Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
Award given for promotion and development of sports in the country
Sponsored by Government of India
First award2009
Final award2024
Highlights
Total awarded55

The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is a sports honour of the Republic of India. The name of the award in Hindi translates to National Sports Promotion Award. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The award recognizes the "involvement of corporates, voluntary organizations, and sports control boards, in the promotion and development of sports in the country" over the previous three years. The award was started in 2009 and the guidelines were revised in 2015. Since the revision, entities in four categories are awarded: Identification and nurturing of budding and young talent, Encouragement to sports through corporate social responsibility, Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures, and Sports for development. As of 2020, the award comprises "a citation and a trophy in each of the categories". [1]

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As of 2024, a total of 55 awards have been bestowed on 42 different organizations and individuals. The award is presented annually with the other five National Sports Awards and national adventure award at the Presidential Palace presented by the President of India, usually on 29 August of a year. [2] Five organizations have won the award more than once. Services Sports Control Board won the award in 2010 in two categories, and once in 2012 and 2013, for a total of four awards. Tata Steel won the award in 2009 in two categories and again once in 2010 for a total of three awards. Two awards have been won by Railways Sports Promotion Board in 2009 and 2012, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board in 2011 and 2013, and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in 2014 and 2020. Awards in two categories—establishment and management of sports academies of excellence, and financial support for sports excellence—were discontinued as a result of the 2015 award scheme revision. In the year 2021 this awarde was given to the Manav Rachna Educational Institutions(MREI),an Organisation for their contribution in the Identification and nurturing of the sports talent of over the past 25 years around the various parts of India. [2]

List of recipients

List of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar recipients, showing the year, category, and entity [2]
YearCategoryEntity
2009Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Railways Sports Promotion Board
2009Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Tata Steel
2009Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Tata Steel
2010Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Services Sports Control Board
2010Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of ExcellenceKhel Evam Yuva Kalyan Vibhag
2010Financial Support for Sports Excellence Tata Steel
2010Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Services Sports Control Board
2011Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Narayana Ramachandran
2011Financial Support for Sports ExcellencePetroleum Sports Promotion Board
2012Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare MeasuresAir India Sports Promotion Board
2012Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Services Sports Control Board
2012Financial Support for Sports Excellence Railways Sports Promotion Board
2012Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Steel Authority of India
2013Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare MeasuresPetroleum Sports Promotion Board
2013Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Gopichand Badminton Academy
2013Financial Support for Sports Excellence Services Sports Control Board
2013Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentU. K. Mishra
2014Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
2014Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Guru Hanuman Akhara
2014Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent JSW Steel Ltd
2014Sports for Development Magic Bus India Foundation
2015Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Haryana Police
2015Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Coal India
2015Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Directorate General of Military Training
2015Sports for Development Sports Coaching Foundation
2016Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Reserve Bank of India
2016Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social ResponsibilityIndia Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd
2016Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentDadar Parsee Zorostrian Cricket Club
2016Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentHockey Citizen Group
2016Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentSTAIRS [a]
2016Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentUsha School Of Athletics
2016Sports for Development Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society
2017Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation
2017Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
2017Sports for Development Reliance Foundation
2017Sports for DevelopmentThe Golf Foundation
2018Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility JSW Sports
2018Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Rashtriya Ispat Nigam
2018Sports for Development Isha Outreach
2019Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentGagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation
2019Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent GoSports Foundation
2019Sports for DevelopmentRayalaseema Development Trust
2020Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare MeasuresAir Force Sports Control Board
2020Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
2020Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentArmy Sports Institute
2020Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentLakshya Institute
2020Sports for DevelopmentInternational Institute of Sports Management
2021Identification and nurturing of the sports talent over the past 25 yearsManav Rachna Educational Institutions(MREI)
2021Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
2022Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young TalentTransStadia Enterprises Private Limited
2022Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
2022Sports for DevelopmentLadakh Ski & Snowboard Association
2023Identification and nurturing of budding / young talent Jain University, Bengaluru
2023Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Odisha Mining Corporation
2024Sports for DevelopmentPhysical Education Foundation of India

Explanatory notes

  1. Society for Transformation, Inclusion and Recognition through Sports

References

  1. "Inviting applications for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2020" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "List of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar (2009-2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.