AVSM award to DS Hooda
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 20 2011:
Major General DS Hooda, GOC Red Shield Division has been conferred the Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM) award for the year by the President of India, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil on April 18 .
The award is conferred to those who have displayed exemplary sincerity, dedication and devotion to duty in the Army, Navy and Air Force, and Gen DS Hooda was among the recipients of the award for the current year.
Gen Shakti Gurung, AVSM, VSM, predecessor of General Hooda was also conferred the same award.
In an impressive function held in the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, the Generals were awarded for their contribution toward peace and development in the states of Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and South Assam, a statement of the PIB (DW), Imphal said.