The Dronacharya Awards, established in 1985, recognize outstanding coaches who have trained athletes to excel internationally.
Eligibility Criteria :
- Coaches, whether full-time or part-time, must have achieved outstanding results over the previous four years.
- Lifetime achievement awards require coaches to have produced outstanding athletes over 20 years or more.
- Coaches promoting banned substances are ineligible.
- Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award cannot receive the Dronacharya Award.
Extra:
National Sports Awards 2023: Dronacharya Awards →
- In the regular categoryL Ganesh Prabhakaran for mallakhamb, Mahavir Saini(Rajasthan ) for para athletics, Lalit Kumar for wrestling, RB Ramesh for chess, and Shivendra Singh for hockey
- In the lifetime category: Jaskirat Singh Grewal for golf, Bhaskaran E for kabaddi, and Jayanta Kumar Pushilal for table tennis
Note – Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2024
A. Regular Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1 | Shri Subhash Rana | Para-Shooting |
| 2 | Ms. Deepali Deshpande | Shooting |
| 3 | Shri Sandeep Sangwan | Hockey |
B. Lifetime Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1 | Shri S Muralidharan | Badminton |
| 2 | Shri Armando Agnelo Colaco | Football |
Guru Vashishtha Award is instituted to honour the coaches of Rajasthan for their outstanding coaching.
- The award consists of a cash award of Rs. 5 lac, scroll, blazer and tie / scarf.
- By RSSC since 1985-86
- A coach of Rajasthan whether working in Govt. or in private sector, who has produced players of Rajasthan of national / international repute, as per their performance / achievements in the recognized National / International level competitions, consistently during previous three years as per merit shall be eligible for consideration of award.
The award will be given to Coaches of Rajasthan every year on the recommendation of the Committee
Selection Committee
| S. No. | Designation / Representative | Role |
| 1 | Hon’ble Minister of State, Department of Sports | Chairperson |
| 2 | Principal Secretary, Department of Sports | Member |
| 3 | Arjuna Awardee | Member |
| 4 | Dronacharya Awardee | Member |
| 5 | President/Secretary of any one sports association recognized by the Sports Council | Member |
| 6 | Chief Sports Officer, Rajasthan State Sports Council | Member |
| 7 | Sports Journalist | Member |
| 8 | Secretary, Rajasthan State Sports Council, Jaipur | Member Secretary |
From the year 2001, the award is given only in disciplines falling under the following categories:
- Olympic Games / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games / World Cup / World Championship Disciplines and Cricket
- Indigenous Games
- Sports for the Physically Challenged
Selection Committee
| Position | Membership Type |
| Chairperson | A retired judge of Supreme Court/High Court |
| Sportspersons of eminence (Olympians or previous Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna or Arjuna Awardees) | 4 members |
| Sports Journalists/Experts/Commentators | 3 members |
| A sportsperson of eminence/sports administrator/sports expert belonging to para sports | 1 member |
| Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme Secretariat | Ex-officio member |
| Executive Director (TEAMS)/Officer in-charge of TEAMS Division, Sports Authority of India | Ex-officio member |
| Joint Secretary (Sports), Department of Sports | Member Secretary |
