Dronacharya Awards in India

Dronacharya Award

The Dronacharya Award was instituted by the government of India in 1985. The award has been given to 72 people until 2011. The award carries five lakh rupees and a citation and is conferred to coaches of different sports for their noteworthy contribution. The awards will be presented by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29 August 2012, the National Sports Day.

Dronacharya Awards in India

Sports Awardees for "Dronacharya Award" 

Archery 2007 : Mr. Sanjeeva Kumar Singh 

Athletics 1985 : Shri O.M. Nambiar 
1994 : Md. Ilyas Babar 
1995 : Shri Karan Singh 
1997 : Shri Joginder Singh Saini 
1998 : Shri Bahadur Singh 
1998 : Shri Hargobind Singh Sandhu 
1999 : Shri Kenneth Owen Bosen 
2002 : Ms. Renu Kohli 
2002 : Shri Jaswant singh 
2003 : Sh. Robert Bobby George 
2006 : Shri R. D. Singh 
2011 : Dr. Kuntal Roy 
2012 : MR Virender Poonia
Badminton 2000 : Shri S. M. Arif 
2009 : Shri Pullela Gopichand 

Billiards and Snooker 1996 : Shri Wilson Jones 
2001 : Shri Michael Joseph Ferrera 
2004 : Arvind Savur 

Boxing 1985 : Shri Om Prakash Bhardwaj 
1998 : Shri G.S. Snadhu 
1999 : Late. Capt. Hawa Singh 
2003 : Sh. Anoop Kumar 
2005 : Hony. Captain M. Venu 
2006 : Shri Damodaran Chandralal 
2007 : Mr. Jagdish Singh 
2009 : Shri. Jaydev Singh Bisht 
2011 : Mr. I. Venkateshwara Rao 
2012 : MR.BI Fernandez

Chess 1986 : Shri. Raghunandan Vasant Gokhale 
2006 : Shri Koneru Ashok 
2006 : Shri Pentala Harikrishna 

Cricket 
1986 : Shri Desh Prem Azad 
1987 : Shri Gurcharan Singh 
1990 : Shri Ramakant Achrekar 
2004 : Sunita Sharma 

Gymnastics 
2011 : Devender Kumar Rathore 

Football 1990 : Syed Naeemuddin 

Hockey 
2000 : Shri Grudial Singh Bhangu 
2002 : Shri M. K. Kaushik 
2003 : Sh. Rajinder Singh 
2009 : Shri Baldev Singh 
2011 : Mr Rajinder Singh 
2012:  Harinder Singh
Kabaddi 2002 : Shri E. Prasad Rao 
2005 : Shri Balwan Singh 
2012 : mr.Sunil Davas
Kho Kho 
2000 : Shri Phadke Gopal Purshottam 

Powerlifting 2000 : Shri Bhupender Dhawan 

Rowing 2005 : Shri Ismail Baig 

Shooting 
2001 : Prof. Sunny Thomas 

Squash 2004 : Cyrus Poncha 

Volleyball 1990 : Shri A. Ramana Rao 
1995 : Shri M. Shyam Sunder Rao 
2007 : Mr. G. E. Sridharan 

Weightlifting 1996 : Sh. Pal singh Sandhu 
1999 : Shri Ajay Kumar Sirohi 
2000 : Smt. Hansa Sharma 

Wrestling 
1985 : Shri Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagat 
1987 : Shri Guru Hanuman 
2003 : Sh. Sukhchain Singh Cheema 
2005 : Shri Maha Singh Rao 
2007 : Mr. Jagminder Singh 
2009 : Shri Satpal 
2011 : Mr. Ramphal 
2012 : mr.Yashvir Singh
Yachting 
2002 : Cdr. H. D. Motivala 

Parathletics

2012 : Dr. Satyapaul

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