Olympic bronze medallist shooter Gagan Narang on Wednesday hoped the Dronacharya Award is instituted for coaches at every level in the future with equal incentives for even those tasked with spotting talents.
One of India's finest rifle shooters ever, the 36-year-old has set up many training centres across the country as part of the Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation (GNSPF) to teach and promote shooting to young aspirants.
His efforts will be recognised on Thursday when President Ram Nath Kovind presents him the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar on the National Sports Day.
"I believe there should be a Dronacharya in every system, at every level, -- the best grassroots level coach, best intermediate level coach, best excellence coach, best foreign coach," Narang said during an interaction.
"That way people will not want to make that transition from grassroots to the top coach. Incentives should be given at all levels, there should be a system in place where the grassroot level coach is aspiring to become the best grassroot level coach in the country.
"Because without grassroots level coaches elite can't do anything. There has to be a system in place and the government is working towards it."
"And every year we would want a coach from different parts of the world so that our coaches get the best of all world whether it is from Russia, Europe and so on."
"In not-for-profit scenario we are always strapped for funds. So if we are able to give scholarship to someone and support him, it's always better than putting the money back into the system."