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1) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023
Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty (Badminton).

26 Sports person will receive Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023
2) Arjuna Award:

Mohammed Shami (cricket),

Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (Blind cricket)

Ojas Pravin Deotale, Aditya Gopichand Swami (Archery)

Sheetal Devi (Para Archery)

Parul Chaudhary and Murali Sreeshankar (Athletics)

Mohammad Hussamuddin (Boxing)

R Vaishali (Chess)

Divyakriti Singh and Anoop Aggarwal (Horse riding)

Diksha Dagar (Golf)

Krishna Bahadur Pathak and Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu (Hockey)

Pinky (Lawn Bowls)

Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Isha Singh (Shooting)

Antim and Sunil Kumar (Wrestling)

Ayhika Mukherjee (Table Tennis)

Naorem Roshibina Devi (Wushu)

Pawan Kumar and Ritu Negi (Kabaddi)

Nasreen (Kho-Kho)

Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (Squash)

Prachi Yadav (Para Canoeing).

Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award :

Kavita Selvaraj (Kabaddi)

Manjusha Kanwar (Badminton)

Vineet Kumar Sharma (Hockey)

Anush Agarwalla (Equestrian)

Divyakriti Singh ( Equestrian Dressage)

3) Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023

Ganesh Prabhakaran (Mallakhamba)

Mahaveer Prasad Saini (Para Athletics)

Lalit Kumar (Wrestling)

R. B. Ramesh (Chess)

Shivendra Singh (Hockey)

4) Dronacharya Award (Lifetime Category) 2023 :

Jaskirat Singh Grewal (Golf)

E Bhaskaran (Kabaddi)

Jayant Kumar Pushilal (Table Tennis).

5) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023 :

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar : Overall winner University

Lovely Professional University, Punjab : 1st runner-up University

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra : 2nd runner-up University

These awards will be presented by President Draupadi Murmu at a special ceremony organized on January 9, 2024 Tuesday 11.00 hours at Rashtrapati Bhavan.