FULL NAME: Mandakini Majhi
NICK NAME: Diamond
GENDER: Female
BORN: 12th March, 1997
FAMILY: Rajiv Majhi (Father), Rama Majhi (Mother)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At- Ludhiapada, PO- Marlad, PS- Titlagarh, Dist- Balangir, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: KISS Campus-10, Infocity, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, PIN- 751024.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Doing MBA (Rural Management) 2020-22 at KIIT University. Earlier, passed 10th HSC in 2013, Plus-2 Commerce in 2015, BCom and MCom from Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar in 2018 and 2020 respectively.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Kalandi Charan Rout

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

ZONAL:
*     She was the captain of the Odisha women team that emerged champions in the 21st East Zone Senior Kho-kho Championship, held at Haldia in West Bengal from April 13 to 15, 2018.
*     Silver medal at East Zone Inter-University Women Kho-Kho Championship, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, 15-18 November, 2018.
*     Silver medal at 19th East Zone Kho-Kho Championship, held Patna, Bihar from June 28 to 30, 2014.

NATIONAL:
*     She was part of Odisha women’s team that won the bronze medal at the 53rd Senior National Kho-Kho Championship, held at Raipur, Chhattisgarh from 26-30 December, 2019.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the silver medal for the first time in the Federation Cup Senior National Kho-Kho Championship, the 29th edition of which was held at Purba Medinipur in West Bengal from Dec 28-30, 2018.
*     Represented Odisha in the National Games, held in Kerala in 2015.
*     Represented Odisha in 49th Senior National Kho-kho Championship at Maharashtra in 2014.
*     Bronze medal in Junior National Kho-Kho Championship, held in Rajasthan, 2014.
*     Represented Odisha in the 59th National School Games at Delhi in 2013.
*     Represented Odisha in 33rd Junior National Kho-kho Championship at Himachal Pradesh in 2013.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was the member of the Indian women kho-kho team that won the gold medal in the 12th South Asian Games at Guwahati on Feb 15, 2016.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Mandakini is the first Kho-Kho international of Odisha.
*     Joined KISS in 2007.
*     Participated in Global Walk Leadership Camp, held at Honsio University, South Korea, June-July, 2018.
*     Participated as a panelist in UN Women Programme, New Delhi, 2017-18.
*     Bagged the Best Player Award at the 19th Senior State Kho-Kho Championship at Athgarh, 2018.
*     Mandakini comes from a poor Kondh family, which depends on agriculture for livelihood.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 30 June, 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 4 November, 2020