New Delhi, Aug 29 (ANI): Ace shooter Gagan Narang was on Monday conferred the country's highest sporting honour-the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award here today.
Narang collected the trophy that consists of a medal, citation and cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh from President Pratibha Patil.
Shabbir Ali (Football), Sushil Kohli (Swimming) and Shri Rajkumar (Wrestling) were conferred Dhyan Chand Awards for the year 2011 for their contribution to sports by their performance and efforts to promote the sports. The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs five lakh each.
President Patil also gave away Dronacharya Awards to Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao (Boxing), Devender Kumar Rathore (Gymnastics), Ramphal (Wrestling), Dr. Kuntal Roy (Athletics) and Rajinder Singh (Hockey) in recognition of their meritorious achievements in the field of coaching.
The award carries a statuettes, citations and enhanced cash prize of Rs five lakh each.
Rahul Banerjee (Archery), Preeja Sreedharan (Athletics), Jwala Gutta (Badminton), M. Suranjoy Singh (Boxing), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Rajpal Singh (Hockey), Rakesh Kumar (Kabaddi), Tejeswini Bai V (Kabaddi -Women)), Tejaswini Ravindra Sawant (Shooting), Veedhawal Vikram Khade(Swimming), Sanjay Kumar (Volleyball), Ravinder Singh (Wrestling), Naib Subedar Katulu Ravikumar (Weightlifting), Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi (Wushu) and Prasantha Karamakar (Swimming Paralympics) were conferred Arjuna Awards.
The Award carries a statuettes, citations and enhanced cash prize of Rs five lakh each.
Vikas Gowda (Athletics), Zaheer Khan (Cricket), Ashish Kumar (Gymnastics) and Somdev Kishore Devvarman (Tennis) have been also awarded Arjuna Awards but they could not attend the presentation ceremony because of their sporting events abroad.
With a view to recognize, the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, the Government had instituted in 2009, a new award "Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar", which has four categories, namely, community sports development, promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite sportspersons and employment to sportspersons.
The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board was conferred "Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar" for the year 2011 under the category of Financial Support for Sports Excellence Establishment.
N. Ramachadran of Squash Academy, Chennai also received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar" for Establishment Management of Sports Academics of Excellence.
President Patil also conferred Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards for the year 2010 to recognize the contribution and performance of the awardees in the field of adventure sports.
Late Col. Balwant Singh Sandhu was given Life Time Achievement Award (Posthumously). Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu for Land Adventure, Mamta Sodha for Land Adventure and Dilip Donde for Water Adventure were also awarded. The award carries cash prize of Rs five lakh and Bronze Statuette along with a citation. (ANI)
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