Being a Karamveer on Amitabh Bachchan’s Show – ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’
By Dr.Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation. I was invited last week to appear on one of the biggest Indian television game shows ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ or KBC. Sony Entertainment Television and KBC wished to promote organ donation through the NGO called MOHAN Foundation. I, being the founder and managing…
Organ Donation and a Wedding
I had never felt more awkward or out of place. Here I was, more than 13,000 kilometers away from home, surrounded by people at a wedding I hadn’t seen in a couple of years, and speaking about organ donation. I had come to India from the U.S. for the summer…
How I spent the Organ Donation Day
“I must do it for my mother’s sake”, said an old woman, her eyes in tears. I was touched. I certainly did not expect an awareness campaign to be this hard. Let me rewind a tad for you to follow. On World Organ Donation Day, which fell on the 13th…
Aishwarya’s Gift Lights Up Lives
The first thing that I noticed about her was the vibrant blue nail polish on her toes, and then the long braid… Aishwarya was a lively 13-year-old girl, so they all said. And then there were the machines she was connected to as she lay on a bed in the…
James Donaldson – An Officer and a Gentleman…and a Hero
“James was an officer and hopefully a gentleman,” said Carol Donaldson with a slight smile. She was talking about her 26-year-old son, James Donaldson, who died in a motorbike accident in 2010. There is no doubt in my mind that James was a gentleman and a hero for he is…
Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram Receives The “Women In Transplantation Hero Award 2016”
At a glittering awards ceremony of The Transplantation Society Annual Conference in Hong Kong, on 22nd August 2016, Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram received the “Women in Transplantation Hero Award 2016”. Women in Transplantation, a wing of The Transplantation Society, recognizes the efforts of some outstanding women across the globe, working…
Awareness session on organ donation at an event organized by Bangiya Parishad Gurgaon in Sector 56, Gurgaon
On August 28, 2016, MOHAN Foundation along with Artemis Hospital was invited for a talk on organ donation at an event organized by Bangiya Parishad Gurgaon in Sector 56, Gurgaon. Bangiya Parishad Gurgaon is an association of Bengalis in Gurgaon. It was formed in the year 2006 with the objective…
MOHAN Foundation Conducts Awareness Talk on Organ Donation for NCC Cadets and JCOs at NCC Academy, Ropar
On 1st September 2016, MOHAN Foundation was invited by the Commandant, Col. Raj Kumar Nain, 10 Haryana Bn. N.C.C Kurukshetra, to conduct an awareness talk for their N.C.C. Cadets and J.C.Os at NCC Academy, Ropar. The group of Cadets were from Haryana Colleges. The cadets were very much aware about…