The National Sports Awards 2019 and National Adventure Awards 2018 were given by the President. राष्ट्रपति के द्वारा राष्ट्रीय खेल पुरस्कार 2019 और राष्ट्रीय साहसिक पुरस्कार 2018 दिया गया।

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
29-August-2019 19:02 IST

President confers National Sports Awards 2019 and National Adventure Awards 2018

The President of India Shri Ram NathKovind conferred National Sports Awards 2019and National Adventure Awards, 2018 in a ceremony held at RashtrapatiBhawanhere today. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri KirenRijiju was among the dignitaries present on the occasion.

National-Sports-Awards-2019

Following sportspersons were conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2019:

S.No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
1. Ms. Deepa Malik Para Athletics



Following sportspersons were conferred with Dronacharya Awards for the year 2019:

Regular Category
S.No. Name of the Coach Discipline
1. Sh. Vimal Kumar Badminton
2. Sh. Sandeep Gupta Table tennis



Life-Time Category

S.No. Name of the Coach Discipline
1. Sh. Merzban Patel Hockey
2. Sh. Rambir Singh Khokhar Kabaddi
3. Sh. Sanjay Bhardwaj Cricket



Following sportspersons were conferred withArjuna Awards for the year 2019:

S.No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline
1. Sh. S. Bhaskaran Body Building
2. Ms. Sonia Lather Boxing
3. Sh. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam Hockey
4. Sh. Ajay Thakur Kabaddi
5. Sh. Gaurav Singh Gill Motor Sports
6. Sh. PramodBhagat Para Sports (Badminton)
7. Sh. HarmeetRajul Desai Table Tennis
8. Ms. Pooja Dhanda Wrestling
9. Sh. Fouaad Mirza Equestrian
10. Sh. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Football
11. Ms. Poonam Yadav Cricket
12. Ms. Swapna Barman Athletics
13. Sh. Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth Badminton
14. Sh. Simran Singh Shergill Polo



Following sportspersons were conferred with Dhyan Chand Awards for the year 2019.

S.No. Name Discipline
1. Sh. Manuel Fredricks Hockey
2. Sh. Arup Basak Table Tennis
3. Sh. Manoj Kumar Wrestling
4. Sh. NittenKirrtane Tennis
5. Sh. C. Lalremsanga Archery



Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards, 2018 were conferred on the following:

Sl. No. Name Category
1. Ms. Aparna Kumar Land Adventure
2. Late Shri Dipankar Ghosh (Award received by his family
member)
Land Adventure
3. Shri Manikandan K. Land Adventure
4. Shri Prabhat Raju Koli Water Adventure
5. Shri RameshwerJangra Air Adventure
6. Shri Wangchuk Sherpa Life Time Achievement


Following entities were conferred with Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar for the year 2019.
S. No. Category
Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel
ProtsahanPuruskar, 2019
1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent’ i. GaganNarang Sports Promotion Foundation

ii. GoSports Foundation
2. Sports for Development Rayalaseema Development Trust

MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY, 2019 has been conferred on Punjab University, Chandigarh.

A part from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees have received a cash prize of Rs. 7.5 lakh. Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awardees received statuettes, certificates and cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh each. A trophy and citation has been given to the entity in the Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar, 2019.Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awardees have received a statuette, certificates and cash award of Rs. 5 lakh each. Punjab University which is overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments has been given MAKA Trophy, award money of Rs. 15 lakh and certificate.

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