I joined the GoSports Foundation’s Board of Advisors in 2014. It is a non-profit trust set up with the mission of Empowering India's Future Olympians. In February 2014, we launched the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme with the aim of making vital interventions to the careers of some promising Olympic and Paralympic Athletes.

CMCA’s mission is to “kindle and nurture active citizenship and inculcate democratic values in children and youth and through a ‘ripple effect’, empower and transform society as a whole.” I do my bit as a Goodwill Ambassador to encourage children to become active citizens.

This is a cause to which all of you can contribute with very little effort. Take a pledge to not honk unnecessarily. Noise pollution has really gone through the roof and causes a number of health hazards such as stress and hearing loss. Let’s make a collective effort to minimize this evil.

We all are well aware of the evils of tobacco. As the Brand Ambassador of the Health Ministry’s National Tobacco Control Campaign, I urge each of you to say No to Tobacco and also restrain your loved ones from tobacco use.

This is something I am really excited about. The TOP Scheme committee is entrusted with the responsibility of developing a framework to identify and help prospective medal winners from across India for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. I am really looking forward to working with the likes of Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom and Gopichand, to name a few, in shaping India’s Olympic future.

Along with Mr. Prakash Padukone, I was invited to be a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission to provide our thoughts and ideas on taking Karnataka Sport to another level. Once again, this committee consists of phenomenal achievers from various fields and it is a great learning experience for me.

It is a great privilege to be invited to join the Academy and I look forward to supporting the work of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. I am truly honoured to be recognised alongside some of the greatest sportsmen and women we have ever seen. Sport has given me so much, and it is wonderful to now have the opportunity to make a difference in other people’s lives.