Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya

Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	18 years of service with an exceptional record
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	Commissioned officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force
Post-nominals	KSV
Clasps	None
Status	Currently awarded
Established	1972
First awarded	1990
	Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)	Riviresa Campaign Services Medal
Equivalent	Prashansaniya Seva Vibhushanaya (Sri Lanka Navy)
Next (lower)	Karyakshama Seva Padakkama

The Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya (KSV, Efficient Service Decoration) (Sinhala: කාර්යක්ෂම සේවා විභූෂණය kāryakṣama sēvā vibhūṣaṇaya) is a service medal awarded by the Military of Sri Lanka to commissioned officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, in recognition of "...long, meritorious, loyal and valuable service of proven capacity".^{[citation needed]} Established on 7 January 1986, it does not confer any individual precedence.

The KSV replaced the British Efficiency Decoration in 1972 (awarded to volunteer officers of the Ceylon Army), and is roughly equivalent to the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal.^{[citation needed]}

Award process

All commissioned officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (including those attached to the National Cadet Corps) who, by or after 22 May 1972, have completed 18 years of excellent service are eligible for the award.^{[citation needed]}

Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "KSV".

The first recipients of this decoration, set out in The Sri Lanka Gazette of 12 October 1990, were^{[citation needed]}:

Brig. C.N. Panabokke	Brig. A.E.R. Abeysinghe	Brig. P.N.K. Dias
Col. S.B.G. De Silva	Col. N.P.D. Pelpola	Col. R.M. Peris
Col. G.L. Premachandra	Lt. Col. A.P.D. Edirisuriya	Lt. Col. L.D.S. Kariyawasam
Lt. Col. S.V. Panabokke	Lt. Col. A.M.B. Amunugama	Lt. Col. P.V. Pathirana
Lt. Col. S.D. Lankadeva	Lt. Col. A. Weerakoon	Lt. Col. K. Amarasinghe
Lt. Col. S. Weragama	Lt. Col. S.A. Kulathunga	Lt. Col. C.P. Algama
Lt. Col. R.M.D. Ratnayake	Lt. Col. K.R.U. Gunawardana	Lt. Col. L.R. Attanayake
Lt. Col. D.G. Amaratunga	Lt. Col. D.M. Amarakoon	Lt. Col. G.K. Wickramasinghe
Bvt. Lt. Col. D.N. Alawathugoda	Maj. C. Gnaseswaran	Maj. M. Suriyarachchi
Maj. D.S.N. Gancgoda	Capt. T.C.M. Abeysekara	Capt. (QM) R.M.B. Ratnamalala
Lt. W.A.C. Dias	Lt. (QM) H.P. Jayasena	Lt. (QM) R.M.S. Hemapala

References

Army, Sri Lanka. (1st Edition - October 1999). "50 Years On" - 1949-1999, Sri Lanka Army. ISBN 955-8089-02-8

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