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The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, [1] is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona , often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India . [ 2 ]
The four awards presented in boxing are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [ 1 ] First presented in the year 1961, a total of forty-five individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in boxing for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [ 2 ]
The following is an incomplete list of people who have either declined or renounced an Indian honour or decoration. These include recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri), along with other Indian governmental awards.
The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports . They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan , usually on 29 August. [ 1 ]
The nominations for the award are received from all government-recognised National Sports Federations, the Indian Olympic Association, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Sports Promotion and Control Boards, the state and the union territory governments and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya awardees of the ...
Shyam Sunder Rao – former Indian volleyball player and coach.He is a recipient of Arjuna award and, in 1995, the Dronacharya award Yejju Subba Rao – He was the President of Volleyball Federation of India honored Y Subba Rao with Five Gold coins for his extraordinary contribution towards Indian volleyball
This page categorises winners of the Dronacharya Award, an award given by the Government of India. It is awarded to recognize outstanding achievement by Indian coaches in sports, nationally and internationally.
In 1990, he was honoured with Dronacharya Award for his services to cricket coaching. [9] In 2010, he was conferred with Padma Shri, one of the country's highest civilian awards in sports category at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 7 April 2010 by the then Indian President Pratibha Patil. [10]