Dronacharya Award
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| Dronacharya Award | ||
| Award Information | ||
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| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | Sports Coaching (Individual) | |
| Instituted | 1985 | |
| First Awarded | 1985 | |
| Last Awarded | 2006 | |
| Awarded by | Govt. of India | |
Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises of a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.75,000. The award was instituted in 1985. As the best sportsperson award is named Arjuna Award, it is appropriate that the coaching award is named after Dronacharya, as he was the Guru of Arjuna.
The winners of this award in 2005 were Mr. Arvind Savur for Billiards & Snooker, Ms. Sunita Sharma for Cricket (incidentally the first woman cricket coach to get the award) and Mr. Cyrus Poncha for Squash.
In 2006 the awards were presented to Hony. Captain M Venu (Boxing), Balwan Singh (Kabaddi), Maha Singh Rao (Wrestling), Ismail Baig (Rowing).
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| Indian Honours System - Civilian Awards |
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