Babar named Sports Person of the Year

Long-distance runner Lalita Babar was today named as the Sports Person of the Year in the
India
Sports Awards 2015.
The Indian Sports Award were were given away here today at the conclusion of day one of 'Turf 2015-16', organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with the support of the Sports Ministry.
Babar qualified for Rio Olympics recently im the 3000m steepelchase event
and is the current Indian national record holder.

She also won a bronze medal in 2014 Incheon Asian Games and is the current Asian champion.
Besides Babar,
gynmast Dipa Karmakar was named as the

Breakthrough Sports Person of the Year while Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India was conferred with the Best National Sports Federation recognition.
Hockey legend Balbir Singh has been conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award.
The recipients of the award in different categories are:
Best Company Promoting Sports (Public Sector): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)
.
Best Company Promoting Sports (Private Sector): YES Bank Pvt Ltd
.
Best Professional Services Company: Technology Frontiers (India) Pvt Ltd.
Best NGO Promoting Sports: STAIRS.
Best Sports Start-up: HotFut Sports Infrastructure Pvt Ltd.
Best National Sports Federation: Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India.
Sports Person of the Year: Lalita Babar (Athletics).

Breakthrough Sports Person of the Year: Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics).
Coach or Support Staff of the Year: Kuldeep Handoo (Wushu).
Best State: Gujarat
.
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The awardees were selected from a large number of nominations by a selection committee consisting of former Olympians, Arjuna Awardees, Dronacharya Awardees, Dhyan Chand Awardees, sports journalists, experts, commentators and sports administrators.
The selection committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards was headed by Justice SK Agarwal, Retired Delhi High Court Judge.
The selection committee for Dronacharya Awards and Dhyan Chand Awards was headed by MC Mary Kom, while selection panel for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar was headed by Rajiv Yadav, Secretary (Sports).

The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organised function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2016.
Awards:
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2016: PV Sindhu (badminton), Dipa Karmakar (gymnastics), Jitu Rai (shooting) and Sakshi Malik (wrestling).
Dronacharya Awards 2016: Nagapuri Ramesh (athletics), Sagar Mal Dhayal (boxing), Raj Kumar Sharma (cricket), Bishweshwar Nandi (gymnastics), S Pradeep Kumar (swimming, lifetime) and Mahabir Singh (wrestling, lifetime).
Arjuna Awards 2016: Rajat Chauhan (archery), Lalita Babar (athletics), Sourav Kothari (billiards and snooker), Shiva Thapa (boxing), Ajinkya Rahane (cricket), Subrata Paul (football), Rani (hockey), VR Raghunath (hockey), Gurpreet Singh (shooting), Apurvi Chandela (shooting), Soumyajit Ghosh (table tennis), Vinesh (wrestling), Amit Kumar (wrestling), Sandeep Singh Mann (para-athletics), Virender Singh (wrestling, deaf).

Dhyan Chand Award: Satti Geetha (athletics), Sylvanus Dung Dung (hockey), Rajendra Pralhad Shelke (rowing).
Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Purushkar, 2016:
Category Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2016:
1. Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent: Hockey Citizen Group, Dadar Parsee Zorostrian cricket club, Usha School of Athletics, STAIRS.
2. Encouragement to sports through corporate social responsibility: India Infrastructure Finance Corporate Limited.
3. Employment to sportspersons and other welfare measures: Reserve Bank of India.
4. Sports for Development: Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2015-16: Punjabi University, Patiala.