On the birthday of legendary Hockey player Dhyan Chand, President Pratibha Patil conferred Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhyan Chand, Dronacharya, Tenjing Norgay National Adventure Awards at the glittering ceremony held at Ashoka Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Saina Nehwal is the lone player chosen for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2010. Whereas as many as 15 sportspersons were named for the prestigious Arjuna Awards for their achievements in their chosen sport and 3 for the Dhyan Chand Awards for their lifetime contribution to sports. 5 coaches were named for the Dronacharya Awards ,4 Tenjing Norgay National Adventure Awards and 4 organisations for the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, given for the promotion of sports.
The awards were decided by two panels comprises of eminent sportspersons and sports administrators; one headed by P T Usha for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyan Chand Awards and the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar and the other by former hockey player Ashok Kumar for the Dronacharya Awards.
List of the awardees:
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:
- Saina Nehwal (Badminton).
Arjuna Awards:
- Joseph Abraham (Athletics),
- Krishna Poonia (Athletics),
- Dinesh Kumar (Boxing),
- Parimrajan Negi (Chess),
- Julan Goswami (Women's Cricket),
- Deepak Kumar Mandal (Football),
- Sandeep Singh (Men's Hockey),
- Jasjeet Kaur Handa (Women's Hockey),
- Dinesh Kumar (Kabaddi),
- Sanjeev Rajput (Shooting),
- Rehan Jehangir Poncha (Swimming),
- Kapil Dev KJ (Volleyball),
- Rajeev Tomar (Wrestling),
- Rajesh Chaudhary (Yachting),
- Jagseer Singh (Para- Olympics athletics).
Dhyan Chand Awards:
- Satish Pillai (Athletics),
- Kuldeep Singh (Wrestling),
- Anita Chanu (Weightlifting).
Dronacharya Awards:
- A K Kutty (Athletics),
- Subhash B Aggarwal (Billiards and Snooker),
- L Ibomcha Singh (Boxing),
- Ajay Kumar Bansal (Hockey),
- Captain Chandrup (Wrestling).
Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Puruskar:
- Services Sports Control Board (SSCB),
- Tata Steel Limited,
- Khel Evam Yuva Vibhag (Government of Madhya Pradesh).
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for spectacular performance in the year under consideration; Arjuna Award for consistently outstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award; Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development; and Dronacharya Award for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events in past three years.
Apart from a medal and a citation, the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh. Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awardees will receive statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each. The recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will receive trophies and citation.
0 Comments Received
Post a Comment