{"id":8557,"date":"2021-09-02T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T05:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ixambee.com\/blog\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2021-09-03T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T08:37:15","slug":"khel-ratna-award-selection-process-awardees-trivia-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ixambee.com\/khel-ratna-award-selection-process-awardees-trivia-and-more","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Khel Ratna Award: Selection Process, Awardees, Trivia and More!<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong> Khel Ratna Award or the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award <\/strong>is the highest sporting honour conferred upon sportspersons in India. The award is conferred by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs annually on <strong>National Sports Day, i.e., August 29<\/strong>, every year<strong>. <\/strong>The award is accompanied by a cash prize of \u20b925 lakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Khel Ratna Award Origin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The award was started by the then-Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao and was dedicated to and named after Rajiv Gandhi. The award was started as <strong>Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.<\/strong> It was awarded for the first time to<strong> Chess maestro Viswanathan Anand in 1991-1992.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On<strong> August 6, 2021, <\/strong>the Prime Minister of India announced that the award has now been renamed after illustrious hockey player and sportsman extraordinaire Major Dhyan Chand Singh.<strong> The award is now called Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major&nbsp;Dhyan Chand Award&nbsp;for&nbsp;Lifetime Achievement&nbsp;in Sports and Games<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> <\/strong><strong>Major&nbsp;Dhyan Chand Award&nbsp;for&nbsp;Lifetime Achievement&nbsp;in Sports and Games<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>is different from the newly rechristened Khel Ratna Award. The award is accompanied by a cash prize of \u20b910 lakh along with a certificate and ceremonial dress. The conferment of this honour was initiated in 2002. The first recipients of the award (in 2002) are:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Shahuraj Birajdar<\/li><li>Ashok Diwan<\/li><li>Aparna Ghosh<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, 15 sportspeople were honoured with this award.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Khel Ratna Award Selection Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The selection process for the Khel Ratna Award is quite extensive. Let us understand how candidates are nominated and the process they go through before awardees are finally selected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First, the nominations are received from government-recognized National Sports Federation (NSF), State\/UT Governments and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) among other organizations in the months of January and\/or February.&nbsp;<\/li><li>For the sport of cricket, nominations are received from the Board of Control for Cricket in India or the BCCI.&nbsp;<\/li><li>In rare cases, the government may also nominate no more than 2 names if they have not been nominated by anyone else.&nbsp;<\/li><li>All nominations for the year are finalized by the end of April.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The nominations are then sent to the <strong>SAI<\/strong> and <strong>the National Anti-Doping Agency. Nominees<\/strong> for verification. Nominations cleared by both authorities are then sent to the Selection Committee.&nbsp;<\/li><li>A 12-member selection committee is constituted by the Government of India and headed by the Chairperson.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The committee <strong>reviews a nominee\u2019s performance over a period of 4 years,<\/strong> (immediately preceding the year for which they are being considered) particularly their performance in international representation such as the Olympics or Commonwealth Games.&nbsp;<\/li><li>For a particular sporting event or discipline, only 2 nominees may be selected, one male and one female.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The recommendations of the committee are sent to the <strong>Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for final selection.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><li>The Ministry under the union minister then finally selects the awardees for the year.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Khel Ratna Awardees&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 2021, a total of<strong> 43 sportspersons <\/strong>have received the Khel Ratna Award some of whom include <strong>Virat<\/strong> <strong>Kohli, Sania Mirza, Saikhom <\/strong><strong>Mirabai Chanu and P.V. Sindhu<\/strong>. The government has not yet announced the names of the recipients for 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Khel Ratna Award 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Khel Ratna Award 2020 was conferred upon 5 sportspersons. They are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rohit Sharma<\/li><li>Mariyappan Thangavelu<\/li><li>Manika Batra<\/li><li>Vinesh Phogat<\/li><li>Rani Rampal<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Khel Ratna Award Trivia&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Other sports awards conferred in India are Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar<\/li><li>No Khel Ratna Award was given in 2008 and 2014.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Delhi\u2019s National Stadium was also renamed Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in 2002.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ixambee.com\/blog\/national-sports-day-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>National Sports Day<\/strong><\/a> is celebrated in India on August 29, 2021. The day marks Major Dhyan Chand\u2019s birth anniversary.<\/li><li>Major Dhyan Chand was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1956.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Previous Khel Ratna Award winners can nominate other sportspersons in the same sport for which they have won the award.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Such articles on General and Current Affairs are tested in exams like <strong>NABARD Grade A, NABARD Grade B, FCI AGM, ICAR AO, PFRDA, SSC CGL <\/strong>and other <strong>Banking, Insurance and Railway exams<\/strong>. Take a look at some of our other blogs and our BeePedia page. 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