2010 - Arjuna Award Winners

1. K. J. Kapil Dev (Volleyball)

2. Rajiv Tomar (Wrestling)

3. Joseph Abraham (Athletics)

4. Krishna Poonia (Athletics)

5. Jagseer Singh (Athletics)

6. Dinesh Kumar (Boxing)

7. Parimrajan Negi (Chess)

8. Jhulan Goswami (Cricket)

9. Deepak Mondal (Football)

10. Jasjeet Kaur Handa (Hockey)

11. Dinesh (Kabaddi)

12. Sanjeev Rajput (Shooting)

13. Rehan Poncha (Swimming)

2011 - Arjuna Award Winners

1. Zaheer Khan (Cricket)

2. Sunil Chettri (Football)

3. Ashish Kumar (Gymnastics)

4. Rajpal Singh (Hockey)

5. Rakesh kumar (Kabaddi)

6. Somdev Devvarman (Lawn Tennis)

7. Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting)

8. Virdhawal Khade (Swimming)

9. Sanjay kumar (Volleyball)

10. Katulu Ravi Kumar (Weightlifting)

11. Ravinder Singh (Wrestling)

12. Rahul Banerjee (Archery)

13. Jwala Gutta (Badminton)

14. Suranjoy Singh (Boxing)

15. Preeja Sreedharan (Athletics)

16. Tejaswini bai (Kabaddi)

2012 - Arjuna Award Winners

1. Bombayla Devi Laishram (Archery)

2. Ramkaran Singh (Athletics)

3. Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton)

4. Aditya Mehta (Billiards & Snooker)

5. Vikas Krishan Yadav (Boxing)

6. Yuvraj Singh (Cricket)

7. Sardar Singh (Hockey)

8. Yashpal Solanki (Judo)

9. Anup Kumar (Kabaddi)

10. Samir Suhag (Polo)

11. Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting)

12. Deepika Pallikal (Squash)

13. Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming)

14. Ngangbam Soniya Chanu (Weightlifting)

15. Geeta Phogat (Wrestling)

16. M. Bimoljit Singh (Wushu)

17. Annu Raj Singh (Shooting)

18. Omkar Singh (Shooting)

19. Narsingh Pancham Yadav (Wrestling)

20. Deepa Mullick (Athletics)

21. Kavita Ramdas Raut (Athletics)

22. Sudha Singh (Athletics)

23. Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton)

24. Deepika Prajapati (Archery)

25. Rajinder Kumar (Wrestling)

2013 - Arjuna Award Winners

1. Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery)

2. Abhijeet Gupta (Chess)

3. Virat Kohli (Cricket)

4. Gaganjeet Bhullar (Golf)

5. Saba Anjum Karim (Hockey)

6. Rajkumari Rathore (Shooting)

7. P.V. Sindhu (Badminton)

8. Rupesh Shah (Billiards & Snooker)

9. Kavita Chahal (Boxing)

10. Joshna Chinappa (Squash)

11. Mouma Das (Table Tennis)

12. Neha Rathi (Wrestling)

13. Dharmendra Dalal (Wrestling)

14. Amit Kumar Saroha (Athletics)

15. Renjith Maheshwary (Athletics)

2014 - Arjuna Award Winners

1. Abhishek Verma (Archery)

2. Tintu Luka (Athletics)

3. Valiyaveetil Diju (Badminton)

4. Geetu Anna Jose (Basketball)

5. Jai Bhagwan (Boxing)

6. Anirban Lahiri (Golf)

7. Mamta Pujari (Kabaddi)

8. Heena Sidhu (Shooting)

9. Anaka Alankamony (Squash)

10. Tom Joseph (Volleyball)

11. Yumnam Chanu (Weightlifting)

12. Sunil Kumar Rana (Wrestling)

13. Saji Thomas (Rowing)

14. Garish Hosanagara Nagarajegowda (Athletics)

15. Ravichandran Ashwin (Cricket)

2008 Ratan Tata Trade & Industry Maharas

2008 Sachin Tendulkar Sports Maharas

2009 Sunderlal Bahuguna Others Uttarakh

2009 Jasbir Singh Bajaj Medicine Punjab

2009 D. P. Chattopadhyaya Literature & Education West Be

2009 Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Trade & Industry Maharas

2009 Sister Nirmala Social Work West Be

2009 Anil Kakodkar Science & Engineering Maharas

2009 Purshotam Lal Medicine Uttar Pra

2009 G. Madhavan Nair Science & Engineering Karnatak

2009 Govind Narain Public Affairs Uttar Pra

2009 Chandrika Prasad Srivastava Civil Service Maharas

2010 Ebrahim Alkazi Arts Delhi

2010 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Science & Engineering [C]

2010 Prathap C. Reddy Trade & Industry Tamil Na

2010 Y. Venugopal Reddy Public Affairs Andhra P

2010 Zohra Sehgal Arts Delhi

2010 Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Arts Tamil Na

2011 Montek Singh Ahluwalia Public Affairs Delhi

2011 Lakshmi Chand Jain[iv][d]# Public Affairs Delhi

2011 Vijay Kelkar Public Affairs Maharas

2011 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Public Affairs Delhi

2011 O. N. V. Kurup Literature & Education Kerala

2011 Sitakant Mahapatra Literature & Education Odisha

2011 Brajesh Mishra Civil Service Delhi

2011 K. Parasaran Public Affairs Delhi

2011 Azim Premji Trade & Industry Karnatak

2011 Palle Rama Rao Science & Engineering Andhra P

2011 Akkineni Nageswara Rao Arts Andhra P

2011 Kapila Vatsyayan Arts Delhi

2011 Homai Vyarawalla Arts Gujarat

2012 Bhupen Hazarika[v]# Arts Assam

2012 Mario Miranda[vi]# Arts Goa

2012 T. V. Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi

2012 Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine Maharas

2012 K. G. Subramanyan Arts Gujarat

2013 Raghunath Mohapatra Arts Odisha

2013 Roddam Narasimha Science & Engineering Karnatak

2013 Yash Pal Science & Engineering Uttar Pra

2013 S. H. Raza Arts Delhi

2014 B. K. S. Iyengar Others Maharas

2014 Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Science & Engineering Maharas

2015 L. K. Advani Public Affairs Gujarat

2015 Amitabh Bachchan Arts Maharas

2015 Parkash Singh Badal Public Affairs Punjab

2015 Veerendra Heggade Social Work Karnatak

2015 Dilip Kumar Arts Maharas

2015 Rambhadracharya Others Uttar Pra

2015 M. R. Srinivasan Science & Engineering Tamil Na

2015 Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Public Affairs Delhi

2015 Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan Trade & Industry [C][G]

2016 V. K. Aatre Science & Engineering Karnatak

2016 Dhirubhai Ambani[vii]# Trade & Industry Maharas

2016 Girija Devi Arts West Be

2016 Avinash Dixit Literature & Education [B]

2016 Jagmohan Public Affairs Delhi

2016 Yamini Krishnamurthy Arts Delhi

2016 Rajinikanth Arts Tamil Na

2016 Ramoji Rao Literature & Education Andhra P

2016 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar[f] Others Karnatak

2016 V Shanta Medicine Tamil Na

Explanatory notes[edit]
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The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is Indias highest honour awarded to a
sportsperson for his or her achievements. The words "Khel Ratna" literally translate
to "Sports Gem" in English. The award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former
Prime Minister of India. It carries a medal, a scroll of honour and a substantial cash
component.
The award was instituted in the year 1991-92 to supply the lack of a supreme
national accolade in the field of sports. Predating the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna are
the Arjuna awards in India that have always been given to outstanding
sportspersons in each of many sporting disciplines every year. The Khel Ratna was
devised to be an overarching honour, conferred for outstanding sporting
performance, whether by an individual or a team, across all sporting disciplines in a
given year.

A selection committee consisting of eminent people affiliated to sports is constituted

every year by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to evaluate sporting
performances. Usually, performance within April 1 of one year to March 31 of the
next year is considered. To qualify for this award, a sportsperson or team must take
part in discipline that is included in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games or the
Commonwealth Games. Professional sportsmen competing in billiards snooker and
chess are also eligible for this honour. A person can receive this award only once in
his lifetime and must be nominated for the award by a member of parliament, state
governments, the Sports Authority of India or national sports federations. The
committee make a recommendation to the ministry, and after this is vetted at
various levels in the government, the nominee is invested with the award by the
President of India.

The following two years, the award went to the Weightlifting field and Ms. K.
Malleswari in the year of 1994. In 1995, another weightlifter named Ms. N. Kunjarani
won the award. However, in the year of 1996, the then newest sensation of Indian
Tennis, Leander Paes won this honourable award for the first time in his life. The
famous game of Cricket that is compared with religion in India entered it name for
the first time in the Awards list in the year of 1997 when Sachin Tendulkar won it
for his extraordinary batting.

In 1998, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar from Athletics won the "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award" for her brilliant performance. Then in the year of 1999, the veteran Hockey
player of IndiaDhanraj Pillay won the award and made all the Hockey players to
feel proud for him. In the second year of the new millennium that is the 2001, the
Badminton superstar from India who won the All England Badminton Championship
at a very young age, won the award for showing excellence in his own field of sport.
He was joined by the Shooting superstar Abhinav Bindra to share the award with
him. The award again has a joint winner in the very following year when Anjali R.
Bhagwat from the field of Shooting and Ms K.M. Beenamol from Athletics shared it. It
stayed back to the field of Athletics as the then new latest sensation of India in
Athletics; Anju Bobby George won it comprehensively. One of the great Shooting
superstars from India, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore who won the Silver Medal in
the 2004 Athens Olympic also won the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in
the same year and in the year of 2005, the upcoming superstar of India in the field of
Billiards, Pankaj Advani won the award. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007
presented to Manavjeet Singh Sidhu for his achievement in trap shooting.

All the names of the sportspersons that have been discussed so far in this article are
the winners of the "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award". These awardees are also the
biggest names of the history of Indian sports. However, there are still more and more
sportspersons to come forward and win the award in future.

List of Rajiv Gandhi

Khel Ratna
Awardees:
Year Name of the Sportsperson(s) Sport Discipline
1991-92 Viswanathan Anand Chess
1992-93 Geet Sethi Billiards
1993-94 Not Conferred  
1994-95 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala (Joint) Yachting (Team Event)
1994-95 Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg (Joint) Yachting (Team Event)
1995-96 Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting
1996-97 Nameirakpam Kunjarani (Joint) Weightlifting
1996-97 Leander Paes (Joint) Tennis
1997-98 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket
1998-99 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics
1999-
Dhanraj Pillay Hockey
2000
2000-01 Pullela Gopichand Badminton
2001-02 Abhinav Bindra Shooting
2002-03 Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat (Joint) Shooting
2002-03 K. M. Beenamol (Joint) Athletics
2003-04 Anju Bobby George Athletics
2004-05 Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting
2005-06 Pankaj Advani Billiards and Snooker
2006-07 Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting
2007-08 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket
2008-09 Mary Kom (Joint) Boxing
2008-09 Vijender Singh (Joint) Boxing
2008-09 Sushil Kumar (Joint) Wrestling
2009-10 Saina Nehwal Badminton
 Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports, Government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award
comprises of a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash
component of Rs.5 lakhs. The award was instituted in 1985.

Named after Dronacharya, the coach of Mahabharata fame, the award is the best
recognition of a guru or coach in Indian sports. This award is indeed a great
acknowledgement that a sportsperson can achieve, only after the hard work of
several years.

Prize for Dronacharya Awardees

Dronacharya Award comprises a statuette of Dronacharya which is intricately carved
out in bronze, a cash component of Rs.5 lakhs, a ceremonial dress and a scroll of
honour. The winners are invited to the venue, where an award function is held.
According to rules of the Award, no person can be honoured twice with this award.
Dronacharya Awards are given to the trainers and coaches with consistent
outstanding performance at:

1. Global Olympic Events

2. Sports disciplines recognized by the Government
3. Indigenous sports recognized by the Government

History of Dronacharya Award

Instituted in 1985, Indian Government confers this award to the sports coaches
acknowledging their excellence. O.M. Nambiar, Athletics coach, was the first
Dronacharya Award recipient in 1985.

Etymology of Dronacharya Award

The naming of the award has indeed the reference of the Mahabharata and as the
best sportsperson award is named as the "Arjuna Award" so quite ideally the
coaching award is named after, Dronacharya (as he was the guru of Arjuna. ) to
recognise the 'Guru-Shishya Parampara' and to honour the Guru .

Objectives of Dronacharya Award

The objectives of Dronacharya Award can
be described as follows:
The first objective of Dronacharya
Award is to honour the contribution and
role of instructors, trainers and coaches
on a consistent basis leading towards
unmatched performances by the
sportspersons trained by them.
The another objective of this award is
to motivate coaches and trainers to work
with focus and dedication and train
sportspersons in order to help them
attain success at the global sports
events.

Dronacharya Award Recipients

Name of the
Year Sport Discipline
Sportsperson(s)

1985 O.M. Nambiar Athletics

1985 Om Prakash Bhardwaj Boxing
1985 Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat Wrestling
1986 Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle Chess
1986 Desh Prem Azad Cricket
1987 Gurcharan Singh Cricket

1987 Guru Hanuman Wrestling

1990 Ramakant Achrekar Cricket

1990 Syed Naeemuddin Football

1990 A. Ramana Rao Volleyball
1994 Ilyas Babar Athletics

1995 Karan Singh Athletics

1995 M. Shyam Sunder Rao Volleyball

1996 Wilson Jones Billiards & Snooker

1996 Pal Singh Sandhu Weightlifting
1997 Joginder Singh Saini Athletics

1998 Bahadur Singh Athletics

1998 Hargobind Singh Sandhu Athletics

1998 G.S.Sandhu Boxing

1999 Kenneth Owen Bosen Athletics

1999 Capt. Hawa Singh Boxing

1999 Ajay Kumar Sirohi Weightlifting

2000 S.M. Arif Badminton

2000 Gudial Singh Bhangu Hockey

2000 Phadke Gopal Pushottam Kho-Kho
2000 Bhupender Dhawan Powerlifting

2000 Hansa Sharma Weightlifting

2001 Prof. Sunny Thomas Shooting

2001 Michael Joseph Ferreira Billiards & Snooker

2002 Renu Kohli Athletics

2002 Jaswant Singh Athletics

2002 M.K. Kaushik Hockey

2002 E. Prasad Rao Kabaddi

2002 Cdr. H.D. Motivala Yachting
2003 Robert Bobby George Athletics

2003 Anup Kumar Boxing

2003 Rajinder Singh Hockey

2003 Sukhchain Singh Cheema Wrestling

2004 Arvind Savur Billiards & Snooker

2004 Sunita Sharma Cricket

2004 Cyrus Poncha Squash

2004 Gurcharan Singh Boxing

2005 Hony. Captain M Venu Boxing

2005 Balwan Singh Kabaddi

2005 Maha Singh Rao Wrestling

2005 Ismail Baig Rowing

2006 R D Singh Athletics

2006 Damodaran Chandralal Boxing

2006 Koneru Ashok Chess

2007 Sanjeev Kumar Singh Archery

2007 Jagdish Singh Boxing

2007 G.E. Sridharan Volley Ball

2007 Jagminder Singh Wrestling

2009 Pullela Gopichand Badminton

2009 Satpal Wrestling

2009 J. Uday Kumar Kabaddi

2009 Baldev Singh Hockey

2009 Jaidev Bisht Boxing

2010 AK Kutty Athletics

2010 Captain Chandrup Wrestling

2010 Ajay Kumar Bansal Hockey

2010 Subhash Agarwal Billiards & Snooker

2010 L Ibomcha Singh Boxing

2011 Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao Boxing

2011 Devender Kumar Rathore Gymnastics

2011 Ramphal Athletics

2011 Kuntal Roy Athletics

2011 Rajinder Singh Hockey

2012 Virendra Poonia Athletics

2012 Sunil Dabas Kabaddi

2012 Yashvir Singh Wrestling

2012 Harendra Singh Hockey

2012 Satyapal Singh Para Sports

2012 J.S. Bhatia Athletics

2012 Bhavani Mukharjee Table Tennis

2012 B.I. Fernadez Cuban Boxing Coach-Boxing

2013 Poornima Mahato Archery

2013 Mahavir Singh Boxing

2013 Narinder Singh Saini Hockey

2013 K P Thomas Athletics

2013 Raj Singh Wrestling

2014 Jose Jacob Rowing

2014 N.Lingappa Athletics

 Sports Injury First Aid
Quick Tips
How to Treat a Sports Injury, Muscle Sprain, Strain or Pull

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If you get injured during sports, these quick treatment tips can reduce your pain
and help you heal more quickly.

If you Have Pain - Stop Exercise Immediately

The first sign of any sports injury is usually sudden pain. And the first step intreating a sports
injury is to prevent further injury or damage. This means stop activity immediately and start
treatment. Resting an injured part is essential to healing, so don't exercise through pain: You'll
just make the situation worse. More

Reduce Swelling with Ice and Compression

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The first thing that happens after anacute injury is swelling around the site of the injury. The
first treatment for most acute soft tissue injuries (bruises, strains, springs, tears) is to prevent,
stop and reduce swelling. When soft tissue is damaged, it swells or possibly bleeds internally.
This swelling causes pain and loss of motion, which limits use of the muscles.

To reduce swelling, immediately apply ice to the injury, elevate the injured part above your
heart and, use a compression wrap to help keep the swelling in check. Compression keeps the
blood from pooling in the tissues. Don't wrap the bandages too tightly, but keep it snug. More

Ice the Right Way

After just about any sudden sports injury, ice is your friend. Ice reduces swelling and pain.
Applying ice over a compression wrap can help reduce swelling more that the wrap alone. Ice
several times a day for 20 minutes each time. One of the easiest ways to ice an injury is with
a bag of crushed ice or a bag of frozen vegetables. Let the area warm completely before
applying ice again (to prevent frostbite). Never apply heat to an acute injury. Heat will
increase circulation and increases swelling. More

Medicate When Appropriate

Pain is the primary symptom of the majority of sports injuries. Most soft-tissue injuries are
painful because of the swelling and inflammation that occurs after an injury. Pain relief is
often the main reason that people turn to over-the-counter (OTC) anti-inflammatory
medications that work by reducing addressing the inflammation that occurs as a result of the
injury. Over the counter pain medicationsare also useful for reducing the pain of muscle
strains and muscle pulls. More

Start Moving As Soon As You Can

After a day or two of rest and ice most sprains, strains or other injuries will begin to heal. If
your pain or swelling doesn't decrease after 48 hours, see your doctor.

Once healing begins, gentle stretching and light massage may reduce adhesions andscar
tissue formation and improve muscle function. Slowly increase range of motionin the injured
joint or muscle. But be careful not to force a stretch, or you risk re-injury to the area. More

Rebuild Strenth and Joint Stability

After an injury, it is essential for joints to return to proper alignment. A good rehab
program will include exercises that target joint stability. This is most important following
a lower extremity injury.

Finally, after the injury has healed, strengthening exercises can be begun. Start with easy
weights and use good form. Also See: Compund or Isolation Exercises for injury rehab. More

Should I Ice or Heat My Injury?

The treatment for acute sports injuries starts by applying ice. But after healing is well
underway, heat may be helpful to ease muscle tension in chronic aches and pains. Learn more
about when to use ice and when to use heat on injuries.