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	. 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

References

External links

• List of Dronacharya Award Winners 2013
• List of winners for year 2006-2007 3

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