CM Dr. Yadav will honor the players today

The felicitation ceremony of Madhya Pradesh Shikhar Khel Alankaran and medal winning players of 38th National Games 2025 will be held on Tuesday 5th August under the chief hospitality of Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav. Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang will preside over the felicitation ceremony starting at 5 pm at Ravindra Bhavan. Additional Chief Secretary Manu Shrivastava and Director Sports and Youth Welfare Mr. Rakesh Gupta will also attend the ceremony.

Eklavya Award to 11 players: Shooting player Rituraj Bundela, kayaking-canoeing (slalom) Bhumi Baghel, swash player Krishna Mishra, fencing player Pooja Dangi, rowing Prabhakar Singh Rajawat, sailing Neha Thakur, swimming Prakhar Joshi, athletics Arjun Vaskale, wrestling Priyanshi Prajapat, hockey Ankit Pal and powerlifting Gaurav Pachauri will be honored with the Eklavya Award.

Vikram Award to 12 players: Shooting player Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Kayaking Canoeing (Slalom) Janhavi Srivastava, Archery Ragini Marco, Wrestling Shivani Pawar, Boxing player Shruti Yadav, Judo player Yamini Maurya, Kho-Kho player Sachin Bhargav, Hockey player Neelu Dadiya, Softball player Praveen Kumar Dave, Shooting (Divyang Category) Rubina Francis, Powerlifting player Apurv Dubey and Bhavna Dehariya for Adventure Sports will be awarded the Vikram Award.

Vishwamitra/Lifetime Achievement Award: In the felicitation ceremony, Kayaking-Canoeing coach Pijush Kanti Baroi, Archery coach Ashok Kumar Yadav and Hockey coach Lokendra Shami will be awarded the Vishwamitra Award.