Thursday, July 30, 2009

Awards 2009

The Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Dronacharya Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2009, in New Delhi. The selection panel for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar was headed by Kum. Indu Puri while the panel for Dronacharya Award was headed by Shri G.S. Randhawa.
Normally, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given to only one sportsperson in a year. Arjuna Award is given to not more than 15, Dhyan Chand Award to not more than 3 and Dronacharya Award to not more than 5 persons. However, taking into consideration the spectacular performance of Shri Vijender in Boxing and Shri Sushil Kumar in Wrestling, both Bronze Medalists in Beijing Olympics, 2008, the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Selection Committee to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on both of them, as a special case, in addition to Smt. M.C. Marykom.
With a view to recognizing the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, Government has instituted this year, a new award entitled 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.

A. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - 2009 :
1.
Smt. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom
Boxing (Women)
2.
Shri Vijender
Boxing
3.
Shri Sushil Kumar
Wrestling

B. Arjuna Awards – 2009:
1.
Shri Mangal Singh Champia
Archery
2.
Kum. Sinimole Paulose
Athletics
3.
Kum. Saina Nehwal
Badminton
4.
Smt. Laishram Sarita Devi
Boxing
5.
Kum. Tania Sachdev
Chess
6.
Shri Gautam Gambhir
Cricket
7.
Shri Ignace Tirkey
Hockey (Men)
8.
Kum. Surinder Kaur
Hockey (Women)
9.
Shri Pankaj Navanath Shirsat
Kabaddi
10.
Shri Satish Joshi
Rowing
11.
Shri Ronjan Sodhi
Shooting
12.
Kum. Poulomi Ghatak
Table Tennis
13.
Shri Yogeshwar Dutt
Wrestling
14.
Shri Girdhari Lal Yadav
Yachting
15.
Kum. Parul D. Parmar
Badminton (Disabled)

C. Dhyan Chand Awards – 2009 :
1.
Shri Ishar Singh Deol
Athletics
2.
Shri Satbir Singh Dahya
Wrestling

D. Dronacharya Awards – 2009 :
1.
Shri Pullela Gopichand
Badminton
2.
Shri Jaydev Bisht
Boxing
3.
Shri S. Baldev Singh
Hockey
4.
Shri Satpal
Wrestling

E. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009 :
S. No.
Category
Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009
1.
Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent
TATA Steel Ltd.
2.
Financial Support for Sports Excellence
None qualified
3.
Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence
TATA Steel Ltd.
4.
Employment of Sportspersons and sports welfare measures
Railways Sports Promotion Board

National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for spectacular performance in the year under consideration; Arjuna Award is given 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 the past three years.
Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh each. 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 trophy and citation.

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