Blood Donation Camp

National Service Scheme (NSS), Youth Red Cross wing, (YRC) and Rotaract Club of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, in association with the blood bank of K.M.C, Manipal; Prasad Nethralaya, Udupi and JCI, Udupi City, organized one-day blood donation camp at the institute premises on 5 October 2015.

Dr. Shamee Shastry, Doctor-in-Charge, KMC Blood Bank, Manipal inaugurated the camp. Dr. Kavitha from Prasad Nethralaya,  Udupi; Prof. Dr. Radhakrishna S. Aithal,  Prof. Dr. Thirumaleshwara Bhat and Prof. Dr. A. Ganesha, Director, Principal and Dean (Academics) of SMVITM respectively; Mr. Vinay Acharya, Mr. Jagadeesh Shetty and Mr. Raghavendra Prabhu, President, Vice President and Secretary of JCI Udupi City respectively; NSS/YRC Coordinator Mr. Nagaraja Rao; Mr. Prashanth M.D, Mr. Kishore Kumar Aroor, members of the NSS, YRC and Rotaract Club and student volunteers were present during the inaugural function.

The blood donation camp began with the Director, Principal and Dean donating blood. More than 200 people, including members of the faculty, staff and students of SMVITM attended the program and total of 200 units of blood were collected at the camp.