President Kovind gives National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 to SV Sarasvati

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award in a virtual ceremony on Brig Saraswati for her contribution as a nurse administrator.

Brigadier SV Sarasvati, the Deputy Director-General of Military Nursing Service has been honored with the National Florence Nightingale Award 2020. The National Florence Nightingale Award, the highest national distinction a nurse can achieve, has been conferred upon Brig SV Saraswati, deputy director-General of Military Nursing Service (MNS) for 2020. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the award in a virtual ceremony on Brig Saraswati for her contribution as a nurse administrator.

Brigadier SV Sarasvati, in recognition of her meritorious and distinguished service in the nursing profession to the soldiers and their families, has also been awarded-

1. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Commendation (2005)

2. United Nations Medal (MONOC) (2007)

3. Chief of the Army Staff Commendation (2015)