Follow us

Virender Sehwag, PT Usha named in Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award committee

no image
no image

Former Indian cricketer and former athlete PT Usha have been selected for the committee who will pick players for Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards. Responsibility for choosing the Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awardees will be handled by the committee which includes Pullela Gopichand and Pankaj Advani.

The 38-year-old former opener known for his swashbuckling batting now has a new responsibility. Along with former Indian track and field athlete PT Usha, he was selected for the committee which will decide Khel Ratna and Arjuna awardees. 

Along with them, Mukund Killekar (boxing), Sunil Dabbas (Kabaddi), M R Mishra (Journalist), S Kannan (Journalist), Sanjeev Kumar (Journalist), Latha Madhvi (Para athlete), Anil Khanna (sports administrator), Injeti Srinivas (DG, SAI) and Rajvir Singh (Joint Secretary, Sports Ministry) are the other members.

Justice (Retd) C K Thakkar will head the Arjuna Award Committee that will meet on August 3 to select the awardees for this year.

The Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awards committee will be led by Gopichand. The committee will include renowned cueist Pankaj Advani, Gopal Saini (athletics), M K Kaushik (Hockey) and Virendra Poonia (Athletics), Maha Singh Rao (Wrestling), Noris Pritam (Journalist), Rajinder Sejwan (Journalist), B V P Rao (Administrator).

The two Ex-officio members are Director General (SAI) and Joint Secretary (Sports Development).

The Arjuna Awards instituted in 1961 and given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in national sports. On the other hand, the Dronacharya Award, which was instituted in 1985, is given to the outstanding coaches in sports and games. 

Comments

Leave a comment

0 Comments

read previous‌IND vs NZ | Sarfaraz and Pant’s audacious fightback eclipsed by rain and second new ball with Kiwis on command
New Zealand need 107 runs to win with ten wickets and a day in hand to seal an emphatic win in Indian soil. Sarfaraz Khan’s 150 coupled with Rishabh Pant’s 99 set up India’s 462 runs, albeit the second new ball did the trick for the Kiwis with the hosts losing the last seven wickets for 29 runs.
IOC to decide hosts for 2024 and 2028 Olympics on Tuesdayread next
Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold a session in Lausanne on Tuesday to discuss the process to award the 2024 and 2028 Olympics simultaneously. The Peruvian capital Lima hosts the 130th IOC Congress on September 13 where Los Angeles and Paris will vie for the honors.
View non-AMP page