Gujarat honours Elavenil Valarivan with Rs 1.33 crore under Khel Pratibha Puraskar Yojana

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi gave rifle shooter Elavenil Valarivan Rs 1.33 crore under the Khel Pratibha Puraskar Yojana at Gandhinagar on 28 September 2026, after she won two silver medals at Asian Games 2026 in Japan. This is as per a press release from the Gujarat CMO.

She took silver in the Women's 10m Air Rifle Individual and Women's 10m Air Rifle Team events. The 27-year-old lives in Ahmedabad's Maninagar area.

Elavenil Valarivan has got Rs 1.33 crore under the Shaktidoot Scheme and Olympic Incentive Scheme, plus Rs 74 lakh under the DLSS Scheme and Khel Mahakumbh. Total incentives from the state government add up to Rs 2.41 crore.

She has been part of Shaktidoot Scheme since 2017-18 and holds an 'A' category position under it. She studied at the Sanskardham complex under the DLSS Scheme.

She represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics, and won gold at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro with a score of 251.7. Government of India gave her the Arjuna Award in 2022. She also picked up medals at Junior World Cups in Suhl and Sydney in 2018, the Asian Airgun Championships, the World University Games in Chengdu, and events in Munich and Kazakhstan in 2025.