National Sports Awards 2024 conferred by President Droupadi Murmu on 17 January 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:
- D. Gukesh (World Chess Champion)
- Manu Bhaker (Olympic double medalist)
- Harmanpreet Singh (Men’s Hockey Team Captain)
- Praveen Kumar (Paralympic gold medalist)
Dronacharya Award: for Coaches:
- Subhash Rana (Para-shooting)
- Deepali Deshpande (Shooting)
- Sandeep Sangwan (Hockey)
- S. Muralidharan (Badminton)
- Armando Agnelo Colaco (Football)
Arjuna Award: Given to 32 sportspersons, including:
- Jyothi Yarraji, Annu Rani (Athletics)
- Nitu, Saweety (Boxing)
- Vantika Agrawal (Chess)
- Hockey players: Salima Tete, Abhishek, Sanjay, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh
- Para-athletes: Rakesh Kumar, Preeti Pal, Ajeet Singh, and others.
Lifetime Arjuna Awards: Recipients: Sucha Singh (Athletics) and Murlikant Petkar (Para-swimming).
MAKA Trophy: Awarded to Chandigarh University for being the top-performing university in the Khelo India University Games.