On Thursday, Chief Minister Hemant Soren ordered Dronacharya Awardee Archer Purnima Mahato, 2013 player from Jharkhand, to prepare the layout of archery academy to be set up in Ranchi.
Purnima, who is also the Coach of world class archery girl Deepika Kumari and heads the Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur while talking to The Pioneer she said, "CM has asked me to submit a proposal bearing the set up plan of this Archery Academy. It will take time as I have to consult archery experts for this process. Here, I also urge to take my husband's cooperation as well."
"As Archery Coach at Tata Archery Academy, assistance from these organisation people is also expected. Once I am done with this proposal, I shall submit it to State Sports Deputy Director Sarojini lakra," added Purnima.
According to Purnima, CM has taken this initiative to promote the archery game among the local children and teenagers especially those hailing from the rural areas. Also, CM felicitated Purnima for her contribution towards this mentioned sport at international, national and state levels.
Hearing this information, Sports Authority of India (SAI) Jharkhand Archery Coach Rupesh Kumar happily informed that this step would give the local talents exposure to groom their skills.
He said, "Till date, such Government-based archery academies are being carried out at Dumka, Silli and Saraikela. But, now, with the opening plan of the same at the lap of Ranchi, it would help the deserving urban and rural archery talents to bring laurels to the State like Deepika and Rimil Buriuly."