General Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Defence Staff, conferred CDS Unit Citations award to the Strategic Forces Command, College of Defence Management, Secunderabad & 2 PARA (Special Forces) for their exemplary performance for the Year 2021-22 in a ceremony held in New Delhi on May 11, 2023.

* The CDS unit citations award was constituted after the establishment of the Office of Chief of the Defence Staff in 2019  to boost jointness and integration in the Armed Forces.

* It was decided to award the  selected tri-service units/establishments which function directly under the Chiefs-of-Staff Committee bineally, as an incentive to excel as joint & integrated entities  

* CDS conveyed his appreciation to the three recipients of the citations and urged them to function as torchbearers for other integrated tri-service units and establishments..

Source : AIR