Former national boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has recommended two-time Commonwealth Games medal-winner Manoj Kumar’s personal coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound for the Dronacharya award for a second successive year.
Being a former awardee , Sandhu is entitled to recommend names for the National sports awards.
Rajound has played a key role in shaping Manoj’s career.
Rajound’s nomination is also being backed by Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh and other accomplished international campaigners like Sumit Sangwan and Dinesh Sangwan among others.