The policy will now onwards cover all National Sports Award winners including Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awards. Dhyan Chand Award is given to the sportsperson for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games. In 2005, I finished fifth in Asian Junior Championships but it motivated me to win a medal next year. In his honour, the highest award for Lifetime Achievement in the area of Sports is named as Dhyan Chand Award and the National Stadium in Delhi was renamed as Dhyan Chand National Stadium in the year 2002. ... - Dhyan Chand Award … Punjab rower Manjeet Singh with his parents at Isa Panjgrain village in Ferozepur district on Friday. Even though, we finished 18th in Beijing and second last in London, competing in Olympics was a career high for me. The award was first given in the year 2002 to the Shahuraj Birajdar (For Boxing), Ashok Diwan (For Hockey), and Aparna Ghosh … The same year, Manjeet was part of the Chandigarh rowing team which won the silver medal in the coxless four event in the National Junior Rowing Championship at Ranchi. At Chandigarh, where Manjeet trained, the rowing course has been reduced. Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured for th… Following is the list of National Sports Award winners for the year 2020:Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: Rohit Sharma (Cricket), Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para Athletics), Manika Batra (Table Tennis), Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling), Rani Rampal (Hockey).Arjuna Award: Atanu Das (Archery), Dutee Chand (Athletics), Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy (Badminton), Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty (Badminton), Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (Basketball), Manish Kaushik (Boxing), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), Ishant Sharma (Cricket), Deepti Sharma (Cricket), Sawant Ajay Anant (Equestrian), Sandesh Jhingan (Football), Aditi Ashok (Golf), Akashdeep Singh (Hockey), Deepika (Hockey), Deepak (Kabaddi), Kale Sarika Sudhakar (Kho Kho), Dattu Baban Bhokanal (Rowing), Manu Bhaker (Shooting), Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting), Madhurika Patkar (Table Tennis), Divij Sharan (Tennis), Shiva Keshavan (Winter Sports), Divya Kakran (Wrestling), Rahul Aware (Wrestling), Suyash Narayan Jadhav (Para Swimming), Sandeep (Para Athletics), Manish Narwal (Para Shooting).Dronacharya Award (Life-Time Category): Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery), Purushotham Rai (Athletics), Shiv Singh (Boxing), Romesh Pathania (Hockey), Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi), Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting), Naresh Kumar (Tennis), Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling).Dronacharya (Regular Category): Jude Felix (Hockey), Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb), Jaspal Rana (Shooting), Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu), Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton).Dhyan Chand Award: Kuldip Singh Bhullar (Athletics), Jincy Philips (Athletics), Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe (Badminton), Trupti Murgunde (Badminton), N Usha(Boxing), Lakha Singh (Boxing), Sukhvinder Singh Sandhu (Football), Ajit Singh (Hockey), Manpreet Singh (Kabaddi), J Ranjith Kumar (Para Athletics), Satyaprakash Tiwari (Para Badminton), Manjeet Singh (Rowing), Late Shri Sachin Nag (Swimming), Nandan Bal (Tennis), Netarpal Hooda (Wrestling).Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards: Anita Devi (Land Adventure), Col Sarfraz Singh (Land Adventure), Taka Tamut (Land Adventure), Narender Singh (Land Adventure), Keval Hiren Kakka (Land Adventure), Satendra Singh (Water Adventure), Gajanand Yadava (Air Adventure), Late Magan Bissa (Life Time Achievement).Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy: Panjab University, Chandigarh.Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent: Lakshya Institute, Army Sports Institute.Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd.Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures: Air Force Sports Control Board.Sports for Development: International Institute of Sports Management (IISM). 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With a legacy like Dhayn Chand, the students and aspiring sportsmen and women of the country have a strong figure to look up to. As rower Manjeet Singh (31) reached his village Isa Panjgrain in Ferozepur for the first time after winning the Dhyan Chand award last month, the two-time Olympian and Asian Games medal winner was greeted by his father Mukhtiar Singh, young rowers from the village, and some of his teammates.Manjeet, who was one of the recipients of the Dhyan Chand award in last month’s national sports awards function and as one of the nine rowers, who have represented India in Olympics till now, sees the award as a recognition for the sport and not only himself.“I am glad that I was chosen for the award and I see it as recognition of the rowing community all over India and not only myself.