The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has announced the National Sports Awards 2023. The President of India will honour the recipients with the award on January 9, 2024.   The list of awardees is as under: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023: Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj for Badminton. Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023: Ojas Pravin Deotale and Ms Aditi Gopichand Swami for Archery; Sreeshankar M for Athletics; Ms Parul Chaudhary for Athletics; Mohameed Hussamuddin for boxing; Ms R Vaishali for Chess; Mohammed Shami for Cricket; Anush Agarwalla for Equestrian; Ms Divyakriti Singh for Equestrian Dressage; Ms Diksha Dagar for Golf; Krishan Bahadur Pathak for Hockey; Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu for hockey; Pawan Kumar for Kabaddi; Ms Ritu Negi for Kabaddi; Ms Nasreen for Kho-Kho; Ms Pinki for Lawn Bowls; Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar for Shooting; Ms Esha Singh for Shooting; Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu for Squash; Ms Ayhika Mukherjee for Table Tennis; Sunil Kumar for Wrestling; Ms Antim for Wrestling; Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi for Wushu; Ms Sheetal Devi for Para Archery; Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy for Blind Cricket; Ms Prachi Yadav for Para Canoeing. Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2023: Lalit Kumar for Wrestling; R B Ramesh for Chess; Mahaveer Prasad Saini for Para Athletics; Shivendra Singh for Hockey; Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar for Mallakhamb. Lifetime Category: Jaskirat Singh Grewal for golf; Bhaskaran E for Kabaddi; Jayanta Kumar Pushilal for table tennis. Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2023: Ms Manjusha Kanwar for Badminton; Vineet Kumar Sharma for Hockey; Ms Kavitha Selvaraj for Kabaddi.    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2023: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Overall winner university; Lovely Professional University, Punjab 1st runner up University; Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra  2nd runner up University.