DRONACHARYA AWARD (2001-2013)

DRONACHARYA AWARD

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.500,000. 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 teacher of Arjuna. B.I. Fernandez is the first foreign coach to be awarded Dronacharya Award.

Award Information

Type                             Civilian

Category                       Sports Coaching (Individual)

Instituted                       1985

First awarded                1985

Last awarded                2013

Awarded by                  Govt. of India

Cash award                   Rs. 500,000

Dronacharya Award Winners (2001-2013)

        Year                     Awardees                                                         Discipline

2001                             Prof. Sunny Thomas                                          Shooting

                                    Michael Joseph Ferreira                                     Billiards & Snooker

2002                             Renu Kohli                                                        Athletics

                                    Jaswant Singh                                                   Athletics

                                    M.K. Kaushik                                                    Hockey

                                    E. Prasad Rao                                                   Kabaddi

                                    Cdr. H.D. Motivala                                             Yachting

2003                             Robert Bobby George                                         Athletics

                                    Anup Kumar                                                      Boxing

                                    Rajinder Singh                                                   Hockey

                                    Sukhchain Singh Cheema                                   Wrestling

2004                             Arvind Savur                                                     Billiards & Snooker

                                    Sunita Sharma                                                   Cricket

                                    Cyrus Poncha                                                    Squash

                                    Gurcharan Singh                                                Boxing

2005                             Hony. Captain M Venu                                       Boxing

                                    Balwan Singh                                                    Kabaddi

                                    Maha Singh Rao                                                Wrestling

                                    Ismail Baig                                                        Rowing

2006                             R D Singh                                                         Athletics

                                    Damodaran Chandralal                                       Boxing

                                    Koneru Ashok                                                    Chess

2007-08                         Sanjeev Kumar Singh                                         Archery

                                    Jagdish Singh                                                    Boxing

                                    G.E. Sridharan                                                   Volleyball

                                    Jagminder Singh                                                Wrestling

2009                             Pullela Gopichand                                              Badminton

                                    Satpal                                                               Wrestling

                                    J. Uday Kumar                                                  Kabaddi

                                    Baldev Singh                                                     Hockey

                                    Jaidev Bisht                                                      Boxing

2010                             A. K. Kutty                                                        Athletics

                                    Subhash K. Aggarwal                                         Billiards & Snooker

                                    L. Ibomacha Singh                                             Boxing

                                    Ajay Kumar Bansal                                            Hockey

                                    Captain Chandroop                                             Wrestling

2011                             L. Venkateswara Rao                                         Boxing

                                    Devendra Kumar Rathore                                    Gymnastics      

                                    Ramphal                                                           Wrestling

                                    Dr. Kamal Roy                                                   Athletics

                                    Rajinder Singh                                                   Hockey

2012                             Virender Poonia                                                 Athletics

                                    Sunil Dabas                                                       Kabaddi–Women

                                    Yashvir Singh                                                    Wrestling

                                    Harendra Singh                                                  Hockey

                                    Dr. Satyapal Singh                                             Athletics, Para Sports

                                    B.I. Fernandez                                                   Boxing–Lifetime Achievement

                                    J.S. Bhatia                                                        Athletics–Lifetime Achievement

                                    Bhawani Mukherjee                                        Table Tennis–Lifetime Achievement

2013                             Ms. Poornima Mahato                                       Archery

                                    Mr. Mahavir Singh                                             Boxing

                                    Mr. Narinder Singh Saini                                    Hockey

                                    Mr. K.P. Thomas                                               Athletics

                                    Mr. Raj Singh                                                    Wrestling