The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has disclosed the recipients of the National Sports and Adventure Awards for 2023.
The presentation ceremony, hosted at Rashtrapati Bhavan, will take place on January 9, 2024, where the President of India, Droupadi Murmu will confer the honors.
These awards, an annual recognition of athletic achievements, encompass various categories within the National Sports Awards 2023, including:
- Arjuna Award
- Dronacharya Award
- Dhyan Chand Award
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award &
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
The applications were exclusively accepted online, and athletes/coaches/entities were able to self-apply through a dedicated portal.
The winners were selected from a pool of numerous nominations by the Selection Committee, headed by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar, a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India, along with distinguished athletes, sports journalists, and sports administrators as committee members.
This information on the National Sports Awards 2023 might prove beneficial to candidates preparing for the upcoming Kerala PSC exams, potentially featuring a couple of questions related to this topic.
Hence, aspirants for the Kerala PSC, including those appearing for the degree prelims, may find this material advantageous for their exam preparation.
National Sports Awards 2023
The below tables list all the National Sports Awards Winners of the year 2023.
1. List of Dronacharya Awards Winners 2023
The 'Dronacharya Award for Great Coaches in Sports and Games' is granted to coaches who consistently undertake outstanding and meritorious work and enable athletes to thrive in international competitions.
In 2023, three athletes earned the Dronacharya Award in the Lifetime Achievement category, while five athletes received the Dronacharya Award in the Regular category.
Lifetime Achievement Award
| Name | Discipline |
|---|---|
| E. Bhaskaran | Kabaddi |
| Jashkirat Singh Grewal | Golf |
| Jayanta Kumar Pushilal | Table Tennis |
Regular Awards
| Name | Discipline |
|---|---|
| Lalit Kumar | Wrestling |
| R. B. Ramesh | Chess |
| Shivendra Singh | Hockey |
| Maheveer Prasad Saini | Para Athletics |
| Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar | Mallakhamb |
2. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023
The 'Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award' is awarded to a sportsperson for their remarkable and excellent accomplishment in sports during the past four years.
- Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj & Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (Badminton)
3. Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports & Games 2023
This award is granted to athletes who have contributed to sports through their performance and who continue to contribute to the promotion of sports events after they retire.
| Name | Discipline |
|---|---|
| Kavitha Selvaraj | Kabaddi |
| Manjusha Kanwar | Badminton |
| Vineet Kumar Sharma | Hockey |
4. List of Arjuna Awards Winners 2023
This year, 26 athletes earned the Arjuna award for outstanding achievement in Sports and Games during the preceding four years, as well as for demonstrating traits of leadership, sportsmanship, and discipline.
| Discipline | Name |
|---|---|
| Athletics | Parul Chaudhary |
| Sreeshankar M* | |
| Avinash Mukund Sable | |
| Archery | Ojas Pravin Deotale |
| Aditi Gopichand Swami | |
| Boxing | Mohamed Hussamuddin |
| Cricket | Mohammed Shami |
| Chess | R. Vaishali |
| Equestrian | Anush Agarwalla |
| Equestrian Dressage | Divyakriti Singh |
| Golf | Diksha Dagar |
| Hockey | Krishan Bahadur Pathak |
| Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu | |
| Kabaddi | Ritu Negi |
| Pawan Kumar | |
| Kho-Kho | Nasreen |
| Lawn Bowl | Pinki |
| Shooting | Esha Singh |
| Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar | |
| Squash | Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu |
| Table Tennis | Ayhika Mukherjee |
| Wrestling | Antim |
| Sunil Kumar | |
| Wushu | Naorem Roshibina Devi |
| Para Archery | Sheetal Devi |
| Para Canoeing | Prachi Yadav |
| Blind Cricket | Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy |
* Malayali who received Arjuna Award 2023 – Sreeshankar M.
5. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023
The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy is awarded to the university with the best overall performance in inter-university events.
- First Awarded in – 1956.
- Cash Prize – ₹15 lakh.
- 2023 Winners –
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Overall winning university),
- Lovely Professional University, Punjab (1st Runner Up),
- Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2nd Runner Up).
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📝SideNotes:
- Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports – Anurag Thakur.
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