Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2024 today. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17th January, 2025 (Friday) 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, university and entity:
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2024 today. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 17th January, 2025 (Friday) 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, university and entity:
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024
S. No.
Name of the Sportsperson
Discipline
1.
Shri Gukesh D
Chess
2.
Shri Harmanpreet Singh
Hockey
3.
Shri Praveen Kumar
Para-Athletics
4.
Ms. Manu Bhaker
Shooting
- Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024
S. No.
Name of the Sportsperson
Discipline
Ms. Jyothi Yarraji
Athletics
Ms. Annu Rani
Athletics
Ms. Nitu
Boxing
Ms. Saweety
Boxing
Ms. Vantika Agrawal
Chess
Ms. Salima Tete
Hockey
Shri Abhishek
Hockey
Shri Sanjay
Hockey
Shri Jarmanpreet Singh
Hockey
Shri Sukhjeet Singh
Hockey
Shri Rakesh Kumar
Para-Archery
Ms. Preeti Pal
Para-Athletics
Ms. Jeevanji Deepthi
Para-Athletics
Shri Ajeet Singh
Para-Athletics
Shri Sachin Sarjerao Khilari
Para-Athletics
Shri Dharambir
Para-Athletics
Shri Pranav Soorma
Para-Athletics
Shri H Hokato Sema
Para-Athletics
Ms. Simran
Para-Athletics
Shri Navdeep
Para-Athletics
Shri Nitesh Kumar
Para-Badminton
Ms. Thulasimathi Murugesan
Para-Badminton
Ms. Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
Para-Badminton
Ms. Manisha Ramadass
Para-Badminton
Shri Kapil Parmar
Para-Judo
Ms. Mona Agarwal
Para-Shooting
Ms. Rubina Francis
Para-Shooting
Shri Swapnil Suresh Kusale
Shooting
Shri Sarabjot Singh
Shooting
Shri Abhay Singh
Squash
Shri Sajan Prakash
Swimming
Shri Aman
Wrestling
- Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024
S. No.
Name of the Sportsperson
Discipline
Shri Sucha Singh
Athletics
Shri Murlikant Rajaram Petkar
Para-Swimming
- Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2024
- Regular Category:
S. No.
Name of the Coach
Discipline
Shri Subhash Rana
Para-Shooting
Ms. Deepali Deshpande
Shooting
Shri Sandeep Sangwan
Hockey
- Lifetime Category:
S. No.
Name of the Coach
Discipline
Shri S Muralidharan
Badminton
Shri Armando Agnelo Colaco
Football
- Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
S. No.
Name of the Entity
Physical Education Foundation of India
(vi) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024:
S. No.
Name of University
1
Chandigarh University
Overall winner University
2
Lovely Professional University, (PB)
1st runner up University
3
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
2nd runner up University
