Bishnu Prasad Mishra, the coach of woman para-athletics international, Jayanti Behera, was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Excellence in Coaching. He received Rs 1 lakh.

The Biju Patnaik Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism was conferred on Benudhar Das of the Samaj. He received Rs 50,000.

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) bagged the Biju Patnaik Sports award for Best Contribution to Sports and Games. RSP Director, Atanu Bhowmick received Rs 1 Lakh on behalf of the organisation. All awardees were also given citations and trophies.

As many as 53 meritorious sportspersons and para-sportspersons of Odisha received their appointment order for their outstanding performance in their sports disciplines and bringing laurels for their state and nation.

Besides, 291 sportspersons were felicitated with cash awards for their spectacular performance at the national and international level. Commonwealth Games 2022 hockey medal winners Amit Rohidas and Deep Grace Ekka were honoured by Chief Minister. Amit received Rs 75 lakh for winning silver while Deep received Rs 50 lakh for winning bronze.

Woman sprint stars Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda for participation in CWG 2022, Padmini Rout for participation in FIDE Chess Olympiad, Dinesh Kumar for participation in CWG 2022 received Rs 7.5 lakh each from Sports Minister, Tusharkanti Behera at the ceremony.  

Similarly, chess player Saina Salonika received Rs 1.5 lakh, footballer Tankadhar Bag received Rs 2 lakh, blind chess player Soundarya Pradhan received Rs 2 lakh, para-fencers, V Ramesh Rao, Rakhal Sethy received Rs 2 lakh each and Malti Panaure received Rs 3 lakh for their achievements in international platforms.

Jatani MLA Suresh Routray recieved an award from Chief Minister on behalf of his son, Siddhartha Routray who recently scaled the Mt Everest. Routray recieved a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh. A total of Rs 2, 12, 82,500 was presented as cash awards by the Sports and Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha.

Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera, Odisha Hockey Promotion Council Chairman Dilip Tirkey, Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra, Development Commissioner-cum Additional Chief Secretary P K Jena, Secretary to Chief Minister VK Pandian, Sports Department Secretary R Vineel Krishna were present in the function.
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TOP: Recepients of Biju Patnaik Sports and Bravery Awards with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera at Loka Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2022.
RIGHT: Meritorious sportspersons pose with Chief Minister and Sports Minister after receiving appointment orders for different government jobs in Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2022.