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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces
National Sports Awards 2024
President of India to Give Away Awards on 17th January
Posted On: 02 JAN 2025 2:26PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2024 today. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17 January, 2025 (Friday) at 1100 hours.
Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches, university and entity:
i. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024
S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
- Shri Gukesh D Chess
- Shri Harmanpreet Singh Hockey
- Shri Praveen Kumar Para-Athletics
- Ms. Manu Bhaker Shooting
ii. Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024
S. No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
- Ms. Jyothi Yarraji Athletics
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- Ms. Annu Rani Athletics
- Ms. Nitu Boxing
- Ms. Saweety Boxing
- Ms. Vantika Agrawal Chess
. Ms. Salima Tete Hockey
- Shri Abhishek Hockey
. Shri Sanjay Hockey
- Shri Jarmanpreet Singh Hockey
- Shri Sukhjeet Singh Hockey
- Shri Rakesh Kumar Para-Archery
- Ms. Preeti Pal Para-Athletics
- Ms. Jeevanji Deepthi Para-Athletics
- Shri Ajeet Singh Para-Athletics
- Shri Sachin Sarjerao Khilari Para-Athletics
1 . Shri Dharambir Para-Athletics
- Shri Pranav Soorma Para-Athletics
1 . Shri H Hokato Sema Para-Athletics
- Ms. Simran Para-Athletics
- Shri Navdeep Para-Athletics
- Shri Nitesh Kumar Para-Badminton
- Ms. Thulasimathi Murugesan Para-Badminton
B. Lifetime Category:
S. No. Name of the Coach Discipline
- Shri S Muralidharan Badminton
- Shri Armando Agnelo Colaco Football
v. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
S. No. Name of the Entity
- Physical Education Foundation of India
(vi) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024:
S. No. Name of University
1 Chandigarh University Overall winner University
2 Lovely Professional University, (PB) 1 runner up University
3 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 2 runner up University
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.
‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over the period of the previous four years.
‘Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
Arjuna Award (Lifetime) is given to honour and motivate those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting career.
‘Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.
The overall top performing university in Khelo India University Games is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
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The applications were invited online and sportspersons/coaches/entities were permitted to self-apply through a dedicated Online Portal. A large number of applications were received for these awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian, Supreme Court of India and consisting members from eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administrators.
Himanshu Pathak
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