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{{short description|Sports award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award
| next=
| image = BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award 2020 Trophy.jpg
| alt = Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award Trophy
| caption =
| awarded_for = Excellence in sporting achievement
| presenter = [[BBC Hindi]]
| country = India
| year = 2020
| year2 = 2021
| holder = [[Koneru Humpy]]
| website = {{URL|www.bbc.com/hindi}}
}}

The '''BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation) Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award''' (abbreviated as BBC ISWOTY) is an initiative by the [[BBC Hindi]] in India to celebrate and honour sportswomen from India who have excelled in their respective fields. The first edition of the award took place in 2020, and [[P. V. Sindhu]] was the winner. The latest edition of the award took place in 2021, and [[Koneru Humpy]] was the winner.

==Nomination and selection procedure==
A list of fifty sportswomen from India is made based on their performance in the year preceding to the year of the award, on which a jury of sports journalists and experts votes. The five who receive the most votes are selected as nominees. These nominees are opened for the public to vote. People can cast their votes via various BBC websites, on which the award is promoted. The sportswomen with the highest number of votes is declared winner and award the title of "BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year".<ref name="2020 Nominees EastMojo">{{cite web |title=BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year: Mary Kom, 4 others nominated |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/national/2020/02/04/bbc-indian-sportswoman-of-the-year-mary-kom-4-others-nominated |website=EastMojo |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=4 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Voting rules - BBC">{{cite web |title=Online Voting Terms and Conditions |url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/institutional-55631767 |website=BBC News |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=12 January 2021}}</ref>

==First edition==
[[File:BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award 2020 ceremony.jpg|thumb|Group photograph of BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award 2020 ceremony]]
The award was first instituted in 2020. Sprinter [[Dutee Chand]], para-badminton player [[Manasi Joshi]], boxer [[Mary Kom]], wrestler [[Vinesh Phogat]], and badminton player [[P. V. Sindhu]], were the final nominees who proceeded for public voting. On 8 March 2020, BBC held the award ceremony in Delhi, marking [[International Women’s Day]], and Sindhu was named the Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2020. [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)]] [[Kiren Rijiju]] was present as the guest of honour at the event. As a part of the program, retired [[track and field]] athlete [[P. T. Usha]], was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name="PV Sindhu wins - TOI">{{cite web |title=PV Sindhu wins 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year' award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/pv-sindhu-wins-bbc-indian-sportswoman-of-the-year-award/articleshow/74544221.cms |website=The Times of India |publisher=Times Internet |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="2020 nominees - Indian Express">{{cite web |author1=Press Trust of India |author1-link=Press Trust of India |title=Vinesh Phogat, Mary Kom among nominees for BBC Sportswoman of the year award |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/vinesh-phogat-mary-kom-among-nominees-for-bbc-sportswoman-of-the-year-award-6249270/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="PV Sindhu wins - BBC">{{cite web |title=PV Sindhu named BBC Indian Sportswoman of Year |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/51730452 |website=BBC |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=8 March 2020}}</ref>

==Second edition==
BBC announced its second edition of ISWOTY on 18 January 2021. Nominees for the second edition were announced on 8 February. Indian hockey team captain [[Rani Rampal]], wrestler [[Vinesh Phogat]], shooter [[Manu Bhaker]], chess player [[Koneru Humpy]], and sprinter [[Dutee Chand]], were the final nominees who proceeded for public voting. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-08|title=Rani, Humpy, Manu nominated for BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year honour|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/rani-humpy-manu-nominated-for-bbc-indian-sportswoman-of-the-year-honour-101612778841836.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> In a press release on 8 March, BBC named Koneru Humpy as Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2021. A lifetime achievement award was awarded to former athlete and [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna|Khel Ratna]] awardee [[Anju Bobby George]].<ref name="Humpy is BBC’s Indian sportswoman of the year">{{cite web |title=Humpy is BBC's Indian sportswoman of the year |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/humpy-is-bbcs-indian-sportswoman-of-the-year/article34030488.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=11 March 2021 |date=9 March 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A sports edit-a-thon was organised as part of the ISWOTY 2021, where journalism students from across the country created/improved articles on Indian sportswomen in various [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic language]] Wikipedias.<ref name="2021 announcement - BBC">{{cite web |title=BBC India Sportswoman of the Year contest returns |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55700784 |website=BBC |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=18 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="BBC Wikipedia editing 2021 - MediaBrief">{{cite web |title=300+ entries of Indian sportswomen added to Wikipedia in BBC 'Sports Hackathon' |url=https://mediabrief.com/300-indian-sportswomen-wikipedia-bbc-sports-hackathon/ |website=Media Brief |access-date=11 March 2021 |date=18 February 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indian sports trophies and awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2020]]
[[Category:2020 establishments in India]]

BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year - Revision history

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