Arjuna Award for Badminton
The Arjuna award was India’s highest athletic honour before the introduction of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 1991–1992. The Arjuna Award is given to sportspersons for consistently outstanding performance over the last four years at the international level.
All government recognised sports organisations – the National Sports Federations, Indian Olympic Association, SAI, Sports Promotion and Control Boards as well as the governments of the states and union territories and the awardees of the previous year are eligible to nominate candidates for the award. Dronacharya Award for Badminton
The award is given to the sports personality taking in view their leadership qualities along with sportsmanship and also discipline in the sports field , their excellence performance at the national and international level.
| Sr No | Year | Name |
| 1 | 2024 | Nitesh Kumar ( Para- Badminton ) Thulasimathi Murugesan ( Para- Badminton ) Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan ( Para- Badminton ) Manisha Ramadass ( Para- Badminton ) |
| 2 | 2023 | Jerlin Anika Jayaratchagan |
| 3 | 2022 | Manasi Girishchandra Joshi ( Para- Badminton ) Tarun Dhillon Badminton ( Para- Badminton ) Swapnil Sanjay Patil ( Para- Badminton ) Jerlin Anika (Para- Badminton ) Lakshya Sen Prannoy H. S. |
| 4 | 2021 | Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj |
| 5 | 2020 | Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy |
| 6 | 2019 | B. Sai Praneeth Badminton Pramod Bhagat ( Para- Badmintonm ) |
| 7 | 2018 | N. Sikki Reddy Manoj Sarkar ( Para-Badminton ) |
| 8 | 2016 | Raj Kumar ( Para-Badminton ) |
| 9 | 2015 | Srikanth Kidambi |
| 10 | 2014 | Valiyaveetil Diju |
| 11 | 2013 | P. V. Sindhu |
| 12 | 2012 | Ashwini Ponnappa Parupalli Kashyap |