaipur Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]; [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]] Award recipient; [[Padma Shri]] recipient; [[Arjuna Award]] recipient; Silver medal in [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap|men's double trap]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]; 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the [[Commonwealth Games]];{{efn|Two gold medals: one in [[Shooting at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|double trap individual]] and [[Shooting at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|double trap pairs]] at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]]. One gold and one silver medal in [[Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|double trap individual]] and [[Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|double trap pairs]], respectively, at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]].}} 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the [[Asian Games]]{{efn|One silver and one bronze medal in [[Shooting at the 2006 Asian Games|double trap teams]] and [[Shooting at the 2006 Asian Games|double trap]], respectively, at the [[2006 Asian Games]].}}<ref name="Official Website of Rajyavardhan">{{cite web|title=Official Website of Rajyavardhan|url=http://rajyavardhanrathore.in/index.php|website=Rajyavardan Rathore Official|access-date=17 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616123710/http://rajyavardhanrathore.in/index.php|archive-date=16 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history">{{cite web|title=Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/colonel-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore.html|website=Elections India|access-date=17 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617042136/http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/colonel-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore.html|archive-date=17 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="President gives away Arjuna Awards and Dronacharya Awards">{{cite news|title=President gives away Arjuna Awards and Dronacharya Awards|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=11669|access-date=17 June 2016|work=Press Information Bureau|publisher=Government of India|date=29 August 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426061643/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=11669|archive-date=26 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Indian rifle shooter">{{cite web|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rajyavardhan-Singh-Rathore|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=17 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011222357/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rajyavardhan-Singh-Rathore|archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="Athens 2004: Trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore wins first silver medal for India">{{cite news|title=Athens 2004: Trap shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore wins first silver medal for India|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/athens-2004-trap-shooter-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-wins-first-silver-medal-for-india/1/195403.html|access-date=17 June 2016|work=India Today|date=30 August 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814042327/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/athens-2004-trap-shooter-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-wins-first-silver-medal-for-india/1/195403.html|archive-date=14 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="President appoints Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State">{{cite news|title=President appoints Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and Ministers of State|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105162|access-date=17 June 2016|work=Press Information Bureau|publisher=Government of India|date=26 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806133206/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105162|archive-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Boria|2012|p=lxxxii}}

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