President Ram Nath Kovind conferred national awards to senior citizens, Vayoshreshtha Samman
- The award ceremony was organised by the ministry of social justice and empowerment
- Former boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu was honoured at the event.
- Gurbax Sandhu has the distinction of coaching both the men and women boxers
- He was India's longest-serving men's national coach
- He occupied the position for two decades before he was handed charge of the women campers earlier this year.
- He was the chief coach when India won its maiden Olympic medal in boxing through Vijender Singh in 2008.
