To pick up the Khel Ratna and Arjuna awardees the Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag and former sprint queen P.T. Usha have been named in the 12-member committee which will be headed by the Justice (Retd) C K Thakkar.
On August 3 the committee will meet to select this year's awardees. The other members of the committee are Mukund Killekar (boxing), Sunil Dabbas (Kabaddi), M R Mishra (Journalist), S Kannan (Journalist), Sanjeev Kumar (Journalist), Latha Madhvi (Para athlete), Anil Khanna (sports administrator), Injeti Srinivas (DG, SAI) and Rajvir Singh (Joint Secretary, Sports Ministry).
Meanwhile, to pick the Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand awardees the former shuttler and current national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani have been named in committee.
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