Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sai Raj Rankireddy to get Khel Ratna Award 2023

by Kheltoday · December 20, 2023

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Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023 today. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 09^th January, 2024 (Tuesday) at 1100 hours.

Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities:

(i) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

S. No.	Name of the sportsperson*	Discipline
1.	Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty	Badminton
2.	Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj	Badminton

* The Award has been conferred to both sportspersons having similar achievements on account of Team performance.

(ii) Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023

S. No.	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
	Shri Ojas Pravin Deotale	Archery
	Ms Aditi Gopichand Swami	Archery
	Shri Sreeshankar M	Athletics
	Ms Parul Chaudhary	Athletics
	Shri Mohameed Hussamuddin	Boxing
	Ms R Vaishali	Chess
	Shri Mohammed Shami	Cricket
	Shri Anush Agarwalla	Equestrian
	Ms Divyakriti Singh	Equestrian Dressage
	Ms Diksha Dagar	Golf
	Shri Krishan Bahadur Pathak	Hockey
	Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu	Hockey
	Shri Pawan Kumar	Kabaddi
	Ms Ritu Negi	Kabaddi
	Ms Nasreen	Kho-Kho
	Ms Pinki	Lawn Bowls
	Shri Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar	Shooting
	Ms Esha Singh	Shooting
	Shri Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu	Squash
	Ms Ayhika Mukherjee	Table Tennis
	Shri Sunil Kumar	Wrestling
	Ms Antim	Wrestling
	Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi	Wushu
	Ms Sheetal Devi	Para Archery
	Shri Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy	Blind Cricket
	Ms Prachi Yadav	Para Canoeing

(iii) Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023

Regular Category:

S. No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
	Shri Lalit Kumar	Wrestling
	Shri R. B. Ramesh	Chess
	Shri Mahaveer Prasad Saini	Para Athletics
	Shri Shivendra Singh	Hockey
	Shri Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar	Mallakhamb

Lifetime Category:

S.No.	Name of the Coach	Discipline
	Shri Jaskirat Singh Grewal	Golf
	Shri Bhaskaran E	Kabaddi
	Shri Jayanta Kumar Pushilal	Table Tennis

(iv) Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2023:

S. No.	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
	Ms Manjusha Kanwar	Badminton
	Shri Vineet Kumar Sharma	Hockey
	Ms Kavitha Selvaraj	Kabaddi

(v) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023:

1.	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	Overall winner university
2.	Lovely Professional University, Punjab	1^st runner up University
3.	Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra	2^nd runner up University

National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.

‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over the period of the previous four years.

‘Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.

‘Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.

‘Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games’ is given to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and who continue to contribute to promotion of sports event after their retirement.

The overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.

The applications were invited online and sportspersons/coaches/entities were permitted to self-apply through a dedicated Online Portal. A large number of applications/nominations were received for these awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, Retd. Judge, Supreme Court of India and consisting members from eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administrators.