coimbatore in an attempt to tackle work pressure cisf personnel in coimbatore have decided to conduct interactive sessions for their jawans with eminent sports personalities once every five monthsin light of this decision a session was planned with ace racer narain karthikeyan during which he shared his experiences while he was training to become an f1 racer he recalled how he was asked to reduce four kilos for a super formula series in japan in order to compensate for his vehicles heavy tyre cisf assistant commandant k shrinivas said many personnel also face similar challenges while training constable pankaj kumar of cisf who is from a small village in bihar has been living in the city away from his family for the past few years our job is filled with hardships and we are under constant pressure moreover sometimes we get depressed as we stay away from our families he said he was elated when the cisf decided to call narain karthikeyan to coimbatore airport on wednesday for an interactive session the idea is to motivate the personnel as both sports personalities and jawans face pressure situations and are away from their families frequently said inspector yogendra yadavnarain karthikeyan interacted with 240 odd personnel at the coimbatore airport where he shared the challenges and hardships he had faced in his career i went to england to train when i was just 14 years narain said motivating them to work harder he said he has learnt to work harder as he grew older i always think about what i can achieve next representing the country keeps me going though there is recognition for the sport in the country now there is still a lot of work that could be done to develop it further he said narain also spoke about his hobbies getting a peek into his life his struggles and successes was extremely motivating said om prakash a constableapart from the interactive session cultural programmes were also conducted fiveyearold dailesh son of subinspector hemant kumar played several patriotic songs on the keyboard children of other personnel also performed for the men in uniform