Devender Paul Vats is an Indian politician and a retired Lt. General of the

Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...

and former chief of the Haryana Public Service Commission. He is a noted ophthalmologist and was Advisor General & CEO at

Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha The Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha (MAMC) is a medical college in Agroha affiliated to Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak and recognized by Medical Council of India. It is named after a legendary Indian king of ...

Hisar (city) Hisar is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarters of Hisar district of Hisar division in the state of Haryana in northwestern India. It is located 161.2 km (100.16 mi) to the west of New Delhi, India's capital, ...

. He completed his education from the

Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences or PGIMS Rohtak is a government medical institution in the city of Rohtak, Haryana, India. The institute offers various under graduate and post graduate courses in major sp ...

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, before joining the Army Medical Corps in 1975. He completed his medical training from

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, also known as AIIMS Delhi, is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Min ...

. He has been awarded the

Vishisht Seva Medal The Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) is a decoration of the Indian Armed Forces. It is awarded to recognize "distinguished service of a high order" to all ranks of the Indian Armed Forces. From 1980, the Yudh Seva Medal was introduced to recognize excep ...

in 1999,

Sena Medal The Sena Medal is awarded to members of the Indian army, of all ranks, "for such individual acts of exceptional devotion to duty or courage as have special significance for the Army." Awards may be made posthumously and a bar is authorized for s ...

in 2003 and

Param Vishist Seva Medal Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) (IAST: ) is a military award of India. It was constituted in 1960 and since then it is awarded in recognition to peace-time service of the most exceptional order and may be awarded posthumously. All ranks of the ...

in 2011. He was serving as director and commandant in armed forces medical college Pune and retired on 30 April 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vats, D. P. 1950 births Indian Army officers People from Hisar (city) Living people Rajya Sabha members from Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana