Achanta Sharath Kamal is the recipient of Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2022, while shuttlers Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen are among the Arjuna Award winners, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced on Monday.

Sharath Kamal, who had a memorable Commonwealth Games campaign, will be the sole recipient of Khel Ratna Award for this year.

Among the 25 athletes to receive Arjuna Award are shuttlers Prannoy and Lakshya Sen who were part of the Thomas Cup-winning campaign for India in Bangkok. Zareen too had a breakthrough year, winning gold at World Championships as well at CWG 2022.

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The nominees will receive their awards from the President of India at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 November, 2022.

Here’s the full list of athletes and coaches as announced on Monday:

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline
1. Sharath Kamal Achanta Table Tennis

Arjuna Award

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline
1. Seema Punia Athletics
2. Eldhose Paul Athletics
3. Avinash Mukund Sable Athletics
4. Lakshya Sen Badminton
5. Prannoy HS Badminton
6. Amit Boxing
7. Nikhat Zareen Boxing
8. Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni Chess
9. R Praggnanandhaa Chess
10. Deep Grace Ekka Hockey
11. Shushila Devi Judo
12. Sakshi Kumari Kabaddi
13. Nayan Moni Saikia Lawn Bowl
14.  Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar Mallakhamb
15. Elavenil Valarivan Shooting
16. Omprakash Mitharval Shooting
17.  Sreeja Akula Table Tennis
18. Vikas Thakur Weightlifting
19. Anshu Wrestling
20. Sarita Wrestling
21. Shri Parveen Wushu
22. Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Para Badminton
23. Tarun Dhillon Para Badminton
24. Swapnil Sanjay Patil Para Swimming
25. Jerlin Anika J Deaf Badminton

A. ​Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches

S. No. Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms) Discipline
1. Jiwanjot Singh Teja Archery
2. Mohammad Ali Qamar Boxing
3. Suma Siddharth Shirur Para Shooting
4. Sujeet Maan Wrestling

​B. Dronacharya Award for coaches (Lifetime)

S.No. Name of the Coach (S/Shri/Ms) Discipline
1. Dinesh Jawahar Lad Cricket
2. Bimal Prafulla Ghosh Football
3. Raj Singh Wrestling

Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline
1. Ms Ashwini Akkunji C. Athletics
2. Shri Dharamvir Singh Hockey
3. Shri B.C Suresh Kabaddi
4. Shri Nir Bahadur Gurung Para Athletics