World Blood Donor Day

Shri Venkateshwara University, VIMS Multispecialty hospital, Jubilant India Foundation & VGI Meerut collaborated for a mega blood donation camp on World Blood Donor Day.

We organized the blood donation camps at three locations wherein the locals, along with the students & teachers, donated 288 units of blood.

The Group Chairman Dr Sudhir Giri, VP of the Jubilant India Foundation Mr. Vivek Prakash, & the Pro chancellor Dr Rajiv Tyagi inaugurated the blood donation & award ceremony by cutting a ribbon.

Further, on the occasion of World Blood donor day, the Pro Chancellor Dr Rajiv Tyagi along with Mr. Vivek Prakash felicitated the donors by giving them a trophy and a certificate.

The Group Chairman Dr Sudhir Giri reiterated blood donation is the biggest donation of all because by donating blood we give a new lease of life not only to the recipient but his entire family.

Mr. Vivek Prakash from Jubilant stated that donating blood four times a year can prevent over 10 lakh deaths due to blood loss caused by accidents, critical surgeries and other reasons.

Moreover, the Pro Chancellor Dr Rajiv Tyagi announced the Venkateshwara Group created a record by collecting over 1500 units of blood in 46 blood donation camps in 1 year alone. We organized these camps in Meerut, Amroha, Bijnor, Moradabad & other districts of UP west.

Those present included the CEO Mr. Ajay Shrivastava, MS Dr I B Raju, Blood bank in charge Mr. Naushad, Blood bank Superintendent Farheen Jahan, Deepak Verma, Anuj Chaudhary & Bharat Parashar.

Those representing Jubilant included Dr A S Foghat, Dr Nitin Rai, Dr Samir, & Dr Sumit Garg.

Noticeable with his presence was the Meerut campus Director Dr Pratap Singh, and the Media In charge, Mr. Vishwas Rana, among others.