Savita Punia (born 11 July 1990)[3] is an Indian field hockey player and a member of the India women's national team.

She was encouraged by her grandfather Mahinder Singh to take up hockey and joined the Sports Authority of India center at Hisar.

In 2013, she participated in the Eighth Women's Asia Cup held in Malaysia in which she saved two crucial potential goals in the penalty shoot-out and paved the way for India to win a bronze medal.

In 2016, she displayed excellent performance when she withstood a barrage of penalty corners against Japan in the last minute to help India hold on to its 1–0 lead.

[13] In an interview in 2016, Punia revealed that she had been promised a job under the Haryana Government's Medal Lao, Naukri Pao scheme, but hasn't got it.