Jhangiani received the award for her efforts in promoting Indian Armwrestling on the global stage. Jhangiani emphasised her mission to build a professional ecosystem that offers structure, opportunity and financial security
Preeti Jhangiani
Former Bollywood actor Preeti Jhangiani, who is also the President of the People’s Armwrestling Federation India (PAFI), the Vice President of the Asian Armwrestling Federation (AAF), and Co-Founder of the Pro Panja League (PPL), was honoured with the prestigious Sports Business Leader of the Year (Female) award at the 3rd CII Sports Business Awards in New Delhi recently.
Jhangiani received the award for her efforts in promoting Indian Armwrestling on the global stage. Jhangiani emphasised her mission to build a professional ecosystem that offers structure, opportunity and financial security to athletes as the PPL Season 3 is set for international expansion.
“The vision for the PPL was always larger than life because this sport can transcend the difference between classes and masses. It has a low financial entry point. Also, it’s a very desi sport, but has a huge international audience.
So, our initial strategy was to begin with small tournaments in front of significant monuments; like we did one tournament at Gwalior Fort, another in front of the Gateway of India, another at a Casino in Goa, and one in a tourism boat in Bhopal,” said an elated Jhangiani, who has worked in some superhit Bollywood movies like Mohabbatein (2000), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), and LOC: Kargil (2003) among others. “PPL has athletes from Kashmir to Kerala and almost every state in between. PPL is the world’s largest and only global armwrestling league. So, this award is from CII and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs is a shot in the arm,” she added.
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No of franchise teams in Pro Panja League (PPL)
32 lakh
No of viewers of PPL Season 1 in 2023
170 bn
Total PPL views across social media platforms
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