Sports Awards in India, Which types of Taken Awards For Sportsperson,

Sports Awards In India

India has long traditions in physical fitness and sports. Our epic period provides detail about Ashrams where students were taught about various skill. They were also taught by their Gurus (Coaches/masters) the various technique of fitness like fighting, archery, wrestling, sword fighting, yogic techniques, etc.

        It was the Guru who brought perfection in them, whereas shishya (student/ trainee) followed the instruction very delicately and perfected them. The example of this excellence was Arjuna (Student of Guru Dronacharya) Who was excellent in archery after the training of his master.


                     Modern India has honored player and their coaches for their workout by constituting Sports Awards in their names for excellence in sports and sport coaching. They are recognized for their outstanding achievements and performance in the field of sports and coaching. These award are highly motivating for both players and coaches for their excellence. These awards encourage them. There are various sports Awards. Some of them are also recognized by Government of India  like Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Padma Shree etc.

1.   ARJUNA AWARD 

   This prestigious sports award was first introduced in the year 1961. It was named after Perfect Student Arjuna (of Mahabharata). As per revised schematic guidelines, this award is given on the sports personality who excels in games and sports for three consecutive years (at National and International level) and also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and sense of discipline. It consist of Five lakh rupees cash, scroll of honour and statue of Arjuna. This award is decided by ten member committee (Seven Olympic Players and three SAI Officials). 

It is given three categories 

A. Olympic/ Asian/ World Cup/ World Championship/ commonwealth Games/ Cricket   

B. Indigenous/ Indian Games

C. Physically challenged game or Sports.

 

2.   DRONACHARYA  AWARD

   This is award is given to honour those coaches who have  successfully trained sportsperson or teams and enabled them  to achieve outstanding results in International Competitions. This eminent award was started in the year 1985. It is given to coaches for their hard work to produce top level sportsperson.   

This award is named after the legendary Guru or Teacher Dronacharya. In this award, the coach is given Five Lakh rupees cash, scoll of honour and statue of guru Dronacharya. Some of its recipients are Karan Singh, Anju Bobby George (Athletics), D.P. Azad (Cricket), Rajinder Singh (Hockey), Sayeed Naemuddin (Football), Sham Sunder Rao (Volleyball).

3.    RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA

   It is the highest sports award given to a sportsperson who has achieved the heights of skills in games and sport at International Level competitions. The objective of this award is honouring sportsperson to enhance their general status and to give them greater dignity and place of honour in society. This award was launched in the year 1991 in the memory of late Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi (great sports lover). In this award the sportsperson is presented with scroll of honour along with cash of Seven Lakh Fifty Thousands rupees. For this award high class performance for the progress of sport is considered. 

Some of its recipients are : Sachin Tendulkar, M.S.Dhoni, Anju Bobby George (Athletics), Dhanraj Pillay (Hockey), Leander Peas (Tennis), Lt. Col. Rajyavardan (Shooting), Sunil Kumar (Wrestling), Vijendra Singh (Boxing), Saina Nehwal (Badminton).   

     4.   DHYAN CHAND AWARD

This newly started sports award was instituted in the year 2002. This award is given lifetime achievement in games of sports, i.e., to honour those sorts persons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promote sports even after their retirement from active sporting career. 

The award carries a cash  reward of  rupees Five Lakh, a plaque and scroll of honour. Some of its recipients are Ms Aparna Ghosh (Basketball), Ashok Diwan (Hockey), Ishwar Singh Deol (Athletics), Satbir Singh Dahya (Wrestling).

5.   MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD TROPHY

    The Maulana Abul Kalam Khan Trophy was instituted as a Running Trophy in 1956-57. This trophy is awarded annually to the University, which has given the best all round performance during the year of award.

 The winner receives a replica of the trophy and cash award of Rupees Ten Lakh which is to be utlised for acquiring sports equipment. Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has honour of winning maximum number of times.