India's double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and world chess champion D Gukesh are among the four athletes set to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award on January 17, the Sports Ministry announced on Thursday, January 2. Manu who missed from the list of nominees for the Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour in the country set to receive the honour.
Sports Tak earlier reported that Manu Bhaker's name will be added to the list and the Sports Ministry confirmed it on January 2. Apart from Manu and Gukesh, India's men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympian Praveen Kumar will also receive the Khel Ratna Award from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at a specially organised function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on January 17.
"Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, the Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches, universities, and entities," the ministry said in a statement.
Sports ministry announced that 4 athletes will get Khel Ratna, 32 athletes to be conferred with the Arjuna Award, two for Arjuna Awards (Lifetime), three coaches will get the Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches two will get the Lifetime Category award.
FULL LIST OF AWARDS WINNERS - NATIONAL SPORTS DAY 2024
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award
Shri Gukesh D - Chess
Shri Harmanpreet Singh - Hockey
Shri Praveen Kumar - Para-Athletics
Ms. Manu Bhakar - Shooting
Arjuna Award
Ms. Jyothi Yarraji - Athletics
Ms. Annu Rani - Athletics
Ms. Nitu - Boxing
Ms. Saweety - Boxing
Ms. Vantika Agrawal - Chess
Ms. Salima Tete - Hockey
Shri Abhishek - Hockey
Shri Sanjay - Hockey
Shri Jarmanpreet Singh - Hockey
Shri Sukhjeet Singh - Hockey
Shri Rakesh Kumar - Para-Archery
Ms. Preeti Pal - Para-Athletics
Ms. Jeevanji Deepthi - Para-Athletics
Shri Ajeet Singh - Para-Athletics
Shri Sachin Sarjerao Khilari - Para-Athletics
Shri Dharambir - Para-Athletics
Shri Pranav Soorma - Para-Athletics
Shri H Hokato Sema - Para-Athletics
Ms. Simran - Para-Athletics
Shri Navdeep - Para-Athletics
Shri Nitesh Kumar - Para-Badminton
Ms. Thulasimathi Murugesan - Para-Badminton
Ms. Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan - Para-Badminton
Ms. Manisha Ramadass - Para-Badminton
Shri Kapil Parmar - Para-Judo
Ms. Mona Agarwal - Para-Shooting
Ms. Rubina Francis - Para-Shooting
Shri Swapnil Suresh Kusale - Shooting
Shri Sarabjot Singh - Shooting
Shri Abhay Singh - Squash
Shri Sajan Prakash - Swimming
Shri Aman - Wrestling
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime)
Shri Sucha Singh - Athletics
Shri Murlikant Rajaram Petkar - Para-Swimming
Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches
Shri Subhash Rana - Para-Shooting
Ms. Deepali Deshpande - Shooting
Shri Sandeep Sangwan - Hockey
Lifetime Category
Shri S Muralidharan - Badminton
Shri Armando Agnelo Colaco - Football