# List of National Sports Award recipients in parasports

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award. As of 2024, a total of ninety-nine individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in parasports. The four awards presented in parasports are Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award.
First presented in the year 1974, a total of seventy-five individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in parasports for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years, with two individuals being awarded for their lifetime contribution. First presented in the year 2012, a total of seven coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in parasports for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with one coach being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. First presented in the year 2017, a total of nine sportspersons have been honoured with the Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in parasports for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. First presented in the year 2004, a total of seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in parasports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over."

## Recipients

Key :
* + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award, discipline(s) and gender :
| Year | Recipient | Award | Discipline(s) | Gender |
| 2017 | Devendra Jhajharia | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Athletics | Male |
| 2019 | Deepa Malik | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Athletics | Female |
| 2020 | Mariyappan Thangavelu | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Athletics | Male |
| 2021 | Avani Lekhara | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Shooting | Female |
| 2021 | Sumit Antil | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Athletics | Male |
| 2021 | Pramod Bhagat | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Badminton | Male |
| 2021 | Krishna Nagar | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Badminton | Male |
| 2021 | Manish Narwal | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Shooting | Male |
| 2024 | Praveen Kumar | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna | Athletics | Male |
| 1974 | Anjan Bhattacharjee | Arjuna Award | Cricket | Male |
| 1977–1978 | Satish Kumar | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 1978–1979 | Shernaz Kermani | Arjuna Award | Parasports | Female |
| 1985 | T. N. Shenoy | Arjuna Award | Swimming | Male |
| 1991 | Rajeev Bagga | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 1995 | Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Female |
| 1996 | Sandeep Singh Dhillon | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 1996 | Kalle Gowda | Arjuna Award | Athletics & Cricket | Male |
| 1997 | M. Mahadev | Arjuna Award | Athletics & Cricket | Male |
| 1997 | Naresh Kumar Sharma | Arjuna Award | Shooting | Male |
| 1998 | Anju Dua | Arjuna Award | Gymnastics | Female |
| 1998 | Ranjini Ramanujam | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 1999 | G. Venkataravanappa $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2000 | Joginder Singh Bedi $^+$ | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2000 | Vijay Bhalanchandra Munishwar | Arjuna Award | Athletics & Powerlifting | Male |
| 2000 | Yadvendra Vashishta | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2001 | K. R. Shankar Iyer | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2002 | Ramesh Tikaram | Arjuna Award | Athletics & Badminton | Male |
| 2003 | Madasu Srinivas Rao | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2004 | Devendra Jhajharia | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2005 | Rajinder Singh Rahelu | Arjuna Award | Powerlifting | Male |
| 2006 | Rohit Bhaker | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2007 | Farman Basha | Arjuna Award | Powerlifting | Male |
| 2009 | Parul Parmar | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 2010 | Jagseer Singh | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2011 | Prasanta Karmakar | Arjuna Award | Swimming | Male |
| 2012 | Deepa Malik | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Female |
| 2012 | Ramkaran Singh | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2013 | Amit Kumar Saroha | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2014 | H. N. Girisha | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2015 | Sharath Gayakwad | Arjuna Award | Swimming | Male |
| 2016 | Raj Kumar | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2016 | Sandeep Singh Maan | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2016 | Virender Singh | Arjuna Award | Wrestling | Male |
| 2017 | Varun Singh Bhati | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2017 | Mariyappan Thangavelu | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2018 | Ankur Dhama | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2018 | Manoj Sarkar | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2019 | Pramod Bhagat | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2019 | Sundar Singh Gurjar | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2020 | Sandeep Chaudhary | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2020 | Suyash Narayan Jadhav | Arjuna Award | Swimming | Male |
| 2020 | Manish Narwal | Arjuna Award | Shooting | Male |
| 2021 | Yogesh Kathuniya | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2021 | Nishad Kumar | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2021 | Praveen Kumar | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2021 | Suhas Yathiraj | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2021 | Singhraj Adhana | Arjuna Award | Shooting | Male |
| 2021 | Bhavina Patel | Arjuna Award | Table Tennis | Male |
| 2021 | Harvinder Singh | Arjuna Award | Archery | Male |
| 2021 | Sharad Kumar | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2022 | Manasi Girishchandra Joshi | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 2022 | Tarun Dhillon | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2022 | Swapnil Sanjay Patil | Arjuna Award | Swimming | Male |
| 2022 | Jerlin Anika | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 2023 | Sheetal Devi | Arjuna Award | Archery | Female |
| 2023 | Ajay Kumar Reddy | Arjuna Award | Cricket | Male |
| 2023 | Prachi Yadav | Arjuna Award | Canoeing | Female |
| 2024 | Rakesh Kumar | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Preethi Pal | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Female |
| 2024 | Deepthi Jeevanji | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Female |
| 2024 | Ajeet Singh Yadav | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Sachin Khilari | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Dharambir Nain | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Pranav Soorma | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Simran Sharma | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Female |
| 2024 | Navdeep Singh | Arjuna Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Kumar Nitesh | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2024 | Thulasimathi Murugesan | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 2024 | Nithya Sre Sivan | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 2024 | Manisha Ramadass | Arjuna Award | Badminton | Female |
| 2024 | Kapil Parmar | Arjuna Award | Judo | Male |
| 2024 | Mona Agarwal | Arjuna Award | Shooting | Female |
| 2024 | Rubina Francis | Arjuna Award | Shooting | Female |
| 2004 | Digamber Mehendale | Dhyan Chand Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2012 | Sukhbir Singh Tokas | Dhyan Chand Award | Parasports | Male |
| 2013 | Girraj Singh | Dhyan Chand Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2020 | J. Ranjith Kumar | Dhyan Chand Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2020 | Satyaprakash Tiwari | Dhyan Chand Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2022 | Nir Bahadur Gurung | Dhyan Chand Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Murlikant Petkar | Dhyan Chand Award | Swimming | Male |
| 2020 | Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar $^+$ | Dronacharya Award | Powerlifting | Male |
| 2012 | Satyapal Singh | Dronacharya Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2015 | Naval Singh | Dronacharya Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2020 | Gaurav Khanna | Dronacharya Award | Badminton | Male |
| 2021 | Jai Prakash Nautiyal | Dronacharya Award | Shooting | Male |
| 2022 | Suma Shirur | Dronacharya Award | Shooting | Female |
| 2023 | Mahaveer Prasad Saini | Dronacharya Award | Athletics | Male |
| 2024 | Subhash Rana | Dronacharya Award | Shooting | Male |

## Explanatory Notes

* ↑ Wheelchair Javelin throw, Swimming & Table Tennis