National Sports Awards 2020
- 22 Aug 2020
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2020.
- The Selection Committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma, the former Judge of Supreme Court of India.
- In a first, the awards will be held virtually on August 29, the National Sports Day (birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand), instead of the Rashtrapati Bhavan this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Awards/Awardees and Discipline
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
- Shri Rohit Sharma - Cricket
- Shri Mariyappan T. - Para Athletics
- Manika Batra - Table Tennis
- Vinesh - Wrestling
- Rani - Hockey
Dronacharya Award
(A) Life- Time Category
- Shri Dharmendra Tiwary - Archery
- Shri Purushotham Rai - Athletics
- Shri Shiv Singh - Boxing
- Shri Romesh Pathania - Hockey
- Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda - Kabaddi
- Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar - Para Powerlifting
- Shri Naresh Kumar - Tennis
- Shri Om Parkash Dahiya - Wrestling
(B) Regular Category
- Shri Jude Felix Sebastian - Hockey
- Shri Yogesh Malviya - Mallakhamb
- Shri Jaspal Rana - Shooting
- Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo - Wushu
- Shri Gaurav Khanna - Para Badminton
Arjuna Award
- Shri Atanu Das - Archery
- Dutee Chand - Athletics
- Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy - Badminton
- Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty - Badminton
- Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi - Basketball
- Subedar Manish Kaushik - Boxing
- Lovlina Borgohain - Boxing
- Shri Ishant Sharma - Cricket
- Deepti Sharma - Cricket
- Shri Sawant Ajay Anant -Equestrian
- Shri Sandesh Jhingan - Football
- Aditi Ashok - Golf
- Shri Akashdeep Singh - Hockey
- Deepika - Hockey
- Shri Deepak - Kabaddi
- Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar - Kho Kho
- Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Rowing
- Manu Bhaker - Shooting
- Shri Saurabh Chaudhary - Shooting
- Madhurika Suhas Patkar - Table Tennis
- Shri Divij Sharan - Tennis
- Shri Shiva Keshavan - Winter Sports
- Divya Kakran - Wrestling
- Shri Rahul Aware - Wrestling
- Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav - Para Swimming
- Shri Sandeep - Para Athletics
- Shri Manish Narwal - Para Shooting
Dhyan Chand Award
- Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar - Athletics
- Jincy Philips - Athletics
- Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe - Badminton
- Trupti Murgunde - Badminton
- N. Usha - Boxing
- Shri Lakha Singh - Boxing
- Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu - Football
- Shri Ajit Singh - Hockey
- Shri Manpreet Singh -Kabaddi
- Shri J. Ranjith Kumar - Para Athletics
- Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari - Para Badminton
- Shri Manjeet Singh - Rowing
- Late Shri Sachin Nag -Swimming
- Shri Nandan P Bal - Tennis
- Shri Netarpal Hooda - Wrestling
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2019
- Anita Devi - Land Adventure
- Sarfraz Singh - Land Adventure
- Shri Taka Tamut - Land Adventure
- Shri Narender Singh - Land Adventure
- Shri Keval Hiren Kakka - Land Adventure
- Shri Satendra Singh - Water Adventure
- Shri Gajanand Yadava - Air Adventure
- Late Shri Magan Bissa - Life Time Achievement
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Maka) Trophy
- Panjab University, Chandigarh
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
- Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent - 1. Lakshya Institute, 2. Army Sports Institute
- Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.
- Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures - Air Force Sports Control Board
- Sports for Development - International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)
