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Sports and Adventure Awards 2023

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Recently, the President of India presided over a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan to bestow the prestigious National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023.The awards are administered by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India.

  • Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:
    • India's highest sporting honor established in 1991-92.
    • Named after hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
    • Given for outstanding performances over 4 years.
    • Notable awardees include MC Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Sachin Tendulkar, and Virat Kohli.

2023: Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (badminton).

  • Arjuna Award:
    • Instituted in 1961, it was India’s highest sporting honor before the Khel Ratna came into being.
    • Named after the Mahabharata character Arjuna.
    • Awarded for consistent good performance over 4 years.
    • Winners receive a statuette of Arjuna, a certificate, and a cash prize.
    • First awarded to football Olympian PK Banerjee in 1961.
    • First woman awardee: Hockey player Anna Lumsden.
      • 2023: Aditi Gopichand Swami (archery), Mohammed Shami (cricket), Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (shooting), among others.
  • Dronacharya Award:
    • India's highest sports honor for coaches, instituted in 1985.
    • Named after Dronacharya, Arjuna's coach in Mahabharata.
    • Awardees receive a bronze statue of Dronacharya, a certificate, and a cash prize.
    • First woman awardee: Athletics coach Renu Kohli in 2002.
    • Given for both recent accomplishments and lifetime contributions.

2023:

Regular Category: Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess) among others.

Lifetime Category:Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf), Bhaskaran E (kabaddi) among others.

  • Major Dhyan Chand Award:
    • Instituted in 2002, honors lifetime achievements in sports.
    • Recognizes contributions to the promotion of sports in an individual capacity.
    • First awardees include Olympian boxer Shahuraj Birajdar and hockey player Ashok Diwan.
      • 2023: Manjusha Kanwar (badminton), Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey), Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi).
  • Maulana Abul Kalam AzadTrophy (MAKA):
    • Oldest National Sports Award in India, instituted in 1956–1957.
    • Given to an institution or university for top performance in inter-university tournaments.
    • Award comprises a rolling MAKA Trophy and a cash prize.
    • First awarded to Bombay University in 1956-57.
      • 2023: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (overall winner university); Lovely Professional University, Punjab (first runner -up); Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (second runner-up).
  • Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar:
    • Instituted in 2009.
    • Awarded to organizations and individuals for sports promotion and development.
    • Categories include talent identification, corporate social responsibility, employment of sportspersons, and sports for development.
      • 2023: JAIN (Deemed-to-be-University), Odisha Mining Corporation Limited.
  • Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award:
    • It has been presented since 1993-1994 and is named after Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary in 1953.
    • The recipients are honored for their "outstanding achievement in the field of adventure activities on land, sea and air" over the last three years.
    • The status of this award is considered to be equivalent to the Arjuna Award conferred in the field of sport.
      • 2022: Late Ms. Savita Kanswal (land), Shri Tulsi Chaitanya Mothukuri(water), Shri Anshu Kumar Tiwari (air).

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