• • Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna — This is India's highest award for achievement in sports. It recognises "the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson". As of 2018, the award comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹7.5 lakh (US$11,000).

• • Dhyan Chand Award — lifetime achievement award in sport.

• • National Sports Awards — for excellence in sport.

• • Dronacharya Award — It is awarded for excellence in coaching. It honours coaches "who have done outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis", and is meant to motivate them towards "raising the standard of sportspersons". As of 2017, the award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of ₹5 lakh (US$7,200).

• • Arjuna Award — For excellence in sport at world stage. It includes rupees 500,000 and bronze statue of Arjun. This award was founded in 1961.

• • Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award — This award is granted to the sportsperson, who did outstanding feat in the field of adventure sport. It is presented by president of India. This award is named after Indian mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who was second ever person who climbed Mount Everest.

• • BCCI Awards — It is a cricket award, in which Board of Control for Cricket in India handover awards in different categories to the cricket players.

• • AIFF Awards — It is an award for football players, in which All India Football Federation handover awards in different categories to the football players.

• In India, the schools and colleges normally have a sports teacher who manages, trains and coaches’ students in various sports for inter-school tournaments. To become a sport teacher in a school, one needs to have a sports diploma or degree, such as a Bachelor of Physical Education (also known by the abbreviation, B.P.Ed).

• Sports universities and college

• • Amity School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, affiliated to Amity University, Noida
• • Bombay Physical Culture Association College of Physical Education (BPCACPE)
• • Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education, affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University
• • College of Education and Physical Education (Marathi: शिक्षणशास्त्र आणि शारीरिक शिक्षणशास्त्र महाविद्यालय, जळगाव), affiliated to North Maharashtra University; run by Khandesh College Education Society
• • College of Physical Education, Bharathi Vidyapeeth
• • D.Y. Patil Sports Academy
• • Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow
• • Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Delhi
• • Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, associated with SAI
• • Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NIS), academic wing of Sports Authority of India (SAI); affiliated to Punjabi University and Baba Farid University of Health Sciences
• • Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE)
• • Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University
• • YMCA College of Physical Education