The document discusses the Dronacharya Award, an award given by the Indian government to honor outstanding sports coaches. It is named after Dronacharya, the teacher of the Pandavas and Kauravas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The award is given annually and recipients are selected based on their coaching achievements over a period of 4 years. In 2017, the awards were given to coaches in athletics, kabaddi, badminton, boxing, hockey and shooting for their contributions to developing elite athletes in their sports.

1. DR.S. AKILA
B.Sc.,B.P.Ed.,M.P.Ed, M.Sc(Yoga), M.Sc(Psy), B.Ed(MR).,
PGDFM, PGDYE,PGDCD, PGDSO, C.NIS(BB).,
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education,
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641046.

2.  The Dronacharya Award, officially known
as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in
Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of
the Republic of India.
 The award is named after Drona, often referred as
"Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from
the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India.
 He was master of advanced military warfare and was
appointed as the royal preceptor to the Kaurava and
the Pandava princes for their training in military arts
and astras (Divine weapons).
 It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs
and Sports.

3.  Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by
the Ministry and are honoured to have done
"outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent
basis and enabled sportspersons to excel in
international events" over a period of four years.
 Two awards are designated for the lifetime
contribution in coaching where the achievements in
producing "outstanding sportspersons" over a period
of 20 years or more are considered.
 As of 2017, the award comprises a bronze statuette of
Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a
cash prize of 5 lakh

4.  Instituted in 1985,the award is given only to the
disciplines included in the events like Olympic
Games, Paralympic Games, Asian
Games, Commonwealth Games, World
Championship and World Cup along with Cricket,
Indigenous Games, and Parasports.
 The nominations for a given year are accepted till 30
April or last working day of April. A ten-member
committee evaluates the nominations and later
submits their recommendations to the Union Minister
of Youth Affairs and Sports for further approval.

5. Name of the Awardees 2017
 R. Gandhi Athlete
 Heera Nand Kataria kabaddi
 G. S. S. V. Prasad Badminton
 Brij Bhushan Mohanty Boxer
 P. A. Raphel Hockey
 Sanjoy Chakraverty shooting
 Roshan Lal

6. DR.R.GANDHI
 Ramakrishnan Gandhi,
former athletics coach
who passed away last
year, has been
nominated for the
Dronacharya Award
along with Paralympics
coach Satyanarayana and
kabaddi coach
Heeranand Kataria

7.  Former national athletics
coach Ramakrishnan
Gandhi, who died last
year, was among three
coaches recommended
for Dronacharya Award
by the panel headed by
chief national
badminton coach,
Pullela Gopichand.
 Gandhi, a Sports
Authority of India (SAI)
coach, was associated
with the race walk event.
He was based in
Bangalore and among
those trained were
international race walker
Gurmeet Singh,
Baljinder Singh and
Deepmala Devi.

8. G. S. S. V. Prasad
 NAME : PRASAD
 AWARD:
DRONACHARYA
AWARD 2017
 COACH : BADMINTON

9. Heera Nand Kataria
 NAME : KATARIA
 AWARD:
DRONACHARYA
AWARD 2017
 COACH : KABADDI

10. Brij Bhushan Mohanty
 NAME :B.B. MOHANTY
 AWARD:
DRONACHARYA
AWARD 2017
 COACH : BOXER

11. P. A. Raphel
 NAME : P.A. Raphel
 AWARD:
DRONACHARYA
AWARD 2017
 COACH : HOCKEY

12. Sanjoy Chakraverty
 NAME : Chakraverty
 AWARD:
DRONACHARYA
AWARD 2017
 COACH : SHOOTING