A study on Indian archery: An upsurge with reference to different awards

Abstract

As per revised guidelines issued by Govt. of India, Archery has been one of the six priority sport events selected for promotion as sports in India. Archery has gained much popularity and have become interesting for the spectators who enjoy such championships and wide coverage of the same through the Media. Archery today is played as serious professional sports in India- regional level, national level. Such events are periodically conducted to unravel new talent. So, researcher, in this study tried to find the scenario of Indian archery and recognized faces whose contribution cannot be overstated to know the game in this nation. Beside this many sports awards are given by the govt. of India and many private organizations. There are five sports awards conferred to the sport persons for their extraordinary performance and contribution in the field of sports by the government of India. Researcher conducted to evaluate the performance of Archers who were awarded with different sports awards and civilian awards by the government of India (both male and female) since from the inception of Arjuna Awardees in 1961 to 2017, and also try to understand the position of Indian badminton and its prosperity. The study is fully descriptive in nature.