Veteran Table Tennis Player Sharath Kamal Achanta To Receive Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award - Check Complete List

Veteran Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal Anchata has been selected for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022. National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize & reward excellence in sports.

England's Liam Pitchford (L), Sharath Kamal Achanta (C) and India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran pose during a medal presentation ceremony for the men's singles table tennis event on day eleven of the Commonwealth Games at the NEC arena in Birmingham, central England, on August 8, 2022.

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National Sports Award 2022: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Monday, announced names of sports persons, coaches and entities, who will be receive the prestigious National Sports Awards 2022 by President of India, Draupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November, 2022 (Wednesday) at 1600 hrs. National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.

Veteran Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal Anchata has been selected for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022. A total of 25 sports persons have been selected for the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022. The Dronacharya Award will be given to seven coaches. Four players will be honored with the Dhyan Chand Award 2022. 

Sharath Kamal Achanta, recipient of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, has brought glory to India on International level in Table Tennis for many years. In Commonwealth Games 2022, he performed brilliantly. Most of the players who have been selected for the Arjuna Award 2022 also won medals for India in the Commonwealth Games 2022.

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2022

Shri Sharath Kamal Achanta: Table Tennis

​Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2022

Ms Seema Punia: Athletics
Shri Eldhose Paul: Athletics
Shri Avinash Mukund Sable: Athletics
Shri Lakshya Sen: Badminton
Shri Prannoy HS: Badminton
Shri Amit: Boxing
Ms Nikhat Zareen: Boxing
Ms Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni: Chess
Shri R Praggnanandhaa: Chess
Ms Deep Grace Ekka: Hockey
Ms Shushila Devi: Judo
Ms Sakshi Kumari: Kabaddi
Ms Nayan Moni Saikia: Lawn Bowl
Shri Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar: Mallakhamb
Ms ElavenilValarivan: Shooting

Shri Omprakash Mitharval: Shooting
Ms Sreeja Akula: Table Tennis
Shri Vikas Thakur: Weightlifting
Ms Anshu: Wrestling
Ms Sarita: Wrestling
Shri Parveen: Wushu
Ms Manasi Girishchandra Joshi: Para Badminton
Shri Tarun Dhillon: Para Badminton
Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil: Para Swimming
Ms Jerlin Anika J: Deaf Badminton

​Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2022

Regular Category:

Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms)    Discipline
Shri Jiwanjot Singh Teja                     Archery
Shri Mohammad Ali Qamar                Boxing
Ms Suma Siddharth Shirur             Para Shooting
Shri Sujeet Maan                              Wrestling

Lifetime Category:

Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms)      Discipline
Shri Dinesh Jawahar Lad                     Cricket
Shri Bimal Prafulla Ghosh                   Football
Shri Raj Singh                                    Wrestling

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2022

Name of the sportsperson               Discipline
Ms Ashwini Akkunji C.                        Athletics
Shri Dharamvir Singh                           Hockey
Shri B.C Suresh                                    Kabaddi
Shri Nir Bahadur Gurung Para            Athletics

​Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2022: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar