The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy, is a sports honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Abul Kalam Azad commonly referred to as Maulana Azad, one of the senior leaders of Indian national congress and first Minister of Education in independent India.Speech of Hon’ble Human Resource Minister on National Education Day 2009, Ministry of HRD, Government of India It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. It is a rolling trophy awarded to the "overall top performing University in sports and promoting competitive sports in University" over the preceding year. , the award for the university securing first position comprises "a rolling MAKA trophy and a cash prize of ". The second- and third-place universities receive cash prizes of and respectively.
The trophy, initiated in 1956–1957, has been awarded a total of 68 times as of 2024. The objective of the trophy is to promote competitive sports, excellence in sports, and integrating sports and physical fitness amongst the Indian colleges and universities. The trophy is awarded annually with the other five National Sports Awards and national adventure award at the Presidential Palace presented by the President of India, usually on 29 August of a year. Six universities have won the trophy various times. Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar has won the trophy 25 times, most recently in the year 2023. Panjab University in Chandigarh has won the trophy 15 times, most recently in the year 2020, while Delhi University based in Delhi has won the trophy 14 times, most recently in the year 2000–2001. Other winners include Bombay University in Mumbai which won the inaugural trophy, Punjabi University in Patiala, Kurukshetra University in Kurukshetra, and Chandigarh University in Mohali.
List of recipients
+ List of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy recipients, showing the year, university, and city Year University City1956–1957 University of Mumbai Mumbai1957–1958 Panjab University Chandigarh1958–19591959–1960 University of Mumbai Mumbai1960–1961 Panjab University Chandigarh1961–19621962–1963 Delhi University Delhi1963–19641964–19651965–1966 Panjab University Chandigarh1966–1967 Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra1967–1968 Panjab University Chandigarh1968–19691969–19701970–19711971–19721971–1972 Delhi University Delhi1972–19731973–19741974–19751975–19761976–1977 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar1977–1978 Delhi University Delhi1978–1979 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar1979–19801980–19811981–19821983–19841984–19851985–1986 University of Mumbai Mumbai1986–1987 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar1987–1988 Delhi University Delhi1988–19891989–19901990–19911991–1992 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar1992–19931993–19941994–1995 Panjab University Chandigarh1995–19961996–1997 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar1997–19981998–19991999–20002000–2001 Delhi University Delhi2001–2002 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar2002–20032003–20042004–2005 Panjab University Chandigarh2005–2006 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar2006–2007 Punjabi University Patiala2007–20082008–20092009–2010 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar2010–20112011–2012 Punjabi University Patiala2012–20132013–20142014–20152015–20162016–20172017–2018 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar2019 Panjab University Chandigarh202020212022 Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar20232024 Chandigarh University Mohali
References
External links
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy at Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports