List of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award recipients

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Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
Civilian award for achievements in the field of adventure
The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, 2017 to Ms. Dr. Anshu Jamsenpa for Adventure, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on September 25, 2018.JPG
Anshu Jamsenpa receiving the award for the year 2017 for land adventure
Awarded forHighest adventure honour in India
Sponsored by Government of India
Reward(s)5 lakh (US$6,300)
First awarded1994
Last awarded2021
Highlights
Total awarded146
Precedence
Equivalent Arjuna Award

The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award , formerly known as National Adventure Awards, is the highest adventure sports honour of Republic of India. [1] The award is named after Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer and one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary in 1953. [2] It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recipients are honoured for their "outstanding achievement in the field of adventure activities on land, sea and air" over the previous three years. The lifetime achievement is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in and devoted themselves in the promotion of adventure sports. As of 2021, the award comprises "a bronze statuette of Tenzing Norgay along with a cash prize of 15 lakh (US$19,000)". [lower-alpha 1] [8]

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Instituted in 1993–1994, the first awards were given for the year 1994. The stature of this award is considered to be equivalent to Arjuna Award conferred in the field of sport. [3] Since the year 2004, this award, along with all the other six National Sports Awards, are conferred in the same presidential ceremony at the Presidential Palace, usually on 29 August each year. [5] [9] The nominations for a given year are accepted until 20 June. Typically, one award in each of the four categories—Land adventure, Water (Sea) adventure, Air adventure, and Lifetime achievement—are given. The number may increase in a particular year for appropriate reasons and after approval. A five-member committee evaluates the achievements of a candidate in a particular category of adventure, taking into consideration their last three years of performance for the first three categories. The committee later submits its recommendations to the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports for further approval. [8]

As of 2021, there have been 146 recipients. In the first year 1994, 22 awards were given, of which 19 were bestowed on the Indian members of the 1993 Indo-Nepalese Women's Everest Expedition. [3] In 2017, ten awards were given, of which six were given to the members of Navika Sagar Parikrama, an all-woman sailing team for the circumnavigation of the globe. [10] Chandraprabha Aitwal is the only double recipient of the award, in 1994 for land adventure and in 2009 for lifetime achievement. [3] [11]

List of recipients

Award recipients by year
YearNumber of recipients
1994–1999
45
2000–2009
38
2010–2019
56
2020–2021
7
Award recipients by gender [lower-alpha 2]
GenderNumber of recipients
Male
93
Female
47
Award recipients by category [lower-alpha 2]
CategoryNumber of recipients
Land Adventure
67
Water Adventure
27
Air Adventure
18
Lifetime Achievement
28
Award recipients by discipline [lower-alpha 2]
CategoryNumber of recipients
Mountaineering
87
Open water swimming
15
Sailing
12
Skydiving
17
Others [lower-alpha 3]
7
Key
   # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of award recipients, showing the year, gender, category and discipline [lower-alpha 2]
YearRecipientGenderCategoryDisciplineRefs.
1994 Chandraprabha Aitwal FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Kunga BhatiaFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Gurmayum Anita DeviFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Radha DeviFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994 Dicky Dolma FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Baldev KanwarMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Suman KutiyalFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Savita MartoliaFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Rita G MarwahFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Bimla NegiFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Sarla NegiFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Nima NorbuMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994 Bachendri Pal FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Harshha PanwarFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Rita PatelFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994K. SaraswatiFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Deepu SharmaFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994Rajeev SharmaMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1994A. K. SinghMaleWater AdventureSailing [3]
1994Hukum SinghMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [3]
1994 Rachel Thomas FemaleAir AdventureSkydiving [3]
1994 Santosh Yadav FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [3]
1995C N JanakiFemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [12]
1995H C KohliMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [12]
1995Chhavi MadanFemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [12]
1995Baba Maninder PaulMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [12]
1995Sanjay ThaparMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [12]
1995Ang TseringMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [12]
1995M P YadavMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [12]
1996B. K. DasMaleAir AdventureMicrolight aviation [13] [14]
1996Krishan KumarMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [13] [15]
1996Gunjan ParulkarFemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [13] [16]
1996 Rupali Repale FemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [13] [17]
1996Gyan Singh#MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [13]
1996Lalneihsenga MaleLand Adventure [13]
1997Kokila SudhaFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [18] [19]
1998Amulya SenMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [18] [20]
1999H. S. ChauhanMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [18] [21]
1999 Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [22] [23]
1999Ratnamani Roy [22]
1999S. D. SharmaMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [22] [24] [25]
2000Ratan Singh ChauhanMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [22] [26]
2000Chalti Debarma [22]
2000Kamal Singh OberhMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [22] [27]
2000 Kushang Sherpa MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [22] [28]
2001Kulwant Singh DhamiMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [18] [29]
2001Barkha Kishore KediaFemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [18] [30] [31]
2001Dorjee LhatooMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [22] [19] [32]
2001 Vijaypat Singhania MaleLifetime AchievementMicrolight aviation [33]
2001Ramesh Chandra TripathiMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [18] [34]
2002 Bula Choudhury FemaleLifetime AchievementOpen water swimming [5] [35]
2002Brian Dermot Kharpran DalyMaleLand AdventureCaving [5] [36]
2002Relu Ram ThakurMaleWater AdventureWhite water rafting [5] [37]
2003 Harish Kapadia MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [38] [39]
2003Mayur MehtaMaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [38] [40]
2003Amar PrakashMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [38] [41]
2004 Mohan Singh Gunjyal MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [38] [42]
2004Nadre SherpaMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [38] [43]
2004Jayashankar MaleAir AdventureSkydiving [38] [44]
2005Mukul AsthanaMaleWater AdventureSailing [45]
2005 Chhering Norbu Bodh MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [45]
2005 Nawang Gombu MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [45]
2005 Shital Mahajan FemaleAir AdventureSkydiving [45]
2006Tapas ChowdhuryMaleWater AdventureSailing [46] [47]
2006Palden GiachhoMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [46] [48]
2006Motuku Indra Kanth ReddyMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [46] [49]
2006 Gurdial Singh MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [46] [50]
2007Neel ChandMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [51] [52]
2007 Mohan Singh Kohli MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [51] [50]
2007T. K. RathMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [51] [52]
2007Mohinder SinghMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [51] [53]
2008 H. P. S. Ahluwalia MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [54] [50]
2008Bachinapally Shekhar BabuMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [54] [55]
2008Chaitanya DatlaFemaleWater AdventureSailing [54] [56]
2008Ramakant MaleAir AdventureHang gliding [54] [57]
2009 Chandraprabha Aitwal FemaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [11] [58]
2009HC Kamlesh Kumar BounthiyalMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [11] [59]
2009Jai KishanMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [11] [60]
2009Sufyan SheikhMaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [11] [61]
2010 Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu FemaleLand AdventureCross-country skiing [62] [63]
2010 Dilip Donde MaleWater AdventureSailing [62] [64]
2010 Balwant Sandhu #MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [62] [65]
2010 Mamta Sodha FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [62] [66]
2011Rajendra Singh JalalMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [67] [68]
2011 Bhakti Sharma FemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [67] [69]
2011 Mandip Singh Soin MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [67] [70]
2011Anand SwarupMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [67] [71]
2012 Ranveer Jamwal MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [72]
2012Hari RamMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [72]
2012Basant Singh RoyMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [72]
2012Paramjeet Singh SiddhuMaleAir AdventureHang gliding [72]
2012Prem SinghMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [72]
2012 Abhilash Tomy MaleWater AdventureSailing [72] [73] [74]
2013Amit ChowdhuryMaleLifetime AchievementSkydiving [75] [76]
2013Passang Tenzing SherpaMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [75] [77]
2013Jagat SinghMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [75] [78]
2013Surender SinghMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [75] [76]
2014Satish Chander SharmaMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [79] [19]
2014Jot SinghMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [79] [80]
2014 Paramvir Singh MaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [79] [46] [81]
2014 Arunima Sinha FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [79] [82]
2014Satyendra VermaMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [79] [76]
2015Debasish BiswasMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [83] [84]
2015Ritu Kishor KediaFemaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [83] [85]
2015 Nungshi Malik FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [83] [86]
2015 Tashi Malik FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [83] [86]
2015B. RajkumarMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [83] [76]
2015 Harbhajan Singh MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [83] [87]
2016Ashok AbbeyMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [88] [89]
2016 Premlata Agrawal FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [88] [90]
2016More Rohan DattatreyMaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [88] [91]
2016Ved Prakash SharmaMaleLifetime AchievementSkydiving [88] [76]
2017Aishwarya BoddapatiFemaleWater AdventureSailing [10]
2017Shougrakpam Vijaya DeviFemaleWater AdventureSailing [10]
2017Payal GuptaFemaleWater AdventureSailing [10]
2017 Anshu Jamsenpa FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [10] [92]
2017Pratibha JamwalFemaleWater AdventureSailing [10]
2017Vartika JoshiFemaleWater AdventureSailing [10]
2017Ravi Kumar#MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [10]
2017Patarlapalli SwathiFemaleWater AdventureSailing [10]
2017Udit ThaparMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [10]
2017 Sonam Wangyal MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [10]
2018Dipankar Ghosh#MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [93] [94]
2018Rameshwer JangraMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [93] [76]
2018Manikandan K.MaleLand AdventureMountaineering [93] [95]
2018 Prabhat Raju Koli MaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [93] [96]
2018 Aparna Kumar FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [93] [97]
2018Wangchuk SherpaMaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [93] [98]
2019Magan Bissa#MaleLifetime AchievementMountaineering [9] [99]
2019Anita DeviFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [9] [100]
2019Keval Hiren KakkaMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [9] [101]
2019 Satendra Singh Lohiya MaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [9] [102]
2019Sarfraz SinghMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [9] [103]
2019Taka TamutMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [9] [104]
2019Gajanand YadavaMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [9] [105]
2020SheetalFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering
2020Priyanka MohiteFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [106]
2020Amit BishtMaleLand AdventureMountaineering [107] [108]
2020Servesh DhadwalMaleAir AdventureSkydiving [109]
2021Naina DhakadFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering [7]
2021Shubham Dhananjay VanmaliMaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming [7]
2021Bhawani Singh SamyalMaleLife Time Achievement [7]

Explanatory notes

  1. The cash prize started with 50,000 (US$630) in 1994, [3] was revised to 1.5 lakh (US$1,900) in 1999, [4] to 3 lakh (US$3,800) in 2002, [5] to 5 lakh (US$6,300) in 2008, [6] and to 15 lakh (US$19,000) in 2021 [7]
  2. 1 2 3 4 The names and complete data of four award recipients is missing, two recipients from 1997 and two from 1998. The partial data for three recipients is missing, Lalneihsenga (1996) – discipline missing, Ratnamani Roy (1999) – gender, category and discipline missing and Chalti Debarma (2000) – gender, category and discipline missing. Hence the total in the graphs may not match the total number of recipients.
  3. Includes caving (1 recipient), cross-country skiing (1 recipient), hang gliding (2 recipients), microlight aviation (2 recipients) and white water rafting (1 recipient)

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