From Dia Mirza to Amir Khan and Sachin Tendulkar: Indian celebrities who are UN Goodwill Ambassadors

Lachi Gola

Feb 07, 2023

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan was UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador for the South Asian region in 2014

Dia Mirza

Dia is a renowned environmentalist and also the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate and goodwill ambassador

Sachin Tendulkar

In 2013, Sachin was appointed UNICEF’s ambassador for South Asia to advocate hygiene and sanitation across the region

Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta was the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) goodwill ambassador in 2001

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

As a UNICEF ambassador, Priyanka Chopra has done a lot of work to uplift societies. In 2019, she was given the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic work

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan has also lent his star power to the UN by being a goodwill ambassador for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Shabana Azmi

National Award-winning actress Shabana Azmi was the goodwill ambassador of United Nations Population Fund in 1998

Aishwariya Rai Bachchan

Actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the International Ambassador of the United Nations programme for HIV/AIDS in 2012

Hima Das

In 2019, UNICEF India appointed Asian Games gold medallist Hima Das as the country’s first-ever Youth Ambassador

Kareena Kapoor Khan

Kareena Kapoor was appointed as UNICEF’s celebrity advocate in 2014