Veteran Table Tennis Player Sharath Kamal Achanta To Receive Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

National Sports Award 2022: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Monday, announced names of sports persons, coaches and entities, who will be receive the prestigious National Sports Awards 2022 by President of India, Draupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November.

 

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022

Shri Sharath Kamal Achanta: Table Tennis

​Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022

Ms Seema Punia: Athletics
Shri Eldhose Paul: Athletics
Shri Avinash Mukund Sable: Athletics
Shri Lakshya Sen: Badminton
Shri Prannoy HS: Badminton
Shri Amit: Boxing
Ms Nikhat Zareen: Boxing
Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni: Chess
Shri R Praggnanandhaa: Chess
Ms Deep Grace Ekka: Hockey
Ms Shushila Devi: Judo
Ms Sakshi Kumari: Kabaddi
Ms Nayan Moni Saikia: Lawn Bowl
Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar: Mallakhamb
Ms ElavenilValarivan: Shooting

Shri Omprakash Mitharval: Shooting
Ms Sreeja Akula: Table Tennis
Shri Vikas Thakur: Weightlifting
Ms Anshu: Wrestling
Ms Sarita: Wrestling
Shri Parveen: Wushu
Ms Manasi Girishchandra Joshi: Para Badminton
Shri Tarun Dhillon: Para Badminton
Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil: Para Swimming
Ms Jerlin Anika J: Deaf Badminton

​Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2022

Regular Category:

Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms)    Discipline
Shri Jiwanjot Singh Teja                     Archery
Shri Mohammad Ali Qamar                Boxing
Ms Suma Siddharth Shirur             Para Shooting
Shri Sujeet Maan                              Wrestling

Lifetime Category:

Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms)      Discipline
Shri Dinesh Jawahar Lad                     Cricket
Shri Bimal Prafulla Ghosh                   Football
Shri Raj Singh                                    Wrestling

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2022

Name of the sportsperson               Discipline
Ms Ashwini Akkunji C.                        Athletics
Shri Dharamvir Singh                           Hockey
Shri B.C Suresh                                    Kabaddi
Shri Nir Bahadur Gurung Para            Athletics

 

The award since August 6, 2021 is named after Major Dhyan Chand (1905–79), an Indian field hockey player, widely regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players of all time, who scored more than 1000 goals over a career that spanned over 20 years from 1926 to 1948

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:  Highest sporting honour of India.^[5] It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. 

Award Prize : 25 Lakhs and Certificate.

First awarded : 1991–92