Section 6(c) in Rules for the Biju Pattnaik Award for outstanding performance in promotion of Sports and Games
(c)The eligibility criteria for the Award under Rule 5 (i) (c) shall be as follows:-(i)He/she should have devoted his/her career for imparting coaching to sports person in any of the major sports disciplines.(ii)He/she should have produced sports persons who must have achieved excellence in National/International sports events in any of the recognized sports disciplines.(iii)He/she should possess the quality of an ideal leader, must have maintained exemplary discipline, flawless conduct and cordial relationship with trainees during his/her career.(iv)He/she should have maintained the career graph and profile of his/her talented trainees from the time of spotting the talent till the period when the trainee/trainees achieves excellence in National/International events.(v)He/she should not have been involved in any kind of controversies and dispute.
