PV Sindhu, CRPF’s brand ambassador
Q. Country’s largest paramilitary force CRPF has made the decision to appoint whom as its brand ambassador, also bestowing the honorary rank of Commandant on the player?- Published on 30 Aug 16a. Sakshi Malik
b. Dipa Karmakar
c. Jitu Rai
d. PV Sindhu
ANSWER: PV Sindhu
The largest paramilitary force CRPF has taken the decision to appoint Olympic silver medallist OV Sindhu as the brand ambassador and bestow the honorary rank of Commandant on the ace badminton player.
- Official sources indicated the force moved a formal proposal to this effect
- Sindhu will be honoured and presented the rank badges and camouflage combat fatigues of the CRPF at the ceremonial event
- Sindhu has been informed and her consent has been obtained by the CRPF
- Commander rank in the CRPF equals the position of a Superintendent of Police/SP and such an officer commands a battalion of 1000 personnel when posted in field operations
- About 3 lakh strong personnel strong force, mainstay for anti Naxal operations and numerous internal security duty tasks in the country, choose Sindhu for honour as appointment will motivate personnel to do better and send the message of women empowerment
- Being the brand ambassador of the force, Sindhu would be asked to hold motivational sessions with troops when she is not playing or training and her message will be send to personnel deployed across the nation
- Central Reserve Police Force also has the credit of raising the first all woman battalion in a central paramilitary and a police force way back in 1987 and at present has 4 such contingents with three in active duties
- Border guarding force BSF has appointed cricketer Virat Kohli as brand ambassador.
- Sindhu won a historic silver in the women’s singles badminton at recently concluded Rio Olympic Games and was conferred recently with the nation’s highest sporting honour- The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna along with Olympic star wrestlers Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and shooter Jitu Rai.
