National Sports Awards 2020:
- The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honor of the country is given for spectacular and outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years. There were five winners of the award this year, cricketer Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, table tennis player Manika Batra, hockey player Rani Rampal, and Para-athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu.
- The Arjuna Award is given for consistent performances over a period of four years, amongst the winners this year were shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker, wrestler Divya Kakran, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, and badminton stars Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. This year athletes in Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Equestrian, and winter sports were also awarded the Arjuna Award.
- The Dronacharya award is given to the coaches who have been instrumental in producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events.
- The Dhyan Chand Award is for lifetime contribution to sports development and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to the corporate entities (private and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.
Important Information:
- Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA Trophy). In addition to these sports awards, the spirit of adventure among the people of the country is recognized by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.
- On the occasion of National Sports Day, Shri Kiren Rijiju announced an enhancement in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards. The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 25 lakh from the previous amount of Rs 7.5 lakh, Arjuna Award has been enhanced to Rs 15 lakh from Rs 5 lakh, the Dhronacharya(Lifetime) awardees, who were earlier given Rs 5 lakh will now be given Rs 15 lakh as cash prize, while Dhronacharya (Regular) will be given Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh per awardee. Dhyanchand Awardees will be given Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh.“The prize money for the Sports Awards was last reviewed in 2008. These amounts should be reviewed once every 10 years at least.
- In addition to these Sports Awards, the Ministry also recognizes the spirit of adventure among the people of the country by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
1. | Shri Rohit Sharma | Cricket |
2. | Shri Mariyappan T. | Para Athletics |
3. | Ms. Manika Batra | Table Tennis |
4. | Ms. Vinesh | Wrestling |
5. | Ms. Rani | Hockey |
DRONACHARYA AWARD
A. Life-Time Category
S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
1. | Shri Dharmendra Tiwary | Archery |
2. | Shri Purushotham Rai | Athletics |
3. | Shri Shiv Singh | Boxing |
4. | Shri Romesh Pathania | Hockey |
5. | Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda | Kabaddi |
6. | Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar | Para Powerlifting |
7. | Shri Naresh Kumar | Tennis |
8. | Shri Om Parkash Dahiya | Wrestling |
B.Regular Category
S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
1. | Shri Jude Felix Sebastian | Hockey |
2. | Shri Yogesh Malviya | Mallakhamb |
3. | Shri Jaspal Rana | Shooting |
4. | Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo | Wushu |
5. | Shri Gaurav Khanna | Para Badminton |
ARJUNA AWARD
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson (Shri) | Discipline |
1. | Shri Atanu Das | Archery |
2. | Ms. Dutee Chand | Athletics |
3. | Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy | Badminton |
4. | Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty | Badminton |
5. | Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi | Basketball |
6. | Subedar Manish Kaushik | Boxing |
7. | Ms. Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing |
8. | Shri Ishant Sharma | Cricket |
9. | Ms. Deepti Sharma | Cricket |
10. | Shri Sawant Ajay Anant | Equestrian |
11. | Shri Sandesh Jhingan | Football |
12. | Ms. Aditi Ashok | Golf |
13. | Shri Akashdeep Singh | Hockey |
14. | Ms. Deepika | Hockey |
15. | Shri Deepak | Kabaddi |
16. | Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar | Kho Kho |
17. | Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal | Rowing |
18. | Ms. Manu Bhaker | Shooting |
19. | Shri Saurabh Chaudhary | Shooting |
20. | Ms. Madhurika Suhas Patkar | Table Tennis |
21. | Shri Divij Sharan | Tennis |
22. | Shri Shiva Keshavan | Winter Sports |
23. | Ms. Divya Kakran | Wrestling |
24. | Shri Rahul Aware | Wrestling |
25. | Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav | Para -Swimming |
26. | Shri Sandeep | Para Athletics |
27. | Shri Manish Narwal | Para Shooting |
DHYAN CHAND AWARD
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
1. | Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar | Athletics |
2. | Ms. Jincy Philips | Athletics |
3. | Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe | Badminton |
4. | Ms. Trupti Murgunde | Badminton |
5. | Ms. N. Usha | Boxing |
6. | Shri Lakha Singh | Boxing |
7. | Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu | Football |
8. | Shri Ajit Singh | Hockey |
9. | Shri Manpreet Singh | Kabaddi |
10. | Shri J. Ranjith Kumar | Para Athletics |
11. | Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari | Para-Badminton |
12. | Shri Manjeet Singh | Rowing |
13. | Late Shri Sachin Nag | Swimming |
14. | Shri Nandan P Bal | Tennis |
15. | Shri Netarpal Hooda | Wrestling |
TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Category |
1. | Ms. Anita Devi | Land Adventure |
2. | Col. Sarfraz Singh | Land Adventure |
3. | Shri Taka Tamut | Land Adventure |
4. | Shri Narender Singh | Land Adventure |
5. | Shri Keval Hiren Kakka | Land Adventure |
6. | Shri Satendra Singh | Water Adventure |
7. | Shri Gajanand Yadava | Air Adventure |
8. | Late Shri Magan Bissa | Life Time Achievement |
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY
1. | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR
S. No. | Category | Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020 |
1. | Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent |
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2. | Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd. |
3. | Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures | Air Force Sports Control Board |
4. | Sports for Development
| International Institute of Sports Management (IISM) |
Serial No. | Book Name | Author Name |
1. | General Knowledge 2021 | Manohar Pandey |
2. | Lucent's General Knowledge | R. P. Suman, Renu Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinay Karna, Manvendra Mukul |
3. | General Knowledge 2020 | Arihant Experts |
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