The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Award 2023 to honour individuals and institutions that have performed excellently to honour our nation. Honourable President of India, Droupadi Murmu has conferred the awards to various sports persons at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 9th January.
Recipients of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award –
Chirag Shetty ( Badminton )
Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy ( Badminton )
Though they were not present in the ceremony because they were playing in the Malaysia Open Super 1000.
They managed their first ever Asian Games gold, which is also the first ever gold for India in Asian Games in badminton . They also secured the Asian Championship title and the Indonesia Open Super 1000 title. The recipient of this award get a cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh .
Recipients of Arjuna Awards –
Ojas Pravin Deotale ( Archery )
Aditi Gopichand Swami ( Archery )
Mural Sreeshankar ( Athletics )
Parul Chaudhary ( Athletics )
Mohammad Hussamuddin ( Boxing )
Mohammad Shami ( Cricket )
R. Vaishali ( Chess )
Anush Agarwalla ( Equestrian)
Divyakriti Singh ( Equestrian Dressage)
Diksha Dagar ( Golf )
Krishan Bahadur Pathak ( Hockey)
Sushila Chanu ( Hockey )
Pawan Kumar ( Kabaddi )
Ritu Negi ( Kabaddi )
Nasreen Shaikh ( Kho – Kho )
Pinki Singh ( Lawn Bowls )
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar ( Shooting)
Esha Singh ( Shooting )
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu ( Squash )
Ayhika Mukherjee ( Table Tennis)
Sunil Kumar ( Wrestling )
Antim Panghal ( Wrestling )
Naorem Roshibina Devi ( Wushu )
Sheetal Devi ( Para – archery )
Illuey Ajay Kumar Reddy ( Blind Cricket )
Prachi Yadav ( Para – Canoeing )
Recipients of the Dronacharya Award ( Regular Category ) for outstanding coaches –
Lalit Kumar ( Wrestling )
RB Ramesh ( Chess )
Mahaveer Prasad Saini ( Para – athletics)
Shivendra Singh ( Hockey )
Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar ( Mallakhamb )
Recipients of the Dronacharya Award ( Lifetime Category ) for outstanding coaches –
Jaskirat Singh Grewal ( Golf )
Bhaskaran E. ( Kabaddi )
Jayanta Kumar Pushilal ( Table Tennis)
Recipients of the Major Dhyan Chand Awards for lifetime achievement –
Manjusha Kanwar ( Badminton )
Vineet Kumar Sharma ( Hockey )
Kavitha Selvaraj ( Kabaddi )
Recipients of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ( MAKA ) Trophy –
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar ( Winner )
Lovely Professional University, Punjab ( 1st runner – up )
Kurukshetra University, kurukshetra ( 2nd runner -up)
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