National Sports Awards 2024: Dronacharya, Arjuna (Lifetime) and MAKA Trophy winners named
Chandigarh University won the MAKA Trophy; the selection committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian.
Summary
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports named the Dronacharya Award, Arjuna Award (Lifetime), Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy winners as part of the National Sports Awards 2024 on 2 January 2025. Under the National Sports Awards 2024, Dronacharya Awards (regular) go to Subhash Rana (para-shooting), Deepali Deshpande (shooting) and Sandeep Sangwan (hockey), and in the lifetime category to S Muralidharan (badminton) and Armando Agnelo Colaco (football); the Arjuna Award (Lifetime) goes to Sucha Singh (athletics) and Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (para-swimming). Chandigarh University won the MAKA Trophy, the Physical Education Foundation of India got the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, and the selection committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian.
Key facts
- Announced
- 2 January 2025
- Dronacharya (Regular)
- Subhash Rana (Para-Shooting), Deepali Deshpande (Shooting), Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey)
- Dronacharya (Lifetime)
- S Muralidharan (Badminton), Armando Agnelo Colaco (Football)
- Arjuna (Lifetime)
- Sucha Singh (Athletics), Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Para-Swimming)
- Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
- Physical Education Foundation of India
- MAKA Trophy 2024
- Chandigarh University (overall winner); Lovely Professional University (1st runner-up); Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (2nd runner-up)
- MAKA basis
- Overall top university in Khelo India University Games
- Selection committee head
- Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Who headed the Selection Committee for the National Sports Awards 2024?
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Correct answer: D — Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian
PIB (Sports): the applications were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian, Supreme Court of India.
Consider the following statements about the National Sports Awards 2024: 1. Murlikant Rajaram Petkar received the Arjuna Award (Lifetime) in para-swimming. 2. Armando Agnelo Colaco received the Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category for football. 3. The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar was given to a State sports department. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
PIB (Sports): Petkar — Arjuna (Lifetime), Para-Swimming; Colaco — Dronacharya (Lifetime), Football; the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar went to the Physical Education Foundation of India, so statement 3 is wrong.