Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was today conferred the 22nd Yudhvir Memorial Foundation Award for her outstanding performance in the field of sports.
The award, instituted in the memory of freedom fighter, journalist and founder of the daily Hindi Milap, Yudhvir, was presented to Saina by Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta Justice B Subhashan Reddy, this evening at a function.
The Yudhvir Memorial Award was constituted by the Yudhvir Foundation in 1991 to commemorate the lifetime work of late Yudhvir.
The annual award consists of a citation and a cash prize of Rs 50,000.
