The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports today announced the National Sports Awards 2025. The National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee chaired by a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice (Retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra, the Government has decided to confer awards on the following sportspersons, coaches and entities under various categories.
Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2025
The ‘Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.
| Sl. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Tejaswin Shankar | Athletics |
| 2. | Shri Muhammed Ajmal V | Athletics |
| 3. | Ms. Priyanka Goswami | Athletics |
| 4. | Ms.Treesa Jolly | Badminton |
| 5. | Ms Pullela Gayatri Gopichand | Badminton |
| 6. | Shri Narender | Boxing |
| 7. | Shri Vidit Santosh Gujarathi | Chess |
| 8. | Ms. Divya Jitendra Deshmukh | Chess |
| 9. | Shri Dhanush Srikanth | Deaf shooting |
| 10. | Ms. Lalremsiami | Hockey |
| 11. | Shri Rajkumar Pal | Hockey |
| 12. | Shri Surjeet | Kabaddi |
| 13. | Ms. Pooja | Kabaddi |
| 14. | Shri Rudransh Khandelwal | Para-shooting |
| 15. | Ms. Ekta Bhyan | Para athletics |
| 16. | Shri Arvind Singh | Rowing |
| 17. | Shri Akhil Sheoran | Shooting |
Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2025
The ‘Arjuna Award (Lifetime)’ is given to honour and motivate 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 careers.
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri I Arumainayagam | Football |
Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2025
The ‘Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events.
Regular Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri Parveer Singh | Athletics |
| 2. | Shri Chhote Lal Yadav | Boxing |
| 3. | Ms Neha Nandkumar Chavan | Shooting |
Lifetime Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Shri. Dharmendra Singh Yadav | Boxing |
| 2. | Shri. Virender Kumar | Wrestling |
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2025
The ‘Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar’ is given to corporate entity (Public/Private), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development.
| S. No. | Name of the Entity |
| 1. | Army Paralympic Node, Pune |
The applications for aforementioned awards were invited online and sportspersons/coaches/entities were permitted to self-apply through a dedicated Online Portal.
A large number of applications were received for these awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice (Retd.) Mishra, and consisting members from eminent sportspersons, persons having experience in sports journalism and sports administrators
