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Just like
last year, the ministry opted for a single selection committee to pick the
awardees among both athletes and coaches and it will be headed by Retired
Supreme Court Justice, Mukundakam Sharma.
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New Delhi(Agencies): Former
India cricketer Virender Sehwag and hockey stalwart Sardar Singh were on Friday
included in a 12-member committee constituted by the sports ministry to select
this year’s National Sports Awards winners.
Just like last year, the
ministry opted for a single selection committee to pick the awardees among both
athletes and coaches and it will be headed by Retired Supreme Court Justice,
Mukundakam Sharma.
Also there in the panel is
Paralympic silver-medallist Deepa Malik.
“This year too we are continuing with the idea
of one selection committee for all the awards as we feel too many committees
will only make things difficult and create controversies,” a Sports Ministry
source told PTI.
The other members of the
committee include former table tennis player Monalisa Baruah Mehta, boxer
Venkatesan Devarajan as well as sports commentator Manish Batavia and
journalists Alok Sinha and Neeru Bhatia.
The national sports awards are
given away every year on August 29, the birth anniversary of hockey icon Dhyan
Chand.
The panel will also have
representation from the Sports Ministry, including Sports Authority of India
Director General Sandip Pradhan, Joint Secretary (Sports Development) L S Singh
and Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) CEO Rajesh Rajagopalan.
“Two additional members who have been
Dronacharya Awardees may be invited by the Chairperson while considering the
nomination for Dronacharya Award,” a sports ministry release stated.
This year the awards function
might be delayed by a month or two because of the COVID-19 pandemic but a final
decision on the matter is still awaited.
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