President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Sports Awards 2025 at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. India’s premier women’s badminton doubles pair, Treesa Jolly and Pullela Gayatri Gopichand, along with fifteen other sportspersons from various disciplines, will be conferred the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games. Veteran Indian footballer Isaiah Arumainayagam will receive the Arjuna Award (Lifetime).
Athletics coach Parveer Singh, boxing coach Chhote Lal Yadav and shooting coach Neha Nandkumar Chavan will be honoured with the Dronacharya Award.
Meanwhile, the Army Paralympic Node, Pune, will receive the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar. The award is presented to corporate entities or non-governmental organisations for their significant contribution to the promotion and development of sports.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports said that the National Sports Awards are conferred every year to recognise and reward excellence in sports.
