While praising the tribal girl for her success in the matriculation examination, Patnaik presented a laptop to Mankadia in order to encourage her.
Patnaik asked the PVTG girl to continue her studies and become a model for other tribal children.
Mankadia was a student of Srama Shakti High School at Sukina in Jajpur district.
The chief minister also gifted a mobile phone to the headmaster of the school in which Mankadia was a student.