Ekalavya Award
The Ekalavya Award is given by the several state government including Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana etc. The award is given to native players for outstanding performance in sports or even education by few states like Rajasthan. The award was established in 1993, however, it is not given by every state government.
Ekalavya Award in Karnataka
| Karnataka Recipient | Year Awarded |
| Najib Aga | 1994 |
| U Sundari | 1994 |
| Jyothi H M | Athletics 2010 |
| Robin Uthappa | 2010 |
| Amoolya Kamal | 2010 |
| Jeeva Kumar S | 2010 |
| Poojashri Venkatesh | 2010 |
| Sudhir Kumar | 2010 |
| Ganapathy Manoharan | 2014 |
| Shodhan Rai | 2014 |
| Vishal Kumar | 2014 |
| Nishya Joseph | 2014 |
| S.K. Uthappa | 2016 |
| Malaprabha Jadhav | 2016 |
| O. Sushmitha Pawar | 2016 |
| M. Niranjan | 2016 |
| Mamatha Poojary | 2012 |
| KL Rahul | 2020 |
| Mayank Agarwal | 2020 |
| B Hariprasad | 2022 |