Purnima Mahato was conferred Dronacharya award in 2013. She was born on 15th August 1976 at Jamshedpur Jharkhand. She is an Indian archer and archery coach. She has won the Indian National Archery Championship and a Silver Medal at 1998, Commonwealth Games. At the 1994 Pune National Games, she won six Gold Medals in archery. She started archery coaching in 1994 at the Tata Archery Academy. She was a coach for the Indian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was selected to coach the team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.