Dronacharya Award

Dronacharya award
Type Civilian
Category Sports Coaching (Individual)
Instituted 1985
First awarded 1985
Total awarded 83
Awarded by Govt. of India
Cash award INR. 500,000

Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coaching.[1][2] The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.300,000. The award was instituted in 1985.[3]

As the best sportsperson award is named Arjuna Award, it is appropriate that the coaching award is named after Dronacharya, as he was the teacher of Arjuna. B.I. Fernandez is the first foreign coach to be awarded Dronacharya Award.


Dronacharya Award Recipients

Year Sportsperson Sport
01 1985 O.M. Nambiar Athletics
02 1985 Om Prakash Bhardwaj Boxing
03 1985 Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat Wrestling
04 1986 Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle Chess
05 1986 Desh Prem Azad Cricket
06 1987 Gurcharan Singh Cricket
07 1987 Guru Hanuman Wrestling
08 1990 Ramakant Achrekar Cricket
09 1990 Syed Naeemuddin Football
10 1990 A. Ramana Rao Volleyball
11 1994 Ilyas Babar Athletics
12 1995 Karan Singh Athletics
13 1995 M. Shyam Sunder Rao Volleyball
14 1996 Wilson Jones Billiards & Snooker
15 1996 Pal Singh Sandhu Weightlifting
16 1997 Joginder Singh Saini Athletics
17 1998 Bahadur Singh Athletics
18 1998 Hargobind Singh Sandhu Athletics
19 1998 G.S.Sandhu Boxing
20 1999 Kenneth Owen Bosen Athletics
21 1999 Capt. Hawa Singh Boxing
22 1999 Ajay Kumar Sirohi Weightlifting
23 2000 S.M. Arif Badminton
24 2000 Gudial Singh Bhangu Hockey
25 2000 Phadke Gopal Pushottam Kho-Kho
26 2000 Bhupender Dhawan Powerlifting
27 2000 Hansa Sharma Weightlifting
28 2001 Prof. Sunny Thomas Shooting
29 2001 Michael Joseph Ferreira Billiards & Snooker
30 2002 Renu Kohli Athletics
31 2002 Jaswant Singh Athletics
32 2002 M.K. Kaushik Hockey
33 2002 E. Prasad Rao Kabaddi
34 2002 Cdr. H.D. Motivala Yachting
35 2003 Robert Bobby George Athletics
36 2003 Anoopkumar Saharan Women's boxing
37 2003 Rajinder Singh Hockey
38 2003 Sukhchain Singh Cheema Wrestling
39 2004 Arvind Savur Billiards & Snooker
40 2004 Sunita Sharma Cricket
41 2004 Cyrus Poncha Squash
42 2004 Gurcharan Singh Boxing
43 2005 Hony. Captain M Venu Boxing
44 2005 Balwan Singh Kabaddi
45 2005 Maha Singh Rao Wrestling
46 2005 Ismail Baig Rowing
47 2006 R.D. Singh Athletics
48 2006 Damodaran Chandralal Boxing
49 2006 Koneru Ashok Chess
50 2007 Sanjeev Kumar Singh Archery
51 2007 Jagdish Singh Boxing
52 2007 G.E. Sridharan Volleyball
53 2007 Jagminder Singh Wrestling
54 2009 Pullela Gopichand Badminton
55 2009 Satpal Wrestling
56 2009 J. Uday Kumar Kabaddi
57 2009 Baldev Singh Hockey
58 2009 Jaidev Bisht Boxing
59 2010 AK Kutty [4] Athletics(For Lifetime Contribution)
60 2010 Captain Chandrup Wrestling (For Lifetime Contribution)
61 2010 Ajay Kumar Bansal Hockey
62 2010 Subhash Agarwal Billiards & Snooker
63 2010 L Ibomcha Singh Boxing
64 2011 Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao Boxing
65 2011 Devender Kumar Rathore Gymnastics
66 2011 Ramphal Athletics
67 2011 Kuntal Roy Athletics
68 2011 Rajinder Singh Hockey
69 2012 Virendra Poonia Athletics
70 2012 Sunil Dabas Kabaddi (Women)
71 2012 Yashvir Singh Wrestling
72 2012 Harendra Singh Hockey
73 2012 Satyapal Singh Para Sports(Athletics)
74 2012 J.S. Bhatia Athletics
75 2012 Bhavani Mukharjee Table Tennis
76 2012 B.I. Fernadez Cuban Boxing Coach-Boxing (For lifetime achievement)
77 2013 Poornima Mahato Archery
78 2013 Mahavir Singh Boxing
79 2013 Narinder Singh Saini Hockey
80 2013 K P Thomas Athletics
81 2013 Raj Singh Wrestling
82 2014 Jose Jacob Rowing
83 2014 N.Lingappa Athletics

References

  1. "Awards". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  2. "National Sports Awards to be Presented on 31st August, 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  3. "Sports Awardees for "Dronacharya Award"". Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. "President gives away Arjuna awards". The Times of India. Aug 30, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-30.

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