new delhi anjum moudgil entered the covid19forced lockdown as an accomplished shooter and a painterby the time the world rids itself of the pandemic she will have added two more attributes to her multifaceted personality a good samaritan and a master in matters of the mind having completed a degree in sports psychology some time agomoved by the plight of the daily workers and support staff involved with the sports community the olympicbound india shooter has decided to auction some of her paintings to raise funds for themthe 26yearold has also been offering counselling sessions to her friends some of whom happened to be shooters at a personal leveli have decided to auction the paintings the proceeds from the auction will be donated to play for india which is supporting daily workers and support staff members of the sporting community its for those who have been most affected struggling to make ends meet anjum told pti during a chatbacked by some of indias biggest sporting stars the play for india initiative was launched to help individuals who have been badly affected by the suspension of sports activities due to covid19 outbreak since marchanjum also doesnt mind helping friends and fellow shooters when it comes to dealing with mental issuesi have done a few counselling sessions with friends who are also shooters she saidthe degree has also helped her to deal with demands of shooting betterduring times like these it helps one to maintain composure and not lose the plot she saidanjum who was one of the first indian shooters to secure a tokyo olympics quota is glad to be spending time with her family after a long timethe shooter bagged the olympic quota with a silver medal at the 2018 world championships in korea and has been travelling the world almost through the year for some time now because of her assignmentsduring the lockdown the chandigarhbased shooter has also used her paintings to raise funds to help the needy ones in her native state of punjabi have sold my handpainted diaries to raise money for an ngo which is providing help to the villages affected by the pandemicbesides she has also sold her dairies and donated to help a cancer patientin the school my mother teaches there is a lady whose son is battling cancer so i donated money for his treatment i am also pulling in money to help the affected peoplea world class shooter anjum claimed a silver medal in the womens 50m rifle 3 positions 3p event at the issf world cup in mexico in 2018she is also a commonwealth games silver medallist and has also held the world number 2 spot in womens 10m air rifle rankings besides being india no 1 in womens 50m 3 positionsshe is training in earnest for the olympics and is getting ready for the national camp