Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023.
The Arjuna Award was confirmed for 26 sportspersons, including India pacer Mohammed Shami and archery’s breakout star of 2023 Aditi Gopichand Swami.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2023 were given to Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (badminton).
Five coaches have been named for the Dronacharya Award in the regular category and three in the lifetime category.
Dronacharya Award (regular category) for outstanding coaches are Lalit Kumar (wrestling), RB Ramesh (chess), Mahaveer Prasad Saini (para-athletics), Shivendra Singh (hockey), Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar (mallakhamb).
Dronacharya Award (life-time category) for outstanding coaches are Jaskirat Singh Grewal (golf), Bhaskaran E (kabaddi), Jayanta Kumar Pushilal (table tennis).
Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement are Manjusha Kanwar (badminton), Vineet Kumar Sharma (hockey), Kavitha Selvaraj (kabaddi).