<b>DRONACHARYA AWARD</b>

<strong>Dronacharya Award</strong> is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.300,000. The award was instituted in 1985. As the best sportsperson award is named Arjuna<u> </u>Award, it is appropriate that the coaching award is named after Dronacharya, as he was the Guru of Arjuna. (Source: Wikipedia)<br />
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<strong>Roll of Honor:</strong><br />
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<strong>1985:</strong> O.M. Nambiar (Athletics), Om Prakash Bhardwaj (Boxing), Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (Wrestling)<br />
<strong>1986:</strong> Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle (Chess), Desh Prem Azad (Cricket)<br />
<strong>1987:</strong> Gurcharan Singh (Cricket), Guru Hanuman (Wrestling)<br />
<strong>1990:</strong> Ramakant Achrekar (Cricket), Syed Naeemuddin (Football), A Ramana Rao (Volleyball)<br />
<strong>1994:</strong> Ilyas Babar (Athletics)<br />
<strong>1995:</strong> Karan Singh (Athletics), M. Shyam Sunder Rao (Volleyball)<br />
<strong>1996:</strong> Wilson Jones (Billiards and Snooker), Pal Singh Sandhu (Weightlifting)<br />
<strong>1997:</strong> Joginder Singh Saini (Athletics)<br />
<strong>1998:</strong> Bahadur Singh (Athletics), Hargobind Singh Sandhu (Athletics), G.S.Sandhu (Boxing)<br />
<strong>1999:</strong> Kenneth Owen Bosen (Athletics), Capt. Hawa Singh (Boxing), Ajay Kumar Sirohi (Weightlifting)<br />
<strong>2000:</strong> S.M. Arif (Badminton), Gudial Singh Bhangu (Hockey), Phadke Gopal Pushottam (Kho-Kho), Bhupender Dhawan (Powerlifting), Hansa Sharma (Weightlifting)<br />
<strong>2001:</strong> Prof. Sunny Thomas (Shooting), Michael Joseph Ferreira (Billiards and Snooker)<br />
<strong>2002:</strong> Renu Kohli (Athletics), Jaswant Singh (Athletics), M.K. Kaushik (Hockey), E. Prasad Rao (Kabaddi), Cdr. H.D. Motivala (Yachting)<br />
<strong>2003:</strong> Robert Bobby George (Athletics), Anup Kumar (Boxing), Rajinder Singh (Hockey), Sukhchain Singh Cheema (Wrestling)<br />
<strong>2004:</strong> Arvind Savur (Billiards and Snooker), Sunita Sharma (Cricket), Cyrus Poncha (Squash), Gurcharan Singh (Boxing)<br />
<strong>2005:</strong> Hony. Captain M Venu (Boxing), Balwan Singh (Kabaddi), Maha Singh Rao (Wrestling), Ismail Baig (Rowing)<br />
<strong>2006:</strong> R D Singh (Athletics), Damodaran Chandralal (Boxing), Koneru Ashok (Chess)<br />
<strong>2007:</strong> Sanjeev Kumar Singh (Archery), Jagdish Singh (Boxing), G.E. Sridharan (Volley Ball), Jagminder Singh (Wrestling)<br />
<strong>2008: </strong>Sanjeeva Kumar Singh (Archery), Jagdish Singh (Boxing), G E Sridharan (Volleyball), Jagminder Singh (Wrestling)</p>