Sprinter Dutee Chand have been selected to get prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award , the highest sports award of Odisha government, ...
Sprinter Dutee Chand have been selected to get prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award, the highest sports award of Odisha government, for the year 2016.
Along with Dutee, renowned athletics coach of the State Panchanan Gantayat and Kabaddi trainer Sanhita Das are also added in the list to get the award for their contribution to sports in the state.
Sources in the Sports department said, Panchanan Gantayat has been nominated for Lifetime Achievement award, Sanhita Das and Olympian Dutee Chand will be conferred the best trainer and best sportsperson awards of the year respectively.
Dutee would receive a citation, a trophy and a Rs 2 lakh cash award while Sanhita would get a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh. Gantayat’s award would consist of a citation, a trophy and cash award of Rs 3 lakh.
Similarly, sports teacher Hari Prasad Pattanayak, who is also the founder of Utkal Karate School, has been selected to receive the Best Sports Administrator award with cash prize Rs 1 lakh. Veteran sports journalist Rajnikant Shatrusalya and photo journalist Ashok Panda will be awarded for their contribution in field sports journalism in Odisha and will receive Rs 50,000 each in the category of Best Sports Journalism..
The awards will be conferred on the selected candidates during a function in Bhubaneswar on the National Sports Day on August 29.
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