new delhi archery coach jiwanjot singh teja was on wednesday dropped from the list of dronacharya award nominees due to a past case of indiscipline while the sports ministry cleared all athletes recommended by the selection committee for khel ratna arjuna and dhyan chand awardsteja was among five coaches named by the selection committee for dronacharya award on sunday but it came to light that he had served a oneyear ban following an incident of indiscipline during the 2015 world university games in koreateja had served a ban of one year for indiscipline after an incident that happened in 2015 during the world universiade in korea he was the chief archery coach there and the womens team under him could not reach on time for competition india had to forfeit a match due to the late arrival a source from the ministry told pti on condition of anonymitythe archery association of india had banned him for one year for the incident so the minister has decided to drop him from the list of those recommended for dronacharya award all the other sportspersons recommended for khel ratna arjuna and dhyan chand have been cleared by the minister the source addedss pannu athletics ca kuttappa boxing vijay sharma weightlifting and a srinivasa rao table tennis were the others recommended for dronacharya awardan official of the aai said it would be injustice to teja if he was dropped on account of this incident that happened three years agoit is true that teja was banned by aai after this 2015 incident but he has come out after serving that ban and since then he has produced results its an injustice to him if he is dropped on the basis of this incident the aai official saidthe dronacharya is presented to coaches for their outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis over a period of four years it carries a cash prize of rs 5 lakhclarence lobo hockey tarak sinha cricket jiwan kumar sharma judo and vr beedu athletics were recommended for dronacharya award in the life time categorysatyadev prasad archery bharat chhetri hockey bobby aloysius and chougale dadu dattatray wrestling were named for dhyan chand award which is bestowed on athletes for lifetime achievements and contribution to sport during their active career and post retirementindian cricket captain virat kohli and world champion weightlifter mirabai chanu were jointly recommended for the rajiv gandhi khel ratna while star javelin thrower neeraj chopra was among 20 sportspersons picked for the arjuna awardsbesides chopra other prominent names recommended for arjuna were junior world champion sprinter hima das and asian games goldmedallist middle distance runner jinson johnson cricketer smriti mandhana hockey players manpreet singh and savita punia multiple commonwealth games goldmedallist table tennis star manika batra and asiad doubles goldmedallist tennis player rohan bopannathe khel ratna awardees are entitled to a cash prize of rs 75 lakh while the arjuna winners are given rs 5 lakhpresident ram nath kovind will present the awards on september 25 at the