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  Biju Patnaik Sports Awards conferred after three years
05 Mar 2011 BHUBANESWAR
 

The delay in the conferemnt of the Biju Patnaik Sports Award finally ended after three years when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik presented the four categories of awards, the highest in the state, in a function at Jayadev Bhawan here today.

Former international woman high jumper Usharani Mishra (Lesslie), long jumper Hemant Kumar Patel and veteran marathon runner Dr Bibekananda Tripathy were honoured with the Biju Patnaik Award for Life-time Achievement for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. The award carried a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakhs, a scroll and a statuette.

The Sportsperson of the Year Award were conferred on chess WGM Padmini Rout (2007), woman sprinter Srabani Nanda (2008) and former India hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey (2009). The awardees received a cheque of Rs 1 lakh each besides the citation and statuette. In the absence of Nanda, who is currently undergoing a training stint in Australia, her mother received the award.

The award for Outstanding Coach went to Chitta Ranjan Mohapatra (athletics, 2007), Nila Madhab Deo (athletics, 2008)and Kalu Charan Choudhury (hockey, 2009). This award carried a cheque of Rs 50,000 each along with citation and statuette.
 

The Outstanding Sports Journalist Awards for the year 2007 and 2008 were bestowed on Sanjib Biswal (Dharitri) and Debi Prasanna Mohanty (Samaj) respectively. The duo received Rs 30,000 each besides the scroll and statuette. But the same award for the year 2009 was given jointly to D Niranjan Reddy (OTV) and Gyana Ranjan Mishra (Sambad), who shared the award money.

Discontentment continued to follow the sports journalist award as the Government chose to divide the cash amount, for the year 2009, ignoring the recommendation of the evaluation committee. Bhubaneswar MP Prasanna Patsani, Sports Minister Praveen Chandra Bhanjadeo, Sports Department Secretary Parag Gupta and Sports Director S P Mishra were present at the conferment function.
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TOP: Recipients of Biju Patnaik Sports Award in Bhubaneswar on March 5, 2011.
BOTTOM: Award winning sports journalists (L to R) D Niranjan Reddy, Sanjib Biswal, Gyana Ranjan Mishra and Debi Prasanna Mohanty in Bhubaneswar on March 5, 2011.
 
   
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