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Virender Sehwag, PT Usha named in Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award committee

Former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag and sprint queen PT Usha to pick the winners

By PTI

New Delhi, July 27: Former India opener Virender Sehwag and celebrated athlete P T Usha have been named in a 12-member Committee which has been handed the job to pick this year's Khel Ratna and Arjuna awardees.

The Committee, to be headed by Justice (retd) C K Thakkar, will meet on August 3 to select this year's awardees.

Virender Sehwag file picture

The Committee has 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 Srivastava (DG, SAI) and Rajvir Singh (joint Secretary, Sports Ministry) as the other members.

PTI

Story first published: Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 12:34 [IST]
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