About Dronacharya Award
About Dronacharya Award
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Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.300,000. The award was instituted in 1985. As the best sportsperson award is named Arjuna Award, it is appropriate that the coaching award is named after Dronacharya, as he was the Guru of Arjuna.
Award Information
Type Civilian
Category Sports Coaching (Individual)
Instituted 1985
First Awarded 1985
Last Awarded 2008
Awarded by Govt. of India
| Athletics | Year | Sportsperson |
| 1985 | O.M. Nambiar | |
| 1994 | Ilyas Babar | |
| 1995 | Karan Singh | |
| 1997 | Joginder Singh Saini | |
| 1998 | Bahadur Singh | |
| 1998 | Hargobind Singh Sandhu | |
| 1999 | Kenneth Owen Bosen | |
| 2002 | Renu Kohli | |
| 2002 | Jaswant Singh | |
| 2003 | Robert Bobby George | |
| 2006 | R.D. Singh | |
| 2010 | AK Kutty (For Lifetime Contribution) |
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