Mysuru:  ‘Gift An Organ’ awareness sessions on organ donation were organised by Young Indians (Yi) at Vinyas Innovative Technologies Pvt. Ltd., and Theorem India Pvt. Ltd., here recently.

The sessions were conducted to create awareness and educate the employees of the companies about this noble cause. About 200 employees attended the sessions by Ayurvedic Company Private Limited Managing Director Dr. Y. Karthik Pandit and  Ayurvedic Consultant S. N. Pandit.

The ‘Gift An Organ’ initiative was started as a joint effort by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Yi.

This initiative that started in 2015 was collaboration between all leading hospitals in the city that were involved in organ transplantation. In the year 2016, ‘Gift An Organ’ became a National Project for Yi and was adopted by all the 40 Chapters across the country. The initiative, which had its roots in Coimbatore, is now a national initiative, spearheading a national movement, spreading awareness on organ donation.

“We are not here to change human habit, but simply to correct unwarranted belief. With the large population India is always famed for, changing the mind-set of few hundred thousand would be the aim of the project — which could hopefully mean changing the life stories of a few people who lie in wait for organ donors. Almost everyone reading this would nod their heads at the idea of organ donation but very few of us actually have taken those 10 minutes to pledge our organs,” say the event organisers.

Yi – Chapter Chair Ghanashyam Murali, Yi Members Sneha Ghanashyam, S.D. Soumya, Nikhil Koundinya and Raghavendra Rao Mane were present during the sessions.