President confers National Sports Awards 2018 & National Adventure Awards 2017

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President conferred National Sports Awards 2018
President conferred National Sports Awards 2018

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
Subedar ChenandaAchaiah Kuttappa Boxing
Shri Vijay Sharma Weightlifting
Shri A. Srinivasa Rao Table Tennis
Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu Athletics
Shri Clarence Lobo Hockey (Life Time)
Shri Tarak Sinha Cricket (Life Time)
Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma Judo (Life Time)
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
Shri Neeraj Chopra Athletics
NaibSubedarJinson Johnson Athletics
Ms. Hima Das Athletics
Ms. NelakurthiSikki Reddy Badminton
Subedar Satish Kumar Boxing
Ms. SmritiMandhana* Cricket
Shri Shubhankar Sharma Golf
Shri Manpreet Singh Hockey
Ms. Savita Hockey
Col. Ravi Rathore Polo
Ms. RahiSarnobat Shooting
Shri Ankur Mittal Shooting
Ms. Shreyasi Singh Shooting
Ms. ManikaBatra Table Tennis
Shri G. Sathiyan Table Tennis
Shri Rohan Bopanna* Tennis
Shri Sumit Wrestling
Ms. Pooja Kadian Wushu
Shri AnkurDhama Para-Athletics
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
Shri Satyadev Prasad Archery
Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri Hockey
Ms. Bobby Aloysius Athletics
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.

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