A large number of nominations were received for these awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committees consisting of former Olympian, Arjuna Awardees, Dronacharya Awardees, Dhyan Chand Awardees, Sport Journalists/ Experts/ Commentators and sports administrators. Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards was headed by Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar (Former Judge of High Court of Delhi High Court). Selection Committee for Dronacharya Awards and Dhyan Chand Awards was headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal (Former Chief Justice, High Court of Punjab & Haryana High Court). Selection Committee for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar was headed by Rahul Bhatnagar, Secretary (Sports). Selection Committee for MAKA Trophy was headed by former Olympian Ashok Kumar.
Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, the Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities:
(i) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
1. | Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu | Weightlifting |
2. | Shri Virat Kohli | Cricket |
(ii) Dronacharya Awards 2018
S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
|
Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa | Boxing |
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Shri Vijay Sharma | Weightlifting |
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Shri A. Srinivasa Rao | Table Tennis |
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Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu | Athletics |
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Shri Clarence Lobo | Hockey (Life Time) |
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Shri Tarak Sinha | Cricket (Life Time) |
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Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma | Judo (Life Time) |
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Shri V.R. Beedu | Athletics (Life Time) |
(iii) Arjuna Awards 2018
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Shri Neeraj Chopra | Athletics |
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Naib Subedar Jinson Johnson | Athletics |
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Ms. Hima Das | Athletics |
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Ms. Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy | Badminton |
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Subedar Satish Kumar | Boxing |
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Ms. Smriti Mandhana | Cricket |
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Shri Shubhankar Sharma | Golf |
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Shri Manpreet Singh | Hockey |
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Ms. Savita | Hockey |
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Col. Ravi Rathore | Polo |
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Ms. Rahi Sarnobat | Shooting |
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Shri Ankur Mittal | Shooting |
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Ms. Shreyasi Singh | Shooting |
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Ms. Manika Batra | Table Tennis |
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Shri G. Sathiyan | Table Tennis |
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Shri Rohan Bopanna | Tennis |
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Shri Sumit | Wrestling |
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Ms. Pooja Kadian | Wushu |
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Shri Ankur Dhama | Para-Athletics |
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Shri Manoj Sarkar | Para-Badminton |
(iv) Dhyan Chand Award 2018
S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
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Shri Satyadev Prasad | Archery |
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Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri | Hockey |
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Ms. Bobby Aloysius | Athletics |
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Shri Chougale Dadu Dattatray | Wrestling |
(vi) Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018
S. No. | Category | Name of the entity |
1. | Identification and Nurturing of Budding & Young Talent | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited |
2. | Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | JSW Sports |
3. | Sports for Development | Isha Outreach |
(vii) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18:
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 25th September, 2018.
Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee will receive a cash prize of Rs. 7.5 lakh. Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awardees will receive statuettes, certificates and cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh each. A trophy and citation is given to the entity in the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2018. Recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will be given Trophies and certificates. Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments will be given MAKA Trophy, award money of Rs. 10 lakh and certificate.