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Odisha`s young international woman athlete Purnima Hembram was conferred with the 22nd Ekalabya Award for the year 2014 in a function here at hotel Mayfair Lagoon today. The coveted award, which carried a monetary incentive of Rs 5 lakh, a memento and citation, assumed greater importance as former India cricket captain Ajay Jadeja handed it over in the presence of IPL Governing Council chairman Ranjib Biswal and Ekalabya Award Committee chairman Baijayant Panda.
Twenty-one-year-old Purnima, who hails from Asana village of Mayurbhanj district and hones her skill at SAI Training Centre in Sundargarh, bagged the award on the basis of her impressive international and national achievements for the past two years.
