Sunday, 20 May 2012

Dronacharya Award

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Dronacharya Award
Award Information
Type
Civilian
Category
Sports Coaching (Individual)
Instituted
1985
First Awarded
1985
Last Awarded
2011
Awarded by
Govt. of India
Cash Award
INR. 500,000
Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.500,000. The award was instituted in 1985. As the best sportsperson award is named Arjuna Award, it is appropriate that the coaching award is named after Dronacharya, as he was the Guru of Arjuna.
List of Dronacharya Award recipients
S.No.
Year
Sportsperson
Sport
01
1985
O.M. Nambiar
Athletics
02
1985
Om Prakash Bhardwaj
Boxing
03
1985
Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat
Wrestling
04
1986
Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle
Chess
05
1986
Desh Prem Azad
Cricket
06
1987
Gurcharan Singh
Cricket
07
1987
Guru Hanuman
Wrestling
08
1990
Ramakant Achrekar
Cricket
09
1990
Syed Naeemuddin
Football
10
1990
A. Ramana Rao
Volleyball
11
1994
Ilyas Babar
Athletics
12
1995
Karan Singh
Athletics
13
1995
M. Shyam Sunder Rao
Volleyball
14
1996
Wilson Jones
Billiards & Snooker
15
1996
Pal Singh Sandhu
Weightlifting
16
1997
Joginder Singh Saini
Athletics
17
1998
Bahadur Singh
Athletics
18
1998
Hargobind Singh Sandhu
Athletics
19
1998
G.S.Sandhu
Boxing
20
1999
Kenneth Owen Bosen
Athletics
21
1999
Capt. Hawa Singh
Boxing
22
1999
Ajay Kumar Sirohi
Weightlifting
23
2000
S.M. Arif
Badminton
24
2000
Gudial Singh Bhangu
Hockey
25
2000
Phadke Gopal Pushottam
Kho-Kho
26
2000
Bhupender Dhawan
Powerlifting
27
2000
Hansa Sharma
Weightlifting
28
2001
Prof. Sunny Thomas
Shooting
29
2001
Michael Joseph Ferreira
Billiards & Snooker
30
2002
Renu Kohli
Athletics
31
2002
Jaswant Singh
Athletics
32
2002
M.K. Kaushik
Hockey
33
2002
E. Prasad Rao
Kabaddi
34
2002
Cdr. H.D. Motivala
Yachting
35
2003
Robert Bobby George
Athletics
36
2003
Anup Kumar
Boxing
37
2003
Rajinder Singh
Hockey
38
2003
Sukhchain Singh Cheema
Wrestling
39
2004
Arvind Savur
Billiards & Snooker
40
2004
Sunita Sharma
Cricket
41
2004
Cyrus Poncha
Squash
42
2004
Gurcharan Singh
Boxing
43
2005
Hony. Captain M Venu
Boxing
44
2005
Balwan Singh
Kabaddi
45
2005
Maha Singh Rao
Wrestling
46
2005
Ismail Baig
Rowing
47
2006
R.D. Singh
Athletics
48
2006
Damodaran Chandralal
Boxing
49
2006
Koneru Ashok
Chess
50
2007
Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Archery
51
2007
Jagdish Singh
Boxing
52
2007
G.E. Sridharan
Volley Ball
53
2007
Jagminder Singh
Wrestling
58
2009
Pullela Gopichand
Badminton
59
2009
Satpal
Wrestling
60
2009
J. Uday Kumar
Kabaddi
61
2009
Baldev Singh
Hockey
62
2009
Jaidev Bisht
Boxing
63
2010
AK Kutty
Athletics(For Lifetime Contribution)
64
2010
Captain Chandrup
Wrestling(For Lifetime Contribution)
65
2010
Ajay Kumar Bansal
Hockey
66
2010
Subhash B Aggarwal
Billiards & Snooker
67
2010
L Ibomcha Singh
Boxing
68
2011
Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao
Boxing
69
2011
Devender Kumar Rathore
Gymnastics
70
2011
Ramphal
Athletics
71
2011
Kuntal Roy
Athletics
72
2011
Rajinder Singh
Hockey




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