The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award, formerly known as National Adventure Awards, is the highest adventure sports honour of Republic of India. The award is named after Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer and one of the first two individuals to reach the summit of Mount Everest along with Edmund Hillary in 1953. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recipients are honoured for their "outstanding achievement in the field of adventure activities on land, sea and air" over the previous three years. The lifetime achievement is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated excellence in and devoted themselves in the promotion of adventure sports. , the award comprises "a bronze statuette of Tenzing Norgay along with a cash prize of ".

Instituted in 1993–1994, the first awards were given for the year 1994. The stature of this award is considered to be equivalent to Arjuna Award conferred in the field of sport. Since the year 2004, this award, along with all the other six National Sports Awards, are conferred in the same presidential ceremony at the Presidential Palace, usually on 29 August each year. The nominations for a given year are accepted until 20 June. Typically, one award in each of the four categories—Land adventure, Water (Sea) adventure, Air adventure, and Lifetime achievement—are given. The number may increase in a particular year for appropriate reasons and after approval. A five-member committee evaluates the achievements of a candidate in a particular category of adventure, taking into consideration their last three years of performance for the first three categories. The committee later submits its recommendations to the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports for further approval.

, there have been 146 recipients. In the first year 1994, 22 awards were given, of which 19 were bestowed on the Indian members of the 1993 Indo-Nepalese Women's Everest Expedition. In 2017, ten awards were given, of which six were given to the members of Navika Sagar Parikrama, an all-woman sailing team for the circumnavigation of the globe. Chandraprabha Aitwal is the only double recipient of the award, in 1994 for land adventure and in 2009 for lifetime achievement.

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+List of award recipients, showing the year, gender, category and disciplineYearRecipientGenderCategoryDiscipline1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1994 Male Water Adventure Sailing 1994 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 1994 Female Air Adventure Skydiving 1994 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1995 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 1995 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1995 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 1995 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1995 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 1995 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 1995 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1996 Male Air Adventure Microlight aviation 1996 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1996 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 1996 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 1996 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 1996 Male Land Adventure 1997 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 1998 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 1999 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 1999 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 1999 1999 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2000 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2000 2000 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2000 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2001 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2001 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 2001 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2001 Male Lifetime Achievement Microlight aviation 2001 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2002 Female Lifetime Achievement Open water swimming 2002 Male Land Adventure Caving 2002 Male Water Adventure White water rafting 2003 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2003 Male Water Adventure Open water swimming 2003 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2004 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2004 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2004 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2005 Male Water Adventure Sailing 2005 Chhering Norbu Bodh Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2005 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2005 Female Air Adventure Skydiving 2006 Male Water Adventure Sailing 2006 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2006 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2006 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2007 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2007 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2007 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2007 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2008 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2008 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2008 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2008 Male Air Adventure Hang gliding 2009 Female Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2009 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2009 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2009 Male Water Adventure Open water swimming 2010 Female Land Adventure Cross-country skiing 2010 Male Water Adventure Sailing 2010 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2010 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2011 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2011 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 2011 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2011 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2012 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2012 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2012 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2012 Male Air Adventure Hang gliding 2012 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2012 Male Water Adventure Sailing 2013 Male Lifetime Achievement Skydiving 2013 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2013 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2013 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2014 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2014 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2014 Male Water Adventure Open water swimming 2014 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2014 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2015 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2015 Female Water Adventure Open water swimming 2015 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2015 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2015 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2015 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2016 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2016 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2016 Male Water Adventure Open water swimming 2016 Male Lifetime Achievement Skydiving 2017 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2017 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2017 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2017 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2017 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2017 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2017 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2017 Female Water Adventure Sailing 2017 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2017 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2018 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2018 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2018 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2018 Male Water Adventure Open water swimming 2018 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2018 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2019 Male Lifetime Achievement Mountaineering 2019 Female Land Adventure Mountaineering 2019 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2019 Male Water Adventure Open water swimming 2019 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2019 Male Land Adventure Mountaineering 2019 Male Air Adventure Skydiving 2020 SheetalFemaleLand AdventureMountaineering2020FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering2020MaleWater AdventureSwimming2020MaleLand AdventureMountaineering2020 MaleAir AdventureSkydiving2021 FemaleLand AdventureMountaineering2021MaleWater AdventureOpen water swimming2021MaleLife Time Achievement

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