National Sports Awards 2020: Sports Minister bodily arms over Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards to winners

The Sports Ministry bodily handed over trophies to all of the winners of final 12 months’s National Sports Awards throughout a operate at a New Delhi lodge on Monday, November 1.

All the winners of the National Sports Awards 2020 had already obtained the money awards however weren’t in a position to gather their trophies and citations throughout final 12 months’s occasion when the Sports Awards ceremony was held just about owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.On August 29, 2020, the Sports Ministry handed over a complete of 74 National Sports Awards, together with 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards and 27 Arjuna Awards.Vinesh Phogat, Ishant Sharma spotlight ceremonyMonday’s ceremony was attended by many awardees, together with Rani Rampal, Vinesh Phogat and Mariyappan Thangavelu, who obtained the celebrated Khel Ratna Award, and Lovlina Borgohain, Ishant Sharma, Atanu Das, Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty, amongst others who obtained the Arjuna Award.Extremely grateful and honoured to obtain the #ArjunaAward 2020! Congratulations to fellow awardees for a similar!Special due to Ministry of Sports for this prestigious award and to all of you to your fixed assist and love! pic.twitter.com/guz5WqxO1M— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) November 1, 2021
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur was current on the ceremony together with Secretary Sports Smt. Sujata Chaturvedi, Secretary of Youth Affairs Smt. Usha Sharma and different high ministry and SAI officers.Addressing the awardees the minister stated, “The National Sports Awards is a prestigious award that is won by athletes after years of dedication and hard work. Congratulations to all the awardees and the very best for their future events. The journey of the awardees doesn’t end here, there is more to be achieved. We must also continue to look for talented athletes, groom them and make them capable of winning medals at the International level. So I request all the athletes to take the pledge of at least grooming and training five such athletes who can win medals for India in the future.”List of National Sports Awardees for the 12 months 2020Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para-Athletics), Manika Batra (Table Tennis), Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling), Rani Rampal (Hockey).Arjuna Award: Atanu Das (Archery), Dutee Chand (Athletics), Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton), Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball), Manish Kaushik (Boxing), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Ishant Sharma (Cricket), Deepti Sharma (Cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (Football), Aditi Ashok (Golf), Akashdeep Singh (Hockey), Deepika (Hockey), Deepak (Kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing), Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Patkar (Table Tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports), Divya Kakran (Wrestling), Rahul Aware (Wrestling), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para-Swimming), Sandeep (Para-Athletics), Manish Narwal (Para Shooting).Dronacharya Award (Life-Time Category): Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery), Purushotham Rai (Athletics), Shiv Singh (Boxing), Romesh Pathania (Hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting), Naresh Kumar (Tennis), Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling).Dronacharya (Regular Category): Jude Felix (Hockey), Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton).Dhyan Chand Award: Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics), Jincy Philips (Athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton), Trupti Murgunde (Badminton), N Usha(Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing), Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Football), Ajit Singh (Hockey), Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (Para-Athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton), Manjeet Singh (Rowing), Late Shri Sachin Nag (Swimming), Nandan Bal (Tennis), Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling).Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards: Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure), Gajanand Yadava (Air Adventure), Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement).Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy: Panjab University, Chandigarh.Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent: Lakshya Institute, Army Sports Institute.Encouragement to sports activities by means of Corporate Social Responsibility: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.Employment of sportspersons and sports activities welfare measures: Air Force Sports Control Board.Sports for Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM).