National Sports Awards 2021 for Kerala PSC exams

This post lists all five National Sports and Adventure Awards presented by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2021.

Last year, 12 athletes received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, while 35 athletes received the Arjuna Award.

These awards are given out on a yearly basis to recognize and honor athletic accomplishments. The National Sports Awards 2021 comprise the following categories:

  1. Arjuna Award
  2. Dronacharya Award
  3. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
  5. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award & Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games
There were more than 1 or 2 questions from the National Sports Awards 2021 in prior 10th prelims examinations. So we hope this post will helpful for Kerala PSC aspirants in the upcoming 10th prelims and plus two prelims. 

National Sports awards 2021

Below tables lists all the National Sports Awards Winners of the year 2021.

1. List of Arjuna Awards Winners 2021


Name of the SportspersonDiscipline
Arpinder SinghAthletics
Simranjit KaurBoxing
Shikhar DhawanCricket
Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha SundhararamanFencing
Vandana KatariyaHockey
MonikaHockey
Sandeep NarwalKabaddi
Himani Uttam ParabMallakhamb
Abhishek VermaShooting
Ankita RainaTennis
Deepak PuniaWrestling
Dilpreet SinghHockey
Harman Preet SinghHockey
Rupinder Pal SinghHockey
Surender KumarHockey
Amit RohidasHockey
Birendra LakraHockey
SumitHockey
Nilakanta SharmaHockey
Hardik SinghHockey
Vivek Sagar PrasadHockey
Gurjant SinghHockey
Mandeep SinghHockey
Shamsher SinghHockey
Lalit Kumar UpadhyayHockey
Varun KumarHockey
Simranjeet SinghHockey
Nishad KumarPara Athletics
Praveen KumarPara Athletics
Sharad KumarPara Athletics
Yogesh KathuniyaPara Athletics
Harvinder SinghPara Archery
SuhashYathirajPara-Badminton
Singhraj AdhanaPara Shooting
Bhavina PatelPara Table Tennis

2. List of Dronacharya Awards Winners 2021 


Lifetime Achievement Award

Name of the CoachDiscipline
T. P. OusephAthletics
SarkarTalwarCricket
Sarpal SinghHockey
Ashan KumarKabaddi
Tapan Kumar PanigrahiSwimming

Regular Awards

Name of the CoachDiscipline
Radhakrishnan Nair PAthletics
Sandhya GurungBoxing
Pritam SiwachHockey
Jai Prakash NautiyalPara Shooting
Subramanian RamanTable Tennis

3. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021

Name of the SportspersonDiscipline
Neeraj ChopraAthletics
Ravi KumarWrestling
Lovlina BorgohainBoxing
Sreejesh P.RHockey
Mithali RajCricket
Sunil ChhetriFootball
Manpreet SinghHockey
Avani LekharaPara Shooting
Sumit AntilPara Athletics
Pramod BhagatPara-Badminton
Krishna NagarPara-Badminton
Manish NarwalPara Shooting

4. List of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar Winners


YearWinnerCategory
2020International Institute of Sports ManagementSports for Development
2021Manav Rachna Educational Institutions(MREI)Identification and nurturing of the sports talent over the past 25 years

5. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy

  • First Awarded in – 1956.
  • Cash Prize –  ₹15 lakh.
  • 2020 & 2021 Winners – Panjab University (Chandigarh).
  • Awarded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (annually). 
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