Manavjeet Singh Sandhu is an Arjuna Award winner of 1998, won the award for the consistent performance in the last few years.

The individual gold and team silver at the 2006 World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia, was one of his top achievements. Rajiv Gandhi Khelratna award for 2006, which is India`s highest sports honor, was awarded to Manavjeet Singh Sandhu, the trap shooter.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award comprises Rs.500,000, a scroll of honor and a medal in recognition of spectacular and most outstanding performance in sports. Sandhu left behind Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid and star golfer Jeev Milkha Singh for the award, becoming the fourth shooter to bag the award after Abhinav Bindra, Anjali Bhagwat and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.