National Sports Awards 2020 announced ? Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan T., Manika Batra, Vinesh Phogat and Rani Rampal bag the Khel Ratna Award

The Indian Sports Ministry on Friday announced the list of athletes who will be conferred with the National Sports Awards. Sports Awards are given every year to recognise and reward excellence in sports. Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over four years; Arjuna Award is given for consistently excellent performance for four years; Dronacharya Award goes to the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events; Dhyan Chand Award is for lifetime contribution to sports development, and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to the corporate entities (both in private and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development. Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy. In addition to these Sports Awards, the Ministry also recognises the spirit of adventure among the people of the country by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.

A large number of applications were received for Sports Awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court of India) and other members comprising of eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administration, etc.

The Awardees are based on the recommendations of the Committee. After due scrutiny, the Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities under various categories. The awardees will receive their awards from the Hon’ble President of India at a specially organised function through the virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2020.

Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan T., Manika Batra, Ms Vinesh and Ms Rani

Dharmendra Tiwary, Purushotham Rai, Shiv Singh, Romesh Pathania, Krishan Kumar Hooda, Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar, Naresh Kumar, Om Parkash Dahiya

Regular Category:Jude Felix Sebastian, Yogesh Malviya, Jaspal Rana, Kuldeep Kumar Handoo, Gaurav Khanna

Atanu Das, Dutee Chand, Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Subedar Manish Kaushik, Lovlina Borgohain, Ishant Sharma, Deepti Sharma, Sawant Ajay Anant, Sandesh Jhingan, Aditi Ashok, Akashdeep Singh, Deepika, Deepak, Kale Sarika Sudhakar, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary, Madhurika Suhas Patkar, Divij Sharan, Shiva Keshavan, Divya Kakran, Rahul Aware, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Sandeep, Manish Narwal

Kuldip Singh Bhullar, Jincy Philips, Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe, Trupti Murgunde, N. Usha, Lakha Singh, Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu, Ajit Singh, Manpreet Singh, J. Ranjith Kumar, Satyaprakash Tiwari, Manjeet Singh, Sachin Nag, Nandan P Bal, Netarpal Hooda

Anita Devi, Col. Sarfraz Singh, Taka Tamut, Narender Singh, Keval Hiren Kakka, Satendra Singh, Gajanand Yadava, Magan Bissa

Panjab University, Chandigarh

1. Lakshya Institute
2. Army Sports Institute

• Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility:

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.

• Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures: Air Force Sports Control Board
• Sports for Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)