President of India Shri Ram NathKovind conferred National Sports Awards 2018 and National Adventure Awards, 2017 in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan . Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Col. Rajyawardhan Rathore was among the dignitaries present on the occasion.
Following sports persons were conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018:
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Ms. S. MirabaiChanu | Weightlifting |
| 2. | Shri ViratKohli | Cricket |
Following sportspersons were conferred with Dronacharya Awards for the year 2018:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
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Subedar ChenandaAchaiah Kuttappa | Boxing |
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Shri Vijay Sharma | Weightlifting |
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Shri A. Srinivasa Rao | Table Tennis |
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Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu | Athletics |
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Shri Clarence Lobo | Hockey (Life Time) |
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Shri Tarak Sinha | Cricket (Life Time) |
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Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma | Judo (Life Time) |
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Shri V.R. Beedu | Athletics (Life Time) |
Following sportspersons were conferred with Arjuna Awards for the year 2018:
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Shri Neeraj Chopra | Athletics |
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NaibSubedarJinson Johnson | Athletics |
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Ms. Hima Das | Athletics |
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Ms. NelakurthiSikki Reddy | Badminton |
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Subedar Satish Kumar | Boxing |
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Ms. SmritiMandhana* | Cricket |
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Shri Shubhankar Sharma | Golf |
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Shri Manpreet Singh | Hockey |
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Ms. Savita | Hockey |
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Col. Ravi Rathore | Polo |
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Ms. RahiSarnobat | Shooting |
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Shri Ankur Mittal | Shooting |
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Ms. Shreyasi Singh | Shooting |
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Ms. ManikaBatra | Table Tennis |
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Shri G. Sathiyan | Table Tennis |
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Shri Rohan Bopanna* | Tennis |
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Shri Sumit | Wrestling |
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Ms. Pooja Kadian | Wushu |
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Shri AnkurDhama | Para-Athletics |
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Shri Manoj Sarkar | Para-Badminton |
*Players could not be present
Following sports persons were conferred with Dhyan Chand Awards for the year 2018.
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Shri Satyadev Prasad | Archery |
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Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri | Hockey |
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Ms. Bobby Aloysius | Athletics |
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Shri ChougaleDaduDattatray | Wrestling |
Following entities were conferred with Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar for the year 2018.
| S. No. | Category | Name of the entity |
| 1. | Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent | RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited |
| 2. | Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | JSW Sports |
| 3. | Sports for Development | Isha Outreach |
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards, 2017 were conferred on the following:
| S.No | Name | Category |
| 1 | Dr AnshuJamsenpa | Mountaineer |
| 2. | Late Shri Ravi Kumar | Mountaineer |
| 3 | Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi | Navy |
| 4 | Lt Cdr PratibhaJamwal | Navy |
| 5 | Lt Cdr PatarlapalliSwathi | Navy |
| 6 | Lt Cdr ShougrakpamVijaya Devi | Navy |
| 7 | Lt Cdr AishwaryaBoddapati | Navy |
| 8 | Lt Payal Gupta | Navy |
| 9 | CaptUditThapar | Skydiver |
| 10 | Shri SonamWangyal | Mountaineer (Life time) |
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar was conferred MaulanaAbulKalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18.