IISS Sporting Spirit Awards - India’s first and only awards that reward rising stars of the future.

IISS Sporting Spirit Awards endeavor to honor and recognize only the young achievers in Indian sports. The awards are structured in such a manner that there is focus into promoting sport and performance. The awards are presented to young, upcoming, talented sportsmen by those who invest & contribute to the development of sports. The awards also endeavor to give due credit and much needed recognition to non cricket sporting disciplines and thus help them become part of mainstream.

Jury Members

Ayaz Memon	Anjali Bhagwat	Lalchand Rajput	Pargat Singh
Distinguished sports journalist, editor & commentator	Olympian (Shooting), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee	Former Indian cricketer, Coach of winning Indian team @2007 T20 world cup	Former Hockey captain, Padma Shree awardee

Award Winners

Sportsman of the year - Mr. Ashish Kumar - Gymnastics (extreme right) receiving the award	Sportswoman of the year – Mrs. Gita Devi (extreme left), mother of Ms. Deepika Kumari (Archery) accepting the award
Breakthrough of the year – Mr. Shiva Thapa – Boxing (extreme left) and Ms. Anusha Dronavalli – Chess (sister of the joint winner Ms. Harika Dronavalli) receiving the award	Sports State of the year – Mr. O.P Singh (centre), Director sports Government of Haryana receiving the award

Sports Academy of the year – Mr. Jagdish Singh (extreme right) from Bhiwani Boxing Club receiving the award