Arjun Babuta of Punjab claimed the gold in Men 10m Air Rifle at the ongoing 65th National Shooting Championship (Rifle) in Thiruvananthapuram.
The 23-year-old Arjun, who is ranked No.16 in the World, had also won the gold at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea held earlier this year.
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Former Junior World Champion Hriday Hazarika of Assam finished second after loosing the gold medal contest 8-16 to Arjun.
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Former World No.1 and Tokyo Olympian Divyansh Singh Panwar won the junior gold defeating Ranvir Katkar by a similar 16-8 margin.
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Abhinav Shaw of West Bengal won the gold in the youth category with a nail-biting 16-14 victory over Katkar, who was denied gold a second time in the day.