NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2019 (INDIA)

NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2019 (INDIA)

(Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports)

Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, the Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches, entities and university:

RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA 2019:
Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Sh. Bajrang Punia	Wrestling
Ms. Deepa Malik	Para Athletics
DRONACHARYA AWARDS 2019:
Name of the Coach	Discipline
Sh. Vimal Kumar	Badminton (Regular)
Sh. Sandeep Gupta	Table tennis (Regular)
Sh. Mohinder Singh Dhillon	Athletics (Regular)
Sh. Merzban Patel	Hockey (Life-time)
Sh. Rambir Singh Khokhar	Kabaddi (Life-time)
Sh. Sanjay Bhardwaj	Cricket (Life-time)
ARJUNA AWARDS 2019:
Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Sh. Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Athletics
Mohammed Anas Yahiya	Athletics
Sh. S. Bhaskaran	Body Building
Ms. Sonia Lather	Boxing
Sh. Ravindra Jadeja	Cricket
Sh. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam	Hockey
Sh. Ajay Thakur	Kabaddi
Sh. Gaurav Singh Gill	Motor Sports
Sh. Pramod Bhagat	Para Sports (Badminton)
Ms. Anjum Moudgil	Shooting
Sh. Harmeet Rajul Desai	Table Tennis
Ms. Pooja Dhanda	Wrestling
Sh. Fouaad Mirza	Equestrian
Sh. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Football
Ms. Poonam Yadav	Cricket
Ms. Swapna Barman	Athletics
Sh. Sundar Singh Gurjar	Para Sports (Athletics)
Sh. Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth	Badminton
Sh. Simran Singh Shergill	Polo
DHYAN CHAND AWARD 2019:
Name of the Sportsperson	Discipline
Sh. Manuel Fredricks	Hockey
Sh. Arup Basak	Table Tennis
Sh. Manoj Kumar	Wrestling
Sh. Nitten Kirrtane	Tennis
Sh. C. Lalremsanga	Archery
RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR 2019:
Category	Name of the entity
Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent	(i) Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation (ii) GoSports Foundation
Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility	---
‘Employment to sportspersons and other welfare measures’	---
Sports for Development	Rayalaseema Development Trust
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY 2019:
Panjab University, Chandigarh

The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized
function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th August, 2019.

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