Dronacharya Award
| Dronacharya award | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Awarded by Govt. of India | |
| Type | Civilian |
| Category | Sports Coaching (Individual) |
| Statistics | |
| Instituted | 1985 |
| First awarded | 1985 |
| Total awarded | 91 |
| Cash award | ₹. 500,000 |
| First awardee(s) | Swagatika Panda, Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle |
| Last awardee(s) | Anoop Singh, Naval Singh, Harbans Singh, Swatantra Raj Singh, Nihar Ameen |
Dronacharya Award is an award fifty 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.500,000. 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 Contribution) |
| 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 | Mahabir Prasad | Wrestling |
| 83 | 2014 | Jose Jacob | Rowing (For lifetime contribtution) |
| 84 | 2014 | N.Lingappa | Athletics (For lifetime contribution) |
| 85 | 2014 | G. Manoharan | Boxing (For lifetime contribution) |
| 86 | 2014 | Gurcharan Singh Gogi | Judo (For lifetime contribution) |
| 87 | 2015 | Anoop Singh | Wrestling |
| 88 | 2015 | Naval Singh | Para Athletics |
| 89 | 2015 | Harbans Singh | Athletics (For Lifetime Contribution) |
| 90 | 2015 | Swatantra Raj Singh | Boxing (For Lifetime Contribution) |
| 91 | 2015 | Nihar Ameen | Swimming (For Lifetime Contribution) |
References
- ↑ "Awards". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ "National Sports Awards to be Presented on 31st August, 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ "Sports Awardees for "Dronacharya Award"". Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "President gives away Arjuna awards". The Times of India. Aug 30, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
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