Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command Air Marshal SP Dharkar, AVSM was on Tuesday conferred with the “Param Vishisht Seva Medal” (PVSM) by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu in the Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He has been awarded with the for his distinguished service of the most exceptional order. SP Dharkar has an experience of fighter pilot with over 3600 hours of flying. He is an alumnus of the Rashtriya Indian Military College Dehradun, National Defence Academy Pune, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Air War College, USA. He has the distinction of being the first Director General of Defence Space Agency.