National Sports Awards 2021

About National Sports Awards:

• Formerly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, it is the highest award bestowed to a sports person in India and was instituted in the year 1991-1992.
• It is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of the previous four years.
• It comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh.

Arjuna Award:

• It was instituted in 1961 by the Government of India to recognise outstanding achievements in national sports events.
• It is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
• The award carries a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll of honour.

Dronacharya Award:

• It was instituted in 1985 by the Government of India to recognise excellence in sports coaching.
• It is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.
• It carries a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh, a bronze statue of Dronacharya and a scroll of honour.

Dhyan Chand Award:

• It was instituted in the year 2002 and comprises a Dhyan Chand statuette, a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh, a certificate and a ceremonial dress.
• It is given to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports events after their retirement.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy:

• It was instituted in the year 1956-1957.
• It is for university-level sports performances.
• It is given to a university for "top performance in the inter-university tournaments" over the period of the last one year.

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:

• It was instituted in the year 2009
• It is given to corporate entities (both in private and public sector), sports control boards, NGOs including sports bodies at the State and National level who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.

This year, Dronacharya Award in the Life-Time Category has been conferred to TP Ouseph, Sarkar Talwar, Tapan Kumar Panigrahi and others, while Dronacharya Award in the regular category is awarded to Sandhya Gurung, Pritam Siwach, Subramanian Raman and others.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:

• Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
• Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para-Athletics)
• Manika Batra (Table Tennis)
• Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling)
• Rani Rampal (Hockey)

Arjuna Award:

• Atanu Das (Archery)
• Dutee Chand (Athletics)
• Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton)
• Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton)
• Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball)
• Manish Kaushik (Boxing)
• Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)
• Ishant Sharma (Cricket)
• Deepti Sharma (Cricket)
• Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket)
• Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian)
• Sandesh Jhingan (Football),
• Aditi Ashok (Golf)
• Akashdeep Singh (Hockey)
• Deepika (Hockey)
• Deepak (Kabaddi)
• Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho)
• Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing)
• Manu Bhaker (Shooting)
• Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting)
• Madhurika Patkar (Table Tennis)
• Divij Sharan (Tennis)
• Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports)
• Divya Kakran (Wrestling)
• Rahul Aware (Wrestling)
• Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para-Swimming)
• Sandeep (Para-Athletics)
• Manish Narwal (Para Shooting)

Dronacharya Award (Life-Time Category):

• Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery)
• Purushotham Rai (Athletics)
• Shiv Singh (Boxing)
• Romesh Pathania (Hockey)
• Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi)
• Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting)
• Naresh Kumar (Tennis)
• Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling)

Dronacharya (Regular Category):

• Jude Felix (Hockey)
• Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb)
• Jaspal Rana (Shooting)
• Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu)
• Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton)

Dhyan Chand Award:

• Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics)
• Jincy Philips (Athletics)
• Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton)
• Trupti Murgunde (Badminton)
• N Usha(Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing)
• Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Football)
• Ajit Singh (Hockey)
• Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi)
• J Ranjith Kumar (Para-Athletics)
• Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton)
• Manjeet Singh (Rowing)
• Late Shri Sachin Nag (Swimming)
• Nandan Bal (Tennis)
• Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling)

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards:

• Anita Devi (Land Adventure)
• Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure)
• Taka Tamut (Land Adventure)
• Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure)
• Satendra Singh (Water Adventure)
• Gajanand Yadava (Air Adventure)
• Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy:

• Panjab University, Chandigarh