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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind will give away the National Sports Awards 2021 on Saturday at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The National Sports Awards which are given to recognize and reward excellence in sports was announced on November 2 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The awards will given under categories like Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games, Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games, Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games, Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
Let's look at the awards one by one.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: This award is given to those sportsperson who delivers outstanding and spectular performance in the sports filed over a period of four years.
Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games: This award is given to those sportsperson who not only delivers good perfromance but also has qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline over a period of four years.
Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games: As name suggests, this award is given to coaches for helping and enabling sportsperson to give their best in International events.
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games: This award is given honour those sportsperson who continue to contribute promotion of sports even after their retirement.
Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar: This award is given to corporate entities (both in private and public sector), sports control boards, NGOs including sports bodies at theState and National level who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.
Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
| Details of Awardees: | ||||
| 1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 | ||||
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline | ||
| 1 | Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | ||
| 2 | Ravi Kumar | Wrestling | ||
| 3 | LovlinaBorgohain | Boxing | ||
| 4 | Sreejesh P.R | Hockey | ||
| 5 | AvaniLekhara | Para Shooting | ||
| 6 | SumitAntil | Para Athletics | ||
| 7 | Pramod Bhagat | Para Badminton | ||
| 8 | Krishna Nagar | Para Badminton | ||
| 9 | Manish Narwal | Para Shooting | ||
| 10 | Mithali Raj | Cricket | ||
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | Football | ||
| 12 | Manpreet Singh | Hockey | ||
| Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2021 | ||||||
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline | ||||
| 1 | Arpinder Singh | Athletics | ||||
| 2 | Simranjit Kaur | Boxing | ||||
| 3 | Shikhar Dhawan | Cricket | ||||
| 4 | Bhavani Devi ChadalavadaAnandhaSundhararaman | Fencing | ||||
| 5 | Monika | Hockey | ||||
| 6 | Vandana Katariya | Hockey | ||||
| 7 | Sandeep Narwal | Kabaddi | ||||
| 8 | HimaniUttamParab | Mallakhamb | ||||
| 9 | Abhishek Verma | Shooting | ||||
| 10 | Ankita Raina | Tennis | ||||
| 11 | Deepak Punia | Wrestling | ||||
| 12 | Dilpreet Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 13 | Harman Preet Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 14 | Rupinder Pal Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 15 | Surender Kumar | Hockey | ||||
| 16 | Amit Rohidas | Hockey | ||||
| 17 | Birendra Lakra | Hockey | ||||
| 18 | Sumit | Hockey | ||||
| 19 | Nilakanta Sharma | Hockey | ||||
| 20 | Hardik Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 21 | Vivek Sagar Prasad | Hockey | ||||
| Gurjant Singh | Hockey | |||||
| 22 | Mandeep Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 23 | Shamsher Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 24 | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | Hockey | ||||
| 25 | Varun Kumar | Hockey | ||||
| 26 | Simranjeet Singh | Hockey | ||||
| 27 | Yogesh Kathuniya | Para Athletics | ||||
| 28 | Nishad Kumar | Para Athletics | ||||
| 29 | Praveen Kumar | Para Athletics | ||||
| 30 | SuhashYathiraj | Para Badminton | ||||
| 31 | SinghrajAdhana | Para Shooting | ||||
| 32 | Bhavina Patel | Para Table Tennis | ||||
| Harvinder Singh | Para Archery | |||||
| 33 | Sharad Kumar | Para Athletics | ||||
| Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021 | ||||||
| 1. Life-Time Category: | ||||||
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline | ||||
| T. P. Ouseph | Athletics | |||||
| Sarkar Talwar | Cricket | |||||
| Sarpal Singh | Hockey | |||||
| Ashan Kumar | Kabaddi | |||||
| Tapan Kumar Panigrahi | Swimming | |||||
| 1. Regular Category: | ||||||
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline | ||||
| Radhakrishnan Nair P | Athletics | |||||
| Sandhya Gurung | Boxing | |||||
| Pritam Siwach | Hockey | |||||
| Jai Prakash Nautiyal | Para Shooting | |||||
| Subramanian Raman | Table Tennis | |||||
| Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2021 | ||||||
| S.No. | Name | Discipline | ||||
| Lekha K.C. | Boxing | |||||
| Abhijeet Kunte | Chess | |||||
| Davinder Singh Garcha | Hockey | |||||
| Vikas Kumar | Kabaddi | |||||
| Sajjan Singh | Wrestling | |||||
| (vi) Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar 2021 | ||||||
| S. No. | Category | Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuraskar, 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent | Manav Rachna Educational Institution | ||||
| 2 | Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | Indian Oil Corporation Limited | ||||
| (vii) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2021: | ||||||
| Panjab University – Chandigarh | ||||||