The President, Pranab Mukherjee gave
away National Sports and Adventure Awards at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan
29 August 2012. The function was attended by Union Minister for Tourism
Subhod Kant Sahai , Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs &
Sports and several eminent sports persons.
Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt were
awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for this year for their sterling
performance in Shooting and Wrestling events at the recently concluded London
Olympics. The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs 7.5
lakh each.
The President also gave away Dronacharya
Awards for the this year to the following eight Sports persons in recognition
of their meritorious achievements in the field of coaching. The award carries a
statuettes, citations and enhanced cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each.
Virender Poonia, Athletics
Sunil Dabas, Kabaddi (Women)
Yashvir Singh, Wrestling
Harendra Singh, Hockey
Dr. Satyapal Singh, Para Sports (Athletics)
J.S. Bhatia, Athletics *
Bhawani MukherjeeTable Tennis *
B.I. Fernandez, Cuban Boxing Coach, Boxing
25 Sports persons were conferred Arjuna Awards
for the year 2012, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the
respective field of sports. The Award carries a statuettes, citations and
enhanced cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each. The Sports persons are as follows:
Deepika Kumari, Archery
Laishram Bombayla Devi, Archery
Sudha Singh, Athletics
Kavita Ramdas Raut, Athletics
Ashwani Ponnappa, Badminton
Parupalli Kashyap, Badminton
Aditya S. Mehta, Billiards & Snooker
Vikas Krishan, Boxing
Yuvraj Singh, Cricket
Sardar Singh, Hockey
Yashpal Solanki, Judo
Anup Kumar, Kabaddi
Samir Suhag, Polo
Annu Raj Singh, Shooting
Omkar Singh, Shooting
Joydeep Karmakar, Shooting
Deepika Pallikal, Squash
Sandeep Sejwal, Swimming
Ng. Sonia Chanu, Weightlifting
Narsingh Yadav, Wrestling
Rajinder Kumar, Wrestling
Geeta Phogat, Wrestling
M. Bimoljit Singh Wushu
Deepa Malik, Athletics – Paralympics
Ramkaran
Singh Athletics –
Paralympics
Jagraj Singh Mann (Athletics ), Gundeep
Kumar ( Hockey) , Vinod Kumar ( Wrestling) and Sukhbir Singh Tokas
( Para-Sports) were conferred Dhyan Chand Awards for the year 2012 for their
contribution to sports by their performance and efforts to promote the sports.
The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each.
With a view to recognize, the contribution
made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches,
the Government had instituted in 2009, a new award “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar”, which has four categories, namely, community sports development,
promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite sportspersons and
employment to sportspersons.
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) was
conferred “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar” for the year 2012 under the
category of Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young
Talent . Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) received the award under the
category of Financial Support for Sports Excellence . Services Sports Control
Board (SSCB) also received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar” for
Establishment Management of Sports Academics of Excellence whereas Air India
Sports Promotion Board got the award under Employment of Sportspersons and
Sports Welfare Measures. Entities selected for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar were given Trophy and Citation.
The President also conferred Tenzing Norgay
National Adventure Awards for the year 2011 to recognize the contribution and
performance of the awardees in the field of adventure sports. Col. Anand
Swaroop, SM and Sub. Rajendra Singh Jalal were given award
for Land Adventure. Bhakti Sharma for Water Adventure
and Mandip Singh Soin received Life Time Achievement award. The
award carries cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and Bronze Statuette along with a
citation.
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