Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya


The Karyakshama Seva Vibhushanaya 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". Established on 7 January 1986, it does not confer any individual precedence.
The KSV replaced the British Efficiency Decoration in 1972, and is roughly equivalent to the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal.

Award process

All commissioned officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force who, by or after 22 May 1972, have completed 18 years of excellent service are eligible for the award.
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:
Brig. C.N. PanabokkeBrig. A.E.R. AbeysingheBrig. P.N.K. Dias
Col. S.B.G. De SilvaCol. N.P.D. PelpolaCol. R.M. Peris
Col. G.L. PremachandraLt. Col. A.P.D. EdirisuriyaLt. Col. L.D.S. Kariyawasam
Lt. Col. S.V. PanabokkeLt. Col. A.M.B. AmunugamaLt. Col. P.V. Pathirana
Lt. Col. S.D. LankadevaLt. Col. A. WeerakoonLt. Col. K. Amarasinghe
Lt. Col. S. WeragamaLt. Col. S.A. KulathungaLt. Col. C.P. Algama
Lt. Col. R.M.D. RatnayakeLt. Col. K.R.U. GunawardanaLt. Col. L.R. Attanayake
Lt. Col. D.G. AmaratungaLt. Col. D.M. AmarakoonLt. Col. G.K. Wickramasinghe
Bvt. Lt. Col. D.N. AlawathugodaMaj. C. GnaseswaranMaj. M. Suriyarachchi
Maj. D.S.N. GancgodaCapt. T.C.M. AbeysekaraCapt. R.M.B. Ratnamalala
Lt. W.A.C. DiasLt. H.P. JayasenaLt. R.M.S. Hemapala