President Confers National Sports Awards 2025

• 13 Nov 2026

On 13 November 2026, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Sports Awards 2025 and the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024 for outstanding sporting achievements at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Key Facts

• Arjuna Award (Regular): A total of 17 sportspersons, including Tejaswin Shankar, Divya Deshmukh, Vidit Gujrathi, Rajkumar Pal, and Pooja, were conferred the regular Arjuna Award for the year 2025.
• Arjuna Award (Lifetime): Former footballer and 1962 Asian Games gold medallist Isaya Arumainayagam was honoured with the Arjuna Award (Lifetime).
• Dronacharya Award (Regular): For outstanding coaching in sports, Parveer Singh (Athletics), Chhote Lal Yadav (Boxing), and Neha Nandkumar Chavan (Shooting) received the Dronacharya Award in the regular category.
• Dronacharya Award (Lifetime): Wrestling coach Virender Kumar and boxing coach Dharmendra Singh Yadav were conferred the Dronacharya Award 2025 in the lifetime category.
• Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar: The 'Army Paralympic Node, Pune', established in June 2017, was awarded the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2025 for its contribution to the development of para-sports.
• Tenzing Norgay Adventure Awards 2024: Skalzang Rigzin (Ladakh), Baljeet Kaur (Himachal), Rimo Saha (West Bengal – Water Adventure), and Shiv Prasad Chamoli (Uttarakhand – Lifetime) were honoured.