# List of Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award recipients

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The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, formerly known as National Adventure Awards, is the highest adventure sports honour of Republic of India. 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. 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$18,000)".
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. 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. 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.
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. 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. Chandraprabha Aitwal is the only double recipient of the award, in 1994 for land adventure and in 2009 for lifetime achievement.

## List of recipients

Key :
* # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of award recipients, showing the year, gender, category and discipline :
| Year | Recipient | Gender | Category | Discipline |
| 1994 | Chandraprabha Aitwal | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Kunga Bhatia | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Gurmayum Anita Devi | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Radha Devi | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Dicky Dolma | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Baldev Kanwar | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Suman Kutiyal | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Savita Martolia | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Rita G Marwah | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Bimla Negi | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Sarla Negi | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Nima Norbu | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Bachendri Pal | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Harshha Panwar | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Rita Patel | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | K. Saraswati | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Deepu Sharma | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Rajeev Sharma | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | A. K. Singh | Male | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 1994 | Hukum Singh | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 1994 | Rachel Thomas | Female | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 1994 | Santosh Yadav | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1995 | C N Janaki | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 1995 | H C Kohli | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1995 | Chhavi Madan | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 1995 | Baba Maninder Paul | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1995 | Sanjay Thapar | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 1995 | Ang Tsering | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 1995 | M P Yadav | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1996 | B. K. Das | Male | Air Adventure | Microlight aviation |
| 1996 | Krishan Kumar | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1996 | Gunjan Parulkar | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 1996 | Rupali Repale | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 1996 | Gyan Singh$^#$ | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 1996 | Lalneihsenga | Male | Land Adventure | |
| 1997 | Kokila Sudha | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1998 | Amulya Sen | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 1999 | H. S. Chauhan | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 1999 | Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 1999 | Ratnamani Roy | | | |
| 1999 | S. D. Sharma | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2000 | Ratan Singh Chauhan | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2000 | Chalti Debarma | | | |
| 2000 | Kamal Singh Oberh | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2000 | Kushang Sherpa | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2001 | Kulwant Singh Dhami | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2001 | Barkha Kishore Kedia | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2001 | Dorjee Lhatoo | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2001 | Vijaypat Singhania | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Microlight aviation |
| 2001 | Ramesh Chandra Tripathi | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2002 | Bula Choudhury | Female | Lifetime Achievement | Open water swimming |
| 2002 | Brian Dermot Kharpran Daly | Male | Land Adventure | Caving |
| 2002 | Relu Ram Thakur | Male | Water Adventure | White water rafting |
| 2003 | Harish Kapadia | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2003 | Mayur Mehta | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2003 | Amar Prakash | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2004 | Mohan Singh Gunjyal | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2004 | Nadre Sherpa | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2004 | Jayashankar | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2005 | Mukul Asthana | Male | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2005 | Chhering Norbu Bodh | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2005 | Nawang Gombu | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2005 | Shital Mahajan | Female | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2006 | Tapas Chowdhury | Male | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2006 | Palden Giachho | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2006 | Motuku Indra Kanth Reddy | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2006 | Gurdial Singh | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2007 | Neel Chand | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2007 | Mohan Singh Kohli | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2007 | T. K. Rath | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2007 | Mohinder Singh | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2008 | H. P. S. Ahluwalia | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2008 | Bachinapally Shekhar Babu | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2008 | Chaitanya Datla | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2008 | Ramakant | Male | Air Adventure | Hang gliding |
| 2009 | Chandraprabha Aitwal | Female | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2009 | HC Kamlesh Kumar Bounthiyal | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2009 | Jai Kishan | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2009 | Sufyan Sheikh | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2010 | Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu | Female | Land Adventure | Cross-country skiing |
| 2010 | Dilip Donde | Male | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2010 | Balwant Sandhu$^#$ | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2010 | Mamta Sodha | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2011 | Rajendra Singh Jalal | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2011 | Bhakti Sharma | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2011 | Mandip Singh Soin | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2011 | Anand Swarup | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2012 | Ranveer Jamwal | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2012 | Hari Ram | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2012 | Basant Singh Roy | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2012 | Paramjeet Singh Siddhu | Male | Air Adventure | Hang gliding |
| 2012 | Prem Singh | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2012 | Abhilash Tomy | Male | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2013 | Amit Chowdhury | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Skydiving |
| 2013 | Passang Tenzing Sherpa | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2013 | Jagat Singh | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2013 | Surender Singh | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2014 | Satish Chander Sharma | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2014 | Jot Singh | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2014 | Paramvir Singh | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2014 | Arunima Sinha | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2014 | Satyendra Verma | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2015 | Debasish Biswas | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2015 | Ritu Kishor Kedia | Female | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2015 | Nungshi Malik | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2015 | Tashi Malik | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2015 | B. Rajkumar | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2015 | Harbhajan Singh | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2016 | Ashok Abbey | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2016 | Premlata Agrawal | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2016 | More Rohan Dattatrey | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2016 | Ved Prakash Sharma | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Skydiving |
| 2017 | Aishwarya Boddapati | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2017 | Shougrakpam Vijaya Devi | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2017 | Payal Gupta | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2017 | Anshu Jamsenpa | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2017 | Pratibha Jamwal | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2017 | Vartika Joshi | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2017 | Ravi Kumar$^#$ | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2017 | Patarlapalli Swathi | Female | Water Adventure | Sailing |
| 2017 | Udit Thapar | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2017 | Sonam Wangyal | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2018 | Dipankar Ghosh$^#$ | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2018 | Rameshwer Jangra | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2018 | Manikandan K. | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2018 | Prabhat Raju Koli | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2018 | Aparna Kumar | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2018 | Wangchuk Sherpa | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2019 | Magan Bissa$^#$ | Male | Lifetime Achievement | Mountaineering |
| 2019 | Anita Devi | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2019 | Keval Hiren Kakka | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2019 | Satendra Singh Lohiya | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2019 | Sarfraz Singh | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2019 | Taka Tamut | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2019 | Gajanand Yadava | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2020 | Sheetal | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2020 | Priyanka Mohite | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2020 | Srikaanth Viswanathan | Male | Water Adventure | Swimming |
| 2020 | Amit Bisht | Male | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2020 | Servesh Dhadwal | Male | Air Adventure | Skydiving |
| 2021 | Naina Dhakad | Female | Land Adventure | Mountaineering |
| 2021 | Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali | Male | Water Adventure | Open water swimming |
| 2021 | Bhawani Singh Samyal | Male | Life Time Achievement | |

## Explanatory notes

* ↑ The cash prize started with ₹50,000 (US$590) in 1994, was revised to ₹1.5 lakh (US$1,800) in 1999, to ₹3 lakh (US$3,500) in 2002,to ₹5 lakh (US$5,900) in 2008, and to ₹15 lakh (US$18,000) in 2021
* 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.
* ↑ Includes caving (1 recipient), cross-country skiing (1 recipient), hang gliding (2 recipients), microlight aviation (2 recipients) and white water rafting (1 recipient)