This award is given to those coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or team and enable them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions.
This eminent award was started in the year 1985.
It is given to coaches for their hard work to produce top-level sportspersons.
This award is named after the legendary guru or teacher ‘Dronacharaya’.
In this award, the coach is given five lakh rupees cash, the scroll of honour, and a statue of guru Dronacharaya.