FULL NAME: Meerarani Hembram
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 11th May, 1996 (Source: Odisha Rugby Football Association)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Keonjhar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Student of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar
PROFESSION: Not known
PLAYING POSITION: Scrum Half
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: KISS
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Manas Kumar Jena
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha State and India
INTERNATIONAL 7S DEBUT: Asian Women’s Sevens Championship in Pune on 6th October, 2012.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Odisha Rugby Football Club (ORFC) team that retained the womens title in the National Rugby 15s Championship 2023 (Division-I) at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar on 1 March 2024.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the gold medal in the 8th Senior National Rugby Sevens Championships at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar on 19 December 2021.
*     She was part of the Odisha women team that won the gold medal in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Punjab University, Chandigarh from June 22-24, 2018.
*     She was a member of the Odisha women team achieved a hat-trick by winning the third successive title in Societe Generale Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Pataliputra Stadium in Patna from August 11-13, 2017.
*     She was part of the Odisha team that won the title in the Senior National Rugby Sevens Championship, held at Pataliputra Stadium in Patna (Bihar) from August 5 to 7, 2016.
*     She was a member of the Odisha women team that won the gold medal in the 35th National Games, held in Kerala from Feb 1 to 14, 2015.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     She was part of the Indian women team that won the Silver Medal at the Asia Rugby Seven Trophy in Jakarta on 11 August, 2019.
*     She was part of the Indian women 15s team that made history by winning their first-ever test match and a Bronze Medal in the Asia Rugby Women Championship in Manila, Philippines on 22 June 2019.
*     She was part of the Indian team that emerged Plate Winners in the Asia Rugby Women’s Sevens Trophy at Panaga Club in Brunei on Oct 21, 2018.
*     She was a member of the Indian team that won the silver medal in the Asian Women’s Rugby Seven Trophy, was held at Vientiane in Laos on February 17 and 18, 2017.
*     She was a member of the Indian women team that won the bronze medal in the Asian Rugby Sevens Tournament, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Feb 20 and 21, 2016.
*     Represented Indian team in the Asian Women’s Sevens Championship, held at Pune in 2012.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Started playing rugby at the All India level in 2010.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 22 February 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 March 2024