after training with the mohun bagan-affiliated sail academy as a teenager, pulamte spent the 2017–18 season with keinou library & sports association (klasa), a semi-professional club participating in the manipur state league (msl). on 10 september 2017, he scored the lone goal in a 1–0 victory over his future club, neroca, after just 20 seconds, setting a new msl record for the quickest goal in league history. in fact, he finished the season as the league's top scorer.