Dronacharya Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015
Dronacharya
Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015
The Dronacharya Award, instituted in 1985, are given to honour eminent
Coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams and enabled them
to achieve outstanding results in international competitions.
Dhyan Chand Award
for Lifetime Achievements in Sports and Games, instituted in the year 2002, is
given to honour those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their
performance and continue to contribute to the promotion of sports even after
their retirement from active sporting career. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar, introduced in 2009, are given to entities, both in public
sector and private sector and non-governmental organizations, with a view to
recognizing the contribution made to sports development. Rashtriya Khel
Protsahan Puruskar has four categories, namely, Identification and nurturing of
budding/young talent, Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social
Responsibility, Employment of sports persons and sports welfare measures and
Sports for Development.
Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after
due scrutiny,
the Government has approved to confer
Dronacharya Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards
and Rashtriya
Khel Protsahan Puruskar for 2015 upon the following
coaches,
persons and entities.
(i) Dronacharya Awards 2015
|
S.No
|
NAME OF THE
COACH
|
DISCIPLINE
|
|
1
|
Shri Naval Singh
|
Athletics-Para-
sports
|
|
2
|
Shri Anoop Singh
|
Wrestling
|
|
3
|
Shri Harbans Singh
|
Athletics-
Lifetime
|
|
4
|
Shri Swatantar Raj
Singh
|
Boxing-
Lifetime
|
|
5
|
Shri Nihar Ameen
|
Swimming-
Lifetime
|
(ii)
Dhyan Chand Award 2015
|
S. No.
|
NAME OF THE
SPORTSPERSON
|
DISCIPLINE
|
|
1
|
Mr. Romeo
James
|
Hockey
|
|
2
|
Mr. Shiv
Prakash Mishra
|
Tennis
|
|
3
|
Mr. T.P.P.
Nair
|
Volleyball
|
(iii) Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Purushkar, 2015
|
Sl. No.
|
Category
|
Entity
recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Purushkar, 2015
|
|
1.
|
Identification
and nurturing of budding /young talent
|
Directorate
General of Military Training
|
|
2.
|
Encouragement
to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility
|
Coal India
Limited
|
|
3.
|
Employment of
sportspersons and sports welfare measures
|
Haryana
Police
|
|
4.
|
Sports for
Development
|
Sports
Coaching Foundation, Hyderabad
|
The awardees will receive
their awards from the President of
India at a specially organized function at
the Rashtrapati
Bhawan on August 29, 2015.
Dronacharya Awardees and Dhyan Chand Awardees
will receive statuettes,
certificates and award money of Rs.5
lakh each. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puruskar awardees will
receive certificates and trophies.
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