Dronacharya Award Winners - All You Need to Know

The article 'Dronacharya Award Winners - All You Need to Know' provides an overview of the Dronacharya Award and highlights notable winners who have made significant contributions to their respective sports.

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The article 'Dronacharya Award Winners - All You Need to Know' provides an overview of the Dronacharya Award and highlights notable winners who have made significant contributions to their respective sports. 

The Dronacharya Award is one of the most prestigious honours bestowed upon sports coaches in India. It is named after Dronacharya, the legendary guru of archery from the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The award recognizes the outstanding contributions made by coaches in the field of sports and their role in producing successful athletes.

The Dronacharya Award was instituted in 1985 by the Government of India's Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. It is presented annually to coaches from various sports disciplines, including Olympic and Paralympic sports, by the President of India on the occasion of National Sports Day, which is celebrated on 29th August.

The Dronacharya Award is a recognition of the immense hard work, dedication, and expertise demonstrated by coaches in nurturing and shaping the careers of athletes. It not only acknowledges their efforts but also motivates them to continue their valuable contribution to the Indian sports landscape.

List of Dronacharya Award Winners

Name of the Awardee

Year

Sports Associated

Shri O.M. Nambiar

1985

Athletics

Shri Om Prakash Bhardwaj

1985

Boxing

Shri Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagwat

1985

Wrestling

Shri Desh Prem Azad

1986

Cricket

Shri Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle

1986

Chess

Shri Guru Charan Singh

1987

Cricket

Shri Guru Hanuman

1987

Wrestling 

Shri Ramakant Archrekar

1990

Cricket

Syed Naeemuddin

1990

Football

Shri A. Ramana Rao

1990

Volleyball

Md. Ilyas Babar

1994

Athletics

Shri Karan Singh

1995

Athletics

Shri M. Shyam Sunder Rao

1995

Volleyball

Shri Wilson Jones

1996

Billiards & Snooker

Shri Pal Singh Sandhu

1996

Weightlifting

Shri Joginder Singh Saini

1997

Athletics

Shri Bahadur Singh

1998

Athletics

Shri Hargobind Singh Sandhu

1998

Athletics

Shri G.S. Sandhu

1998

Boxing

Shri Kenneth Owen Bosen

1999

Athletics

Late Capt. Hawa Singh

1999

Boxing

Shri Ajay Kumar Sirohi

1999

Weightlifting

Shri S.M. Arif

2000

Badminton

Shri Gurudayal Singh Bhangu

2000

Hockey

Shri Phadke Gopal Purushottam

2000

Kho-Kho

Shri Bhupender Dhawan

2000

Powerlifting

Smt. Hansa Sharma

2000

Weightlifting

Prof. Sunny Thomas

2001

Shooting

Shri Michael Joseph Ferreira

2001

Billiards & Snooker

Ms. Renu Kohli

2002

Athletics

Shri Jaswant Singh

2002

Athletics

Shri S.K. Kaushik

2002

Hockey

Shri E. Prasad Rao

2002

Kabaddi

Cdr. H.D. Motivala

2002

Yachting

Shri Robert Bobby George

2003

Athletics

Shri Annop Kumar

2003

Boxing 

Shri Rajinder Singh

2003

Hockey

Shri Sukhchain Singh Cheema

2003

Wrestling

Shri Arvind Savur

2004

Billiards & Snooker

Smt. Sunita Sharma

2004

Cricket

Shri Cyrus M. Poncha

2004

Squash

Hony. Capt. M. Venu , VSM

2005

Boxing

Shri Balwan Singh

2005

Kabaddi

Shri Maha Singh Rao

2005

Wrestling

Shri Ismail Baig

2005

Rowing

Shri R.D. Singh ( Paralympic Games)

2006

Athletics

Shri Damodaran Chanderlal

2006

Boxing

Shri Koneru Ashok

2006

Chess

Shri Sanjeev Kumar Singh

2007

Archery

Shri Jagdish Singh

2007

Boxing

Shri G.E. Sridharan

2007

Volleyball

Shri Jagminder Singh

2007

Wrestling

Shri Pullela Gopichand

2009

Badminton

Shri Jaydev Bist

2009

Boxing

Shri S. Baldev Singh

2009

Hockey

Shri Satpal

2009

Wrestling

Shri A.K. Kutty

2010

Athletics

Shri Subhash B. Agarwal

2010

Billiards & Snooker

Shri L. Ibomcha Singh

2010

Boxing

Shri Ajay Kumar Bansal

2010

Hockey

Captain Chandrup

2010

Wrestling

Dr. Kuntal Kumar Roy

2011

Athletics

Shri Inukurthi Venkateshwara Roy

2011

Boxing

Shri Devender Kumar Rathore

2011

Gymnastics

Shri Rajinder Singh

2011

Hockey

Shri Ramphal

2011

Wrestling

Dr. Kuntal Kumar Roy

2011

Athletics

Shri Virender Poonia

2012

Athletics

Ms. Sunil Dabas

2012

Kabaddi (Women)

Shri Yashvir Singh

2012

Wrestling

Shri Jasvinder Singh Bhatia

2012

Athletics

Shri Bhawani Mukherjee

2012

Table Tennis

Shri Harendra Singh

2012

Hockey

Shri Dr. Satyapal Singh

2012

Athletics (Para Sports)

Shri B.I. Fernandez

2012

Boxing ( Athletics)

Ms. Purnima Mahato

2013

Archery

Shri Mahavir Singh

2013

Boxing

Shri Narender Singh Saini

2013

Hockey

Shri K.P. Thomas

2013

Athletics 

Shri Raj Singh

2013

Wrestling

Shri Mahabir Prasad

2014

Wrestling

Shri N. Lingappa

2014

Athletics – Lifetime

Shri Ganapathy Manoharan

2014

Boxing – Lifetime

Shri Gurucharan Gogi

2014

Judo – Lifetime

Shri JoseJacob

2014

Rowing – Lifetime

Shri Naval Singh

2015

Athletics ( Para – Sports)

Shri Anoop Singh

2015

Wrestling

Shri Harbans Singh

2015

Athletics – Lifetime

Shri Swatantar Raj Singh

2015

Boxing – Lifetime

Shri Nihar Ameen

2015

Swimming – Lifetime

Shri Nagapuri Ramesh

2016

Athletics

Shri Sagar Mal Dhayal

2016

Boxing

Shri Raj Kumar Sharma

2016

Cricket

Shri Bishweshwar Nandi

2016

Gymnastics

Shri S. Pradeep Kumar

2016

Swimming – Lifetime

Shri Mahabir Singh

2016

Wrestling – Lifetime

Late Dr. R. Gandhi

2017

Athletics ( Posthumously )

Shri G.S.S.V. Prasad

2017

Badminton (Lifetime )

Shri Braja Bhusan Mohanty

2017

Boxing ( Lifetime )

Shri P.A. Raphel

2017

Hockey ( Lifetime )

Shri Sanjoy Chakraverthy

2017

Shooting ( Lifetime )

Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa

2018

Boxing

Shri Vijay Sharma

2018

Weightlifting

Shri A. Srinivasa Rao

2018

Table Tennis

Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu

2018

Athletics

Shri Clarence Lobo

2018

Hockey (Life Time)

Shri Tarak Sinha

2018

Cricket (Life Time)

Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma

2018

Judo (Life Time) 

Shri V. R. Beedu

2018

Athletic (Life Time)

Mohinder Singh Dhillon

2019

Athletics

Rambir Singh Khokar

2019

Kabaddi

U. Vimal Kumar

2019

Badminton

Sandip Gupta

2019

Table Tennis

Sanjay Bhardwaj

2019

Cricket

Merzban Patel

2019

Hockey

Gaurav Khanna

2020

Badminton

Kuldeep Kumar Handoo

2020

Wushu

Jaspal Rana

2020

Shooting

Yogesh Malviya

2020

Mallakhamb

Jude Sebastian

2020

Hockey

Subramanian Raman

2021

Table Tennis

Jai Prakash Nautiyal

2021

Shooting

Pritam Siwach

2021

Hockey

Sandhya Gurung

2021

Boxing

Radhakrishnan Nair

2021

Athletics

Bimal Prafulla Ghosh

2022

Football

Dinesh Jawahar Lad

2022

Cricket

Suma Siddharth Shirur

2022

Para Shooting

Muhammad Ali Qamar

2022

Boxing

Jeevanjot Singh Teja

2022

Archery

Sujit Mann

2022

Wrestling

Raj Singh

2022

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