Dronacharya Award Winners List: Dronacharya Award Prize Money

Dronacharya Award Winners List

1 The Dronacharya Grant is officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games. It is given for mentors who played an important role in giving training in Sports and Games.

2 Instituted in 1985, It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabled sportspersons to excel in international events over a period of four years.

3 Two awards are given. One for the lifetime contribution in coaching where the achievements in producing outstanding sportspersons over a period of 20 years or more are considered , and One for regular category.

4 The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh.

5 The award is given to sports disciplines like Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, World Championship and World Cup along with Cricket, Indigenous Games, and Parasports.

6 A ten member committee evaluates the nominations and later submits their recommendations to the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports for further approval.

7 In 1985, the first recipients of the award were Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (Boxing), and O. M. Nambiar (Athletics).

Dronacharya Award Winners List 2023 (Regular Category )

1Shri Lalit KumarWrestling
2Shri R. B. RameshChess
3Shri Maheveer Prasad SainiPara Athletics
4Shri Shivendra SinghHockey
5Shri Ganesh Prabhakar DevrukhkarMallakhamb

Dronacharya Award Winners List 2023 ( LifetimeCategory )

1Shri Jashkirat Singh GrewalGolf
2Shri Bhaskaran EKabaddi
3Shri Jayanta Kumar PushilalTable Tennis

Dronacharya Award Winners List 2022 ( Regular Category )

1Jiwanjot Singh Teja Archery
2Mohammad Ali Qamar Boxing
3Suma Siddharth Shirur Para Shooting
4Sujeet Mann Wrestling

Dronacharya Award Winners List 2022 ( Lifetime Category )

1Dinesh Jawahar Lad Cricket
2Bimal Prafulla Ghosh Football
3Raj Singh Wrestling

Dronacharya Award Winners List 2021 ( Regular Category )

1Radhakrishnan Nair PAtheletics
2Sandhya GurungBoxing
3Pritam SiwachHockey
4Jai Prakash NautiyalPara Shooting
5Subramanian RamanTable Tennis

Dronacharya Award Winners List 2021 ( Lifetime Category )

1T. P. OusephAtheletics
2Sarkar TalwarCricket
3Sarpal SinghHockey
4Ashan KumarKabaddi
5Tapan Kumar PanigrahiSwimming
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