National Sports and Adventure Awards 2024
On 9th January 2024, the President of India Draupadi Murmu presented twenty-six outstanding athletes with the National Sports and Adventure Awards. The event took place at the Rastrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The Awards included the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the Dronacharya Award, the Arjuna Award, and the Dhyan Chand Award.
The men’s double badminton players Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were given the celebrated Mayor Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Previously known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, this prestigious award was renamed after the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad trophy is given to the university that has shown the best performance in sports. This award was given to Guru Nanak Dev University of Amritsar, Punjab. The university received a trophy and cash prize of ₹15 lakhs.
A list of the award winners is given below:
Dronacharya Award (given to coaches):
- Lalit Kumar, wrestling coach
- R B Ramesh, chess coach
- Mahavir Prasad Saini, para-athletic coach
- Shrivendra Singh, hockey coach
- Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukkar, mallakhamb coach
- Jaskirat Singh Grewal, golf coach
- Bhaskaran E, kabbadi coach
- Jayanta Kumar Pushilal, table tennis coach
Arjuna Awards:
- Archer Ojas Pravin Deotale
- Archer Aditi Gopichand Swami
- Athlete Shreeshankar M
- Athlete Parul Choudhury
- Boxer Muhammad Husamuddin
- Chess-player R Vaishali
- Cricketer Mohammad Shami
- Equestrian Anush Agarwalla
- Equestrian Divya Kriti Singh
- Golfer Disksha Dagar
- Hockey player Krishan Bahadur Pathak
- Hockey player Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu
- Kabaddi player Pawan Kumar
- Kabaddi player Ritu Negi
- Kho-kho player Ms Nasreen
- Lawn Bowler Ms Pinky
- Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
- Shooter Esha Singh
- Squash player Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu
- Table tennis player Ayhika Mukherjee
- Wrestler Sunil Kumar
- Wrestler Ms Antim
- Naorem Roshibina Devi
- Para-archer Sheetal Devi
- Blind Cricketer Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy
- Ms Prachi Yadav
Dhyan Chand Award:
- Kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj
- Badminton player Manjhusa Kanwar
- Hockey player Vineet Kumar Sharma
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award:
- Late Ms Savita Kanswal
- Tulsi Chaitanya Mothukari
- Anshu Kumar Tiwari
- Parveen Singh
Rashtriya Khel Protsashan Puruskar:
- JAIN( deemed-to-be-university)
- Odisha Mining Corporation Limited
The ceremony honoured the remarkable athletes of India who continue to make our country proud.
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