"A General Thimayya is not born in every generation. The likes of him there will seldom be." - Lieutenant General Premindra Singh Bhagat, VC (Retd.).
General Thimayya finds mention in JFR Jacob’s book “An Odyssey of War and Peace”, as the most distinguished combat officer the Indian Army has produced.
To honor the memory of the General, each year we award the General K.S. Thimayya Medal to Cottonians who symbolise his values by demonstrating exemplary public service
| Edition | Year | Medalist (Instituted in 2011) |
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| KST 7 | 2011 | Rear Admiral S.M. Vadgaokar, NM (Retd.) and Rear Admiral P.K. Nair (Retd.) |
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| KST 8 | 2012 | Ambassador Peter Sinai & Ambassador Akbar Khaleeli |
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| KST 9 | 2013 | H.M. Spratt, IPS |
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| KST 10 | 2014 | Lt. Gen. V.K. Kapoor, PVSM |
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| KST 11 | 2015 | Manohar Chatlani |
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| KST 12 | 2016 | Nihar Ameen |
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| KST 13 | 2017 | Shahu Chhatrapati of Kolhapur |
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| KST 14 | 2018 | Rear Admiral Keki Pestonji, AVSM, NM (Retd.) |
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| KST 15 | 2019 | Lt. Gen. Jameel Mahmood, UYSM (presented posthumously) |
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| KST 16 | 2020 | Tanveer Ahmed, Arham Faheem and Mohamed Faraz |
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| KST 17 | 2021 | Cmde Kartik Subramaniam, NM |
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| KST 18 | 2022 | Air Vice Marshal Divakar Paul Upot, VSM (Retd.) |
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| KST 19 | 2023 | Robert Khin |
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