Wishing her the very best for her upcoming events, Odisha Sports Minister, Tusharkanti Behera said, “It is a moment of pride for us that Ms Ranjita Behera will be the first Odia from the state to participate in Snow Games. We will extend all necessary support to excel and bring medals. She will be an inspiration for others, especially young girls, who may have dreams to follow the sport of skiing.”

Thanking Sports Minister and the DSYS, Ranjita said, “I will be participating in the slalom event, which is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. I will also participate in Ski Mountaineering in the coming days,” she said.

Ranjita hails from the steel city of Rourkela and is the youngest daughter of Raghunath Behera and Annapurna Behera. Her father is a retired employee of Rourkela Steel Plant. She is also an NCC ‘C’ certificate holder from the Directorate of NCC, Odisha.
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TOP: Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera felicitates skier Ranjita Behera at his residence in Bhubaneswar on 21 January, 2021.
RIGHT: DSYS officials great Ranjita Behera in Bhubaneswar on 21 January, 2021.