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Savita Punia is an Indian field hockey player and a goalkeeper who is a member of the Indian national field hockey team.Initially, she received her school education at the Sirsa district of Haryana. During her school days, she was motivated by her grandfather Mahinder Singh to join hockey, and soon, she was enrolled in the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre at Hisar.Sunder Singh Kharab was her mentor in her initial years of learning hockey. In the beginning, she was not much interested in the game. Later, her father bought her a hockey kit worth rupees twenty thousand, which led her to take the sport seriously. In an interview, she stated, My attitude towards the game changed after my dad bought me the kit. My zeal to work hard and get selected for the national team was a way to pay him back for the efforts he has put in for me..