Padmini Rout (born January 5, 1994) is a chess player from Odisha. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She was the winner of World Under-14 girls’ championship, 2008.[2] She has also won five Asian and four national titles.[3][4]
Padmini Rout started playing chess at the age of nine (2003) because of her father’s passion for the game. Please support her in Times of India sports awards by voting in this link
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