Awards have always been the best way to encourage champions. National Sports Awards are one of the most awaited awards for the ‘Indian athletes’. National Sports Awards are given to candidates who have performed exceptionally well in their respective sports field.
These awards include Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Dronacharya Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar.
National Sports Awards are given to any sportsperson who has contributed in any field of sport. Be it the player, coach or organizer of any sport.
Selection Committee for National Sports Awards
After a long discussion about the nominations, Selection Committees consisting of former Olympians, Arjuna Awardees, Dronacharya Awardees, Dhyan Chand Awardees, Sports Journalists/ Experts /Commentators and sports administrators decided the awardees for National Sports Winners 2017.
Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards was headed by Justice C.K. Thakkar (Former Judge Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal and Bombay).
Selection Committee for Dronacharya Awards and Dhyan Chand Awards was headed by Shri Pullela Gopichand.
Selection Committee for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar was headed by Rahul Bhatnagar, Secretary (Sports).
Below the article you can get the complete list of National Sports Winners 2017.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2017
This award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years in international sports.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees will receive statuettes, certificates and a cash prize of INR 7.5 lakh each.
| S.No. | Name of the Awardee | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Sardar Singh | Hockey |
| 2. | Shri Devendra | Para - Athletics |
Dronacharya Awards 2017
This award is given to coaches for giving the mastery skills to the students and let them succeed in their field.
This award is for coaches for producing medals in international sports championship.
Dronacharya awardees will receive statuettes, certificates and a cash prize of INR 5 lakh each.
Here is the list of awardees of Dronacharya award 2017.
| S.No. | Name of the Awardee | Discipline |
| 1 | Late Dr R. Gandhi | Athletics |
| 2 | Shri Heera Nand Kataria* | Kabaddi |
| 3. | Shri G.S.S.V. Prasad | Badminton (Lifetime) |
| 4. | Shri Brij Bhushan Mohanty | Boxing (Lifetime) |
| 5. | Shri P.A. Raphel | Hockey (Lifetime) |
| 6. | Shri Sanjoy Chakraverthy | Shooting (Lifetime) |
| 7. | Shri Roshan Lal | Wrestling (Lifetime) |
*NOTE - The name of Heera Nand Kataria has been withdrawn from the list of Dronacharya Award Winners by the Sports Ministry. Get the complete news here
Arjuna Award 2017
This Award is the second highest award in sports among Indian nationals.
This award is given to the sportsperson for consistently outstanding performance for four years.
| S.No. | Name of the Awardee | Discipline |
| 1. | Ms V.J. Surekha | Archery |
| 2. | Ms Khushbir Kaur | Athletics |
| 3. | Shri Arokia Rajiv | Athletics |
| 4. | Ms Prasanthi Singh | Basketball |
| 5. | Shri Laishram Debendro Singh | Boxing |
| 6. | Shri Cheteshwar Pujara | Cricket |
| 7. | Ms Harmanpreet Kaur | Cricket |
| 8. | Ms Oinam Bembem Devi | Football |
| 9. | Shri S.S.P. Chawrasia | Golf |
| 10. | Shri S.V. Sunil | Hockey |
| 11. | Shri P.N. Prakash | Shooting |
| 12. | Shri Jasvir Singh | Kabaddi |
| 13. | Shri A. Amalraj | Table Tennis |
| 14. | Shri Saketh Myneni | Tennis |
| 15. | Shri Satyawart Kadian | Wrestling |
| 16. | Shri Mariyappan | Para-Athlete |
| 17. | Shri Varun Singh Bhati | Para-Athlete |
Dhyan Chand Award 2017
This award is given to the sportsman who has dedicated his entire life to the development of any sport.
Dhyan Chand Awardees will receive statuettes, certificates and a cash prize of INR 5 lakh.
| S. No. | Name of the Awardee | Discipline |
| 1 | Shri Bhupender Singh | Athletics |
| 2 | Shri Syed Shahid Hakim | Football |
| 3 | Shri Sumarai Tete | Hockey |
Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Purushkar, 2017
This award is given to the person or the organization who is spotted in the development of sports.
This award is given to a sportsperson or an organization who has played a vital role in promoting any sport. That organization can be from the private sector or public sector. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Purushkar awardees will be awarded by Trophies and Certificates.
| S. No. | Category | Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuruskar, 2017 |
| 1. | Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent | Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) |
| 2. | Encouragement to sports through corporate social responsibility | Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) |
| 3. | Sports for Development | The Golf Foundation |
| 4. | Sports for Development | Reliance Foundation |
These awards are many times asked in IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB and IBPS SO, computer-based exams. These awards are also asked in SSC CGL and SSC CHSL Exams.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award (MAKA) Trophy 2017
This trophy is given to the university who has performed extremely good in inter-university tournaments. This award was not given to any university for the year 2017.
The winner will get the trophy from the President of India at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Winner for the year 2016: Punjabi University (Patiala)
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