NEW DELHI: Prasanth Nair, ‘Garud’ commando wing commander will be awarded with the air force medal on January 26th for saving a woman and a baby in Thrissur during the time of floods. He had saved more than hundred people via airlifting. Nao Sena medal will be awarded to Commander Vijay Varma for saving two pregnant women. The nao sena medal will also be awarded to Pramendra Kumar, Anoop Kumar and sailor Abhilash Tomy who had stranded during his sail during golden globe race.

Raghunath Nambiar, chief of eastern command of airforce will also be awarded with Param Visisht Seva medal. He is a native of Kadachira in Kannur. He had conducted the trial run of rafale jet in France. He was also the pilot who had landed the first flight at the runway of Kannur international airport. Five Keralites will be awarded with Jeevan Raksha medals. Kumari P V Vismaya will be awarded with Utham Jeevan Raksha Pathak, M Radhakrishnan, K K Abhinav, P R Vaishnav and P S Sreejith will also be awarded with Jeevan Raksha Pathak.

The medals will be awarded by president Ram Nath Kovind during republic day celebrations.