New Delhi: At a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, President Droupadi Murmu will present the honorees with their National Sports Awards 2022 and National Adventure Awards 2021. Sharath Kamal Achanta, a table tennis player, has been chosen to receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2022.
25 athletes will receive Arjuna Awards this year for extraordinary accomplishment in sports and competition. They include wrestlers Anshu and Sarita, boxer Nikhat Zareen, hockey player Deep Grace Ekka, weightlifter Vikash Thakur, athletes Seema Punia and Eldhose Paul, and para-badminton player Tarun Dhillon. Three coaches were chosen for the lifetime category of the Dronacharya Award, while five coaches were chosen for the regular category.
Four athletes will get the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games: Ashwini Akkunji C, Dharamvir Singh, B.C. Suresh, and Nir Bahadur Gurung. The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar has been suggested for three organisations: TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, and Ladakh Ski and Snowboard Association.