List of Recently Appointed Brand Ambassadors

Dear Readers,
Today we are presenting you a short note on Recent Brand Ambassadors. This is
very important for your upcoming competitive exams.

BRAND NAME PERSONS

JANUARY 2017
Gionee Virat Kohli
Asian Paints ‘ Ultima Protek Ranbir Kapoor
International Ambassador of Stanchart, David Rudisha
Mumbai
Brand Ambassador of Momentum, M S Dhoni
Jharkhand
IG International Sonu Sood
Kings XI,Punjab Brand Ambassador Virender Sehwag
Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen Sonam Kapoor
FEBRUARY 2017
First female ambassador for ‘Swacch Bharat Anushka Sharma
Abhiyan’
SBI PO Recruitment Ad Arundhati Bhattacharya
Ambassador role at FIFA Diego Maradona
American Cancer Society Global Ambassador Normani Kordei
Sight Savers Kabir Bedi
‘Swacch Bharat’ Shilpa Shetty
Lloyd Electric Amitabh Bachchan
MARCH 2017
Montblanc International AB de Villiers
PepsiCo’s Sports drink Gatorade P.V. Sindhu
Blind Cricket world cup Shahid Afridi
Women’s World cup 2017 Sachin Tendulkar
One Plus India Amitabh Bachchan
India’s Ambassador to World Trade J S Deepak, IAS
Organization (WTO)

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Global Ambassador of Cochlear, the hearing Brett Lee

implant maker
Salon hair brand L'Oreal Professional for Twinkle Khanna
India
APRIL 2017
Micromax Anil Kapoor
Goibibo Deepika Padukone
ICC Champions Trophy (Among eight) Harbhajan Singh
Jewellery Brand Voyalla Rannvijay Singh
Puma Women Actress Disha Patani
MAY 2017
Yatra.com Ranbir Kapoor
Gionee (Other Ambassadors) Diljit Dosanjh, Shruti Hassan & Dulquer
Salmaan
JUNE 2017
Wildlife Trust of India Dia Mirza
Eazy Diner Yuvraj Singh
Ambassador to promote Goods & Service Amitabh Bachchan
Tax
Government’s Skill India Campaign Priyanka Chopra
Gionee India Actor Prabhas
Food Panda Shahrukh Khan
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) Vidya Balan
JULY
Signature Global Vidya Balan
Indoor Cricket Team Sandeep Patil
Tata Sky Actress Nayanathara
Tamil Thalaivas Kamal Hassan
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Bilal Dar
Hyundai Motor India Shahrukh Khan
Younger Face Taapsee Pannu
Beauty Brands’ App Pooja Hegde
AUGUST

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Joyalukkas Actress Kajol

Swacch Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh Akshay Kumar
UAE based Gulf Petrochem Group, GP Suresh Raina
Petroleum Limited
Panasonic for Smartphones Taapsee Pannu
Indian health and wellness startup company Hrithik Roshan
Cure. Fit
Mumbai-based new age financial services Rahul Dravid
group- InCred

Brand Ambassadors of Govt. Schemes & Campaign

Person Brand Name Remarks
Amitabh Bachchan City Compost Campaign A part of the ‘Swachh
Bharat Mission’
John Abraham Arunachal Pradesh Tourism To promote tourism in
Ambassador Arunachal Pradesh
Narendra Modi Incredible India
Nawazuddin Siddiqui UP farmers’ scheme Samajwadi The scheme provides for
Kisan Beema Yojna cashless treatment up
to Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs.
one lakh for the organ
transplant.
PV Sindhu Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Sachin Tendulkar Anti- liquor and antidrug It will create awareness
campaign of Kerala among people against
alcoholism and drug
abuse.
Sakshi Malik Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign” chosen to promote the
in Haryana tourism of Arunachal
Pradesh
Virat Kohli Punjab National Bank
Vidya Balan Samajwadi Pension Yojna Launched by Uttar

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Pradesh Govt.
Piruz Khambatta Make In India Launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
Shah Rukh Khan West Bengal Brand Ambassador The campaign started
with shortlisting 200
places from all of the
Indian states.
Steffi Graf Kerala's Ayurveda to promote tourism and
position the state of
Kerala as home of
ayurveda.
Shilpa Reddy Confederation of Women Create centres of
Entrepreneurs (COWE) excellence for women to
gain knowledge, develop
skills, provide
infrastructure, access to
resources to their
business.
Baba Ramdev Brand Ambassador of yoga and promote yoga and
Ayurveda in Haryana Ayurveda in a big way
Ankit Fadia Digital India It was launched on 1
July 2015 by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Amitabh Bachchan Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Started by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Amitabh Bachchan Pulse Polio To promote Polio
Eradication Campaign
Dia Mirza Swachh Saathi Swachh Bharat
Mission’s youth-based
Swachh Saathi (student
internship) programme
Madhuri Dixit MAA- Mother's Absolute Affection'
Deepika Padukone Indian Psychiatric Society The largest association
of Indian Psychiatrists

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Goodwill Ambassadors
A varied range of organizations employ goodwill ambassadors to endorse their
programs and reach out to others with programs that are based on good relations,
from multinational groups such as the United Nations and United Nations
Associations etc.,

List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors

 The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund was formed by

the United Nations General Assembly on Dec-11-1946, to deliver emergency
food and healthcare to children in nations that had been devastated by
World War II. Danny Kaye was the first to hold the position, with the title of
Ambassador-at-Large granted in 1954.
 The objective of the program is to allow celebrities with a demonstrated
interest in UNICEF matters to use their fame to draw attention to important
issues. This may take the form of public appearances and talks, visits to
troubled regions, which draw attention from the media, and use of their
political access to advocate UNICEF causes.
 The UN children’s agency UNICEF appointed its youngest goodwill
ambassador — 19-year-old Syrian refugee and education activist Muzoon
Almellehan.

International Ambassadors & Advocates

PERSON COUNTRY APPOINTED YEAR

Lilly Singh Canada July-2017

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NATIONAL AMBASSADORS
Shahrukh Khan India Jan-2017

Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)

The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was
initiated in 1999.
The main determination of the program is to increase public awareness and to
broadcast information on issues related to food security, hunger, and poverty in
the world.
Dee Dee Bridgewater was the first Goodwill Ambassador from USA & was
appointed in the year 1999.
His Majesty king Letsie III of Lesotho – Appointed in the year 2016.

United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

 United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO (not diplomatic
ambassadors) who use their talent or fame to spread the UNESCO ideals,
especially attracting media attention. Other particular categories of
advocate include UNESCO Artist for Peace, UNESCO Champion for Sport and
UNESCO Special Envoy.
 Sheikh Ghassan I Sheikh from Saudi Arabia was the first Goodwill
Ambassador appointed in 1989.
 Deeyah Khan from Norway is the present Goodwill Ambassador since 17th -
Nov-2016.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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 The Goodwill Ambassadors are famous Personality representatives of

UNHCR, who use their talent & fame to advocate for refugees.
 Barbara Hendricks from the United States is the first Ambassador appointed
in 1987. She was a Classical Singer.
 Present Goodwill Ambassadors are Cristina Marina from Romania, Kristin
Davis from the United States & Praya Lundberg from Thailand appointed in
2017. Carlos Specialist, Actress, Actress & model are their fields of expertise
respectively.

World Health Organization (WHO)

 The WHO Goodwill Ambassadors are famous Personality representatives,

who use their talent & fame to advocate for health & well-being.
 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from Austria was appointed in 2005 as first
WHO Goodwill Ambassador.

Present Goodwill Ambassadors:-

PERSON COUNTRY APPOINTED for

Amitabh Bachchan India Awareness of Hepatitis
Michael Bloomberg USA Global Ambassador for Non-
communicable Diseases (NCDs)
James Chau China Sustainable Development Goals &
Health
Peng Liyuan China Tuberculosis & HIV/AIDS
Yohei Sasakawa Japan Leprosy Elimination

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