Five members of the Indian Women Rugby team, Sumitra Nayak, Hupi Majhi, Rajani Sabar, Meerarani Hembram and Parbati Kisku of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), were felicitated by KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta here on Monday.
The Indian women's rugby team on Saturday created history by registering their first-ever international 15s victory and got bronze medal against top ranked Singapore 21-19 to finish third in the four-team Asia Women's Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines 17-23 June-2019. In the last one minute Indian team Sumitra Nayak kicked a penalty to claim the narrow victory.
“KISS has been playing a vital role in popularising Indian Rugby in the international level. Both the Boys’ and Girls’ Rugby player of KISS have been performing best in various international tournaments,” said Samanta.
He also thanked the Secretaries and Presidents of IRFU and ORFA.