The Sports Ministry today unveiled the new-look awards, including the inaugural Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, crafted by Gajendra Sahu and Mukul Goyal.
"After a long time, the sports awards have been re-designed and we hope both the President and the athletes like it," Sports Secretary Sindhushree Khullar said.
The redesigned statuettes are made of bronze and affixed on ebony base, weighing around 1.5 kg.
Gajendra Sahu, a lecturer at the Government Arts and Crafts College in Bhuvneswar, has designed the statuettes for Arjuna, Dronacharya, Dhyan Chand and Tenzing Norgay awards.
"We were told to alter the form and not the idea.