New Delhi, July 29, 2009:
Mangte Chungenijang Marykom (women boxing), Vijender Kumar (boxing) and Sushil Kumar (wrestling) have been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards for the year 2009.
According to a press release of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Union Government on Wednesday announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Awards, Dhyan Chand Awards, Dronacharya Awards and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2009.
Normally, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given to only one sportsperson in a year. Arjuna Award is given to not more than 15, Dhyan Chand Award to not more than 3 and Dronacharya Award to not more than 5 persons. However, taking into consideration the spectacular performance of Vijender in Boxing and Sushil Kumar in Wrestling, both bronze medalists in Beijing Olympics, 2008, the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Selection Committee to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on both of them, as a special case, in addition to M.C. Marykom.
With a view to recognizing the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, Government has instituted this year, a new award entitled 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.
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for spectacular performance in the year under consideration; Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award; Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development; and Dronacharya Award for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events in the past three years.
Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh each. Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awardees will receive statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each. The recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will receive trophy and citation.
The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2009. From this year, the award shall be known by the year in which it is awarded.
A large number of nominations were received for these awards this year, which were considered by two select panels of eminent sportspersons and sports administrators; one headed by Indu Puri (for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar) and the other by G.S. Randhawa (for Dronacharya Award)
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - 2009 :
1. Mangte Chungneijang Marykom, Boxing (Women)
2. Vijender, Boxing
3. Sushil Kumar, Wrestling
Arjuna Awards – 2009:
1. Mangal Singh Champia (Archery)
2. Sinimole Paulose (Athletics)
3. Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
4. Laishram Sarita Devi (Boxing)
5. Tania Sachdev (Chess)
6. Gautam Gambhir (Cricket)
7. Ignace Tirkey (Hockey, Men)
8. Surinder Kaur (Hockey, Women)
9. Pankaj Navanath Shirsat (Kabaddi)
10. Satish Joshi (Rowing)
11. Ronjan Sodhi (Shooting)
12. Poulomi Ghatak ( Table Tennis)
13. Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
14. Girdhari Lal Yadav ( Yachting)
15. Parul D. Parmar (Badminton, Disabled)
Dhyan Chand Awards – 2009 :
1. Ishar Singh Deol (Athletics)
2. Satbir Singh Dahya (Wrestling)
Dronacharya Awards – 2009 :
1. Pullela Gopichand (Badminton)
2. Shri Jaydev Bisht (Boxing)
3. S. Baldev Singh (Hockey)
4. Satpal ( Wrestling)
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2009 :
1. Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent: TATA Steel Ltd.
2. Financial Support for Sports Excellence: None qualified
3. Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence: TATA Steel Ltd.
4. Employment of Sportspersons and sports welfare measures: Railways Sports Promotion Board
Source: Press release from Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs
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