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  Purnima, Debendra Singh conferred with OSJA Awards
21 Mar 2018 BHUBANESWAR
 

International woman athlete Purnima Hembram and former footballer Debendra Prasad Singh were conferred with the OSJA Outstanding Sportsperson of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards respectively in a function held in city hotel here on the occasion of Foundation Day of Odisha Sports Journalists’ Association (OSJA) today.

State Sports Department Commissioner-cum-Secretary Vishal Dev and renowned weightlifting coaches Pal Singh Sandhu and Hansa Sharma Manral handed over the awards, which carried a cheque of Rs 25,000 each along with citation and memento. In the absence of Purnima, who is now in Australia, preparing for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, her father Dukhiya Hembram received the award on her behalf.
 

Speaking on the occasion, the Sports Secretary described sports as the biggest uniting factor and the best medium to bost the prestige of the state and country. He said the staging of a series of international sports events in Bhubaneswar has built a positive image of the state in and outside the country.

Dronacharya Awardee Sandhu lauded the efforts made by Odisha government for the development of sports and thanked the state for grooming a number of international weightlifters from its soil. Commenting on the role of sports scribes, he said they should also highlight the positive sided, instead of negative only.

Hansha Manral, the first woman Dronacharya Awardee, described proper talent scouting, coaches’ education, scientific support and more funding as four major requirements for development of sports in the country.

OSJA president K Ravi, working president Sandeep Mishra, vice-presidents Suresh Swain, Sambit Mohapatra; secretary Sanatan Pani, joint-secretaries Debi Prasanna Mohanty, Samikshya Pattnaik, treasurer Himanshu Pati Mishra and other members were present on the occasion
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TOP: OSJA Awards recipients with guests and OSJA office-bearers in Bhubaneswar on March 21, 2018.
RIGHT: Members of OSJA with awardees and guests in Bhubaneswar on March 21, 2018.
 
   
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