Kalinga University Organized Free Eye Checkup Camp on World Sight Day

Raipur, 21/11/2021 ////// Kalinga University, Raipur is a well-known Educational Institute in Central India that focuses onquality education and research. The University believes in holistic development of the studentsand thus facilitate the students to enhance and develop practical skills, techniques, or ideaswhich they can use in their work or their daily lives. To take this endeavour ahead, the Facultyof Science, Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga University celebrated World Sight Day byorganising a seminar on ‘Eye Donation and Organ Donation’ along with free ‘Eye Check- upCamp’ on 20 th November, 2021. The keynote speaker for the seminar was Dr. ManishShrivastava, MBBS- DOMS, Director, Varun Netralaya, Raipur (C.G.), India.

As every auspicious occasion seeks the blessings of the lord, this event also started with theblessings of the Goddess of Wisdom by the Sarasvati Vandana. The webinar was marked by theeminent presence of Vice-Chancellor- Dr. R. Shridhar, Director General- Dr. Byju John,Registrar- Dr. Sandeep Gandhi, Dean Student Welfare- Dr. Asha Ambhaikar, Dean AcademicAffairs, Faculty members and students of the University. The welcome address was extendedby the convener of the seminar, Dr. Sushma Dubey that was followed by the deliberation othe resource person. Dr. Shrivastava addressed august gathering and created an awarenessregarding organ donation.

Dr. Manish Shrivastava stated that a person whose brain becomes dead due to brain injury,brain hemorrhage or any other reason, organs of his body still remain alive and can be donatedto a needy person for saving their lives. He added that at least 6 lives can be saved bytransplanting organs from the body of a 'brain dead' person. Organs like kidney, liver, heart,eyes, body tissues, blood cells can be donated for the same. Talking about the living donor, hesaid that a living person can also donate his body parts such as kidney, bone marrow, liver andsome part of the lungs to any needy patient from his family. He said that India is second in theworld in terms of organ transplant but there is a scope for improvement in this regard. Moreeffort is to be done to educate the masses about organ donation. On this occasion,Dr. Shrivastava said that a large number of people die due to organ failure. In many cases oforgan failure, organ transplant is the only option instead of medication. Organ transplants cansave large number of lives. Hence, if we change our mindset, the lives of many people can besaved with organ donation. In the seminar, people also cleared their doubts from the expertabout organ donation.

Dr. Sushma Dubey, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology was the convener of theseminar. Dr. Asha Ambhaikar, Dr. A. Vijay Anand, Dr. V.P. Kolla, Dr. Anju Meshram, Dr.Ramswaroop Saini, Mr. Dilendra Chandrakar, Ms. Nirali Budhbhatti were the members oforganizing committee. At the end of the enriching event, vote of thanks was extended by Dr. Sushma Dubey.