The
President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee
gave away National Sports and Adventure Awards at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan today. The function was attended by Union
Minister for Tourism Shri Subhod
Kant Sahai
, Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports and several eminent sports persons.
Shri Vijay Kumar and Shri Yogeshwar Dutt were awarded Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for this year for their sterling
performance in Shooting and Wrestling events at the recently concluded London
Olympics. The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh each.
The
President also gave away Dronacharya Awards for the
this year to the following
eight Sports persons in recognition
of their meritorious achievements in the field of coaching. The award carries a
statuettes, citations and enhanced cash prize of Rs 5 lakh
each.
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1.
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Shri Virender Poonia
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Athletics
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2.
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Ms. Sunil Dabas
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Kabaddi (Women)
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3.
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Shri Yashvir Singh
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Wrestling
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4.
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Shri Harendra Singh
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Hockey
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5.
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Dr. Satyapal Singh
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Para Sports (Athletics)
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6.
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Shri J.S.
Bhatia
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Athletics *
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7.
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Shri Bhawani Mukherjee
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Table Tennis *
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8.
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Shri B.I.
Fernandez, Cuban Boxing Coach
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Boxing
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*- for Life Time Achievement
25 Sports persons were conferred Arjuna
Awards for the year 2012, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in
the respective field of sports. The Award carries a statuettes, citations and
enhanced cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each. The Sports
persons are as follows:
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Sl. No.
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Name
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Discipline
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1.
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Ms. Deepika Kumari
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Archery
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2.
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Ms. Laishram Bombayla Devi
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Archery
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3.
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Ms. Sudha Singh
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Athletics
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4
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Ms. Kavita Ramdas Raut
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Athletics
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5
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Ms. Ashwani Ponnappa
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Badminton
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6
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Mr. Parupalli Kashyap
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Badminton
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7
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Mr. Aditya S. Mehta
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Billiards
& Snooker
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8
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Mr. Vikas Krishan
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Boxing
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9
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Mr. Yuvraj Singh
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Cricket
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10
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Mr. Sardar Singh
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Hockey
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11
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Mr. Yashpal Solanki
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Judo
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12
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Mr. Anup Kumar
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Kabaddi
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13
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Mr. Samir Suhag
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Polo
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14
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Ms. Annu Raj Singh
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Shooting
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15
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Mr. Omkar Singh
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Shooting
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16
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Mr. Joydeep Karmakar
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Shooting
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17
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Ms. Deepika Pallikal
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Squash
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18
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Mr. Sandeep Sejwal
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Swimming
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19
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Ms. Ng. Sonia Chanu
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Weightlifting
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20
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Mr. Narsingh Yadav
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Wrestling
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21
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Mr. Rajinder Kumar
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Wrestling
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22
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Ms. Geeta Phogat
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Wrestling
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23
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Mr. M. Bimoljit Singh
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Wushu
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24
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Mrs. Deepa Malik
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Athletics –
Paralympics
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25
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Mr. Ramkaran Singh
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Athletics –
Paralympics
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Shri
Jagraj Singh Mann (Athletics ),
Shri Gundeep Kumar ( Hockey) , Shri Vinod Kumar ( Wrestling) and Shri Sukhbir
Singh Tokas ( Para-Sports) were conferred Dhyan Chand Awards for the year
2012 for their contribution to sports by their performance and efforts to
promote the sports. The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of
Rs 5 lakh each.
With a view to recognize, the
contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons
and coaches, the Government had instituted in 2009, a new award “Rashtriya Khel
Protsahan Puruskar”, which has four categories, namely, community sports
development, promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite
sportspersons and employment to sportspersons.
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) was conferred “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar” for the year 2012 under
the category of Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent . Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) received the
award under the category of Financial Support for Sports Excellence
. Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) also received the Rashtriya Khel
Protsahan Puruskar” for Establishment Management of Sports Academics of
Excellence whereas Air India Sports Promotion Board got the award under Employment
of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures. Entities selected for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar were given
Trophy and Citation.
The President also conferred Tenzing
Norgay National Adventure Awards for the year 2011 to recognize the
contribution and performance of the awardees in the field of adventure sports. Col. Anand Swaroop,
SM and Sub. Rajendra Singh Jalal were given award for Land
Adventure. Ms. Bhakti Sharma for Water
Adventure and Shri Mandip Singh Soin received Life Time Achievement
award. The award carries cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and
Bronze Statuette along with a citation.
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