Deadline: 20-Sep-22
The Department of Sports is accepting nominations for its Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games.
Objectives
- To honour those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting career.
- To motivate persons who have contributed their lifetime to sports and sports promotion.
- To encourage broad-basing of and development of excellence in sports in the country.
Decoration
- The Award will consist of a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash Award of Rs.10.00 lakhs which will be presented to the winners at the function for the presentation of the Award to be held not a place and on a date to be determined by the Government of India.
- No Award will be made for a second time to the same person.
- The Award may be given posthumously if such an occasion arises.
No. of Awardees
Not more than three Awards will be given in a particular year subject to deserving sportspersons being available.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should have had not only good performance at international level but also should have continued to contribute to promotion of sports in his individual capacity even after his career as a sportsperson is over. A sportsperson should also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and sense of discipline.
- Sportspersons who have been penalized or against whom enquiry is pending or going on for use of drugs/substances banned by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) based on a sample collected by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) or any other agency authorized by WADA and tested by the National Dope Testing Laboratory or any other WADA accredited laboratory, will not be eligible for the Award.
- Sportspersons who have already been conferred either with Rajiv Gandhi Khe1 Ratna, Arjuna Award or Dronacharya Award will not be eligible to apply for Dhyan Chand Award.
- The nominations for the Award will be invited by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from all recognized National Sports Federations (N5Fs) recognized by the Government of India, Indian Olympic Association and State/UT Governments in the month of January/February each year. Last date for the receipt of nominations will be 30th April or last working day of April. The National Sports Federations recognized by the Government of India, the Indian Olympic Association end the State/UT Governments may nominate upto a maximum of two sportspersons in a particular discipline/sport in a particular year. In case of cricket, for which no National Sports Federation has been recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, nominations from Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) will be invited. In addition, nominations will also be invited by the Ministry from Sports Control/Promotion Boards of various Governments organizations such as the All India Police Sports Control Board, Army Sports Control Board, Railway Sports Promotion Board, Services Sports Control Board, Indian Navy Sports control Board, Air Force Sports Control Board, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Air India Sports Promotion Board, SAIL Sports Promotion Board etc, These agencies will be allowed to make nominations upto a maximum of two sportspersons. For the NSFs de-recognized or under suspension, Sports Authority of India (SAI) will exercise the quota of nominations and make nominations upto a maximum of two eligible sportspersons for each sports discipline with the approval of Director General, SAI. In case of receipt of more than two nominations from the concerned agency, only the first two nominations sent by the recommending agency will be considered.
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees of the previous years can also nominate one eligible sportsperson each for Dhyan Chand Award for the sports discipline for which they themselves were awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Arjuna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya Awardees of previous years can also nominate one eligible sportsperson each for Dhyan Chand Award in their respective disciplines. Further, Director General, Sports Authority of India can also nominate upto two eligible sportspersons for this award, in addition to the quota to be exercised by it in respect of de-recognized/suspended NSFs.
- Notwithstanding the above, Government reserves the right to make upto 2 nominations of sportspersons/coaches in deserving cases where no such nominations have been received from the agencies mentioned under the Scheme.
For more information, visit https://dbtyas-sports.gov.in/home/Guidelines
