new delhi until last month shradha chaturvedi was an unremarkable teenager just a simple but pretty girl next door the secondyear du student of biomedical science had no idea that in a few days time toplevel government officials from the cayman islands would be consulting her on delhis shopping destinations shradha like hundreds of other collegegoing youngsters in the city signed up as a volunteer for the commonwealth games and was picked as a protocol liaison officer for the president of the cayman islands a british overseas territory i had always been very participative in extracurricular activities in school particularly athletics when i heard that the cwg needed volunteers i decided that i just had to be a part of the event she says as a part of her duties she has to escort delegates in her care to meetings and guide them around the venues being a cwg volunteer has also added a sprinkle of stardust to shradhas life if there is a volunteer in uniform people always stare or turn around to look lately complete strangers in the metro have come up to me and asked me about my duties out of curiosity she laughs though she has no fixed working hours a typical day is about 810 hours long sundays are not holidays either but i dont mind im enjoying all this a lot she says with a smile that refuses to leave her face when talking about her workbesides experience and exposure shradha has acquired a new hobby pin trading all protocol liaison officers receive pins of their respective allotted countries volunteers are trying to collect as many different kinds of pins as possible by trading one for the other not many people have the india pin but i have it i wouldnt trade it for any other she says proudly displaying the string of her id card home to some 14 pins from countries like gambia singapore gibraltar and of course cayman islands a work force break area takes care that the volunteers are occupied at all times there are some designated break areas where we have board games like chess and ludo which we can play in our free time in some break areas supervisors also conduct quizzes for volunteers winners get mugs says shradha refreshments and meals are taken care of for liaison officers and their supervisors at samrat hotel metro coupons take care of their travel however the best perk of being a volunteer for shradha is being able to visit stadiums i can go watch any sporting event she says pointing to an infinity sign on her card it means access to all competition venues she saysthe training programme says shradha has equipped volunteers with skills for life its not only about etiquette and dealing with guests for the duration of the cwg i see it as a personality development program that will help us later too she says at the end of the games all volunteers will receive participation certificates