National Sports Award 2020: Know about the List of Awardees

The National Sports Award ceremony takes place every year. The awardees receive their awards from the Hon’ble President of India. But this year it will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the awardees will receive their awards from the Hon’ble President of India through virtual mode at a specially organised function from Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29 August, 2020.

This year large numbers of applicants were received for Sports Awards and were considered by the Selection Committee headed by the former Judge of Supreme Court of India, Justice Mukundakam Sharma and other members comprising of eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administration, etc.

The Government of India has decided to confer awards, is based on the Committee recommendations and after due scrutiny, upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities in several categories as given below:

1. RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

It is awarded by a sportsperson for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years.

S. No.	Name of 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

2. DRONACHARYA AWARD

It is awarded to the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events. This award is awarded in two categories:

A. For 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

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3. ARJUNA AWARD

It is awarded for consistent outstanding performance for four years.

S. No.	Name of the Sportsperson	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

4. DHYAN CHAND AWARD

It is awarded for lifetime contribution to sports development and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar which is given to the corporate entities both in private and public sector and individuals who have played a visible role within the area of sports promotion and development.

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

5. TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARD

With these Sports Awards, the Ministry also recognises the spirit of adventure among the people of the country by bestowing with the award known as Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for 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

6. MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY

A trophy is also given to the overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments that is Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.

1	Punjab University, Chandigarh

7. RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR

It is awarded to encourage the involvement of corporate and sports promotion boards in the development of sports in the country.

S. No.	Category	Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020
1	Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent	Lakshya Institute Army Sports Institute
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)