List of National Sports Awards 2020, Study Notes, Material - DSSSB & KVS (PRT & TGT)

By Komal|Updated : December 5th, 2021

In this article, we should read related to the List of National Sports Awards 2020, Important for the upcoming DSSSB (PRT & TGT).

Important Facts:

  • The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind virtually conferred the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020 to 60 awardees on the occasion of National Sports Day – 29th August 2020.
  • Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju, Secretary Department of Sports Shri Ravi Mittal, and Secretary Department of Youth affairs Ms. Usha Sharma and several other dignitaries attended the ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
  • The Award Ceremony was commenced by Secretary Department of Sports Shri Ravi Mittal after seeking the permission of the president of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

 National Sports Awards 2020:

  1. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honor of the country is given for spectacular and outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years. There were five winners of the award this year, cricketer Rohit Sharma, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, table tennis player Manika Batra, hockey player Rani Rampal, and Para-athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu.
  2. The Arjuna Award is given for consistent performances over a period of four years, amongst the winners this year were shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker, wrestler Divya Kakran, boxer Lovlina Borgohain, and badminton stars Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. This year athletes in Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Equestrian, and winter sports were also awarded the Arjuna Award.
  3. The Dronacharya award is given to the coaches who have been instrumental in producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events.
  4. The Dhyan Chand Award is for lifetime contribution to sports development and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is given to the corporate entities (private and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.

Important Information:

  • Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA Trophy). In addition to these sports awards, the spirit of adventure among the people of the country is recognized by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.
  • On the occasion of National Sports Day, Shri Kiren Rijiju announced an enhancement in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards. The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 25 lakh from the previous amount of Rs 7.5 lakh, Arjuna Award has been enhanced to Rs 15 lakh from Rs 5 lakh, the Dhronacharya(Lifetime) awardees, who were earlier given Rs 5 lakh will now be given Rs 15 lakh as cash prize, while Dhronacharya (Regular) will be given Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh per awardee. Dhyanchand Awardees will be given Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs 5 lakh.“The prize money for the Sports Awards was last reviewed in 2008. These amounts should be reviewed once every 10 years at least.
  • In addition to these Sports Awards, the Ministry also recognizes the spirit of adventure among the people of the country by bestowing the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award.

    RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD

 

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson

Discipline

1.

Shri Rohit Sharma

Cricket

2.

Shri Mariyappan T.

Para Athletics

3.

Ms. Manika Batra

Table Tennis

4.

Ms. Vinesh

Wrestling

5.

Ms. Rani

Hockey

 

 DRONACHARYA AWARD

  A. Life-Time Category

 

S. No.

Name of the Coach

Discipline

1.

Shri Dharmendra Tiwary

Archery

2.

Shri Purushotham Rai

Athletics

3.

Shri Shiv Singh

Boxing

4.

Shri Romesh Pathania

Hockey

5.

Shri Krishan Kumar Hooda

Kabaddi

6.

Shri Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar

Para Powerlifting

7.

Shri Naresh Kumar

Tennis

8.

Shri Om Parkash Dahiya

Wrestling

 B.Regular Category

 

S. No.

Name of the Coach

Discipline

1.

Shri Jude Felix Sebastian

Hockey

2.

Shri Yogesh Malviya

Mallakhamb

3.

Shri Jaspal Rana

Shooting

4.

Shri Kuldeep Kumar Handoo

Wushu

5.

Shri Gaurav Khanna

Para Badminton

 

 ARJUNA AWARD

 

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson (Shri)

Discipline

1.

Shri Atanu Das

Archery

2.

Ms. Dutee Chand

Athletics

3.

Shri Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy

Badminton

4.

Shri Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty

Badminton

5.

Shri Vishesh Bhriguvanshi

Basketball

6.

Subedar Manish Kaushik

Boxing

7.

Ms. Lovlina Borgohain

Boxing

8.

Shri Ishant Sharma

Cricket

9.

Ms. Deepti Sharma

Cricket

10.

Shri Sawant Ajay Anant

Equestrian

11.

Shri Sandesh Jhingan

Football

12.

Ms. Aditi Ashok

Golf

13.

Shri Akashdeep Singh

Hockey

14.

Ms. Deepika

Hockey

15.

Shri Deepak

Kabaddi

16.

Shri Kale Sarika Sudhakar

Kho Kho

17.

Shri Dattu Baban Bhokanal

Rowing

18.

Ms. Manu Bhaker

Shooting

19.

Shri Saurabh Chaudhary

Shooting

20.

Ms. Madhurika Suhas Patkar

Table Tennis

21.

Shri Divij Sharan

Tennis

22.

Shri Shiva Keshavan

Winter Sports

23.

Ms. Divya Kakran

Wrestling

24.

Shri Rahul Aware

Wrestling

25.

Shri Suyash Narayan Jadhav

Para -Swimming

26.

Shri Sandeep

Para Athletics

27.

Shri Manish Narwal   

Para Shooting

 DHYAN CHAND AWARD

 

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson

Discipline

1.

Shri Kuldip Singh Bhullar

Athletics

2.

Ms. Jincy Philips

Athletics

3.

Shri Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe

Badminton

4.

Ms. Trupti Murgunde

Badminton

5.

Ms. N. Usha

Boxing

6.

Shri Lakha Singh

Boxing

7.

Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu

Football

8.

Shri Ajit Singh

Hockey

9.

Shri Manpreet Singh

Kabaddi

10.

Shri J. Ranjith Kumar

Para Athletics

11.

Shri Satyaprakash Tiwari

Para-Badminton

12.

Shri Manjeet Singh        

Rowing

13.

Late Shri Sachin Nag

Swimming

14.

Shri Nandan P Bal

Tennis

15.

Shri Netarpal Hooda

Wrestling

 TENZING NORGAY NATIONAL ADVENTURE AWARDS 2019

 

S. No.

Name of the Sportsperson

Category

1.

Ms. Anita Devi

Land Adventure

2.

Col. Sarfraz Singh

Land Adventure

3.

Shri Taka Tamut

Land Adventure

4.

Shri Narender Singh

Land Adventure

5.

Shri Keval Hiren Kakka

Land Adventure

6.

Shri Satendra Singh

Water Adventure

7.

Shri Gajanand Yadava

Air Adventure

8.

Late Shri Magan Bissa

Life Time Achievement

 MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY

 

1.

Panjab University, Chandigarh

 RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR

 

S. No.

Category

Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2020

1.

Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent

  1. Lakshya Institute
  2. Army Sports Institute

2.

Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.

3.

Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures

Air Force Sports Control Board

4.

Sports for Development

 

International Institute of Sports Management (IISM)

 

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1.General Knowledge 2021Manohar Pandey
2.Lucent's General Knowledge
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3.General Knowledge 2020Arihant Experts
 

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  • National Sports Day – 29th August

  • The winners of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020:

    1. Cricketer Rohit Sharma,

    2. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat,

    3. Table Tennis player Manika Batra,

    4. Hockey player Rani Rampal, and

    5. Para-athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu.

  • The winners of the Arjuna Award 2020 :


    1. Shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker,
    2. Wrestler Divya Kakran,
    3. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain, and
    4. Badminton stars Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. 
  •  The weightage of General Knowledge Section in DSSSB Exam - 20 Marks.

  • Yes, DSSSB exams involve negative marking (0.25 marks).

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