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The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest sporting honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and is given for the "spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports" at various international events like the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games. The recipient(s) is/are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92, Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (pictured) was the first recipient of the award. Usually conferred upon only one sportsperson in a year, a few exceptions have been made when multiple recipients were awarded in a year. As of 2016, there have been thirty-two recipients from fourteen sport disciplines and the most recent recipients of the award are the badminton player P. V. Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, sports shooter Jitu Rai, and wrestler Sakshi Malik. (Full list...)