Awareness drive marks TB Day observance in Mangalore

March 24, 2013

Mangalore, Mar 24: Creating awareness through sticking of posters on Tuberculosis by students and cleaning the surroundings in the prime locality of the city marked the World TB Day observance in here on Sunday.

The drive was carried out by Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL) in association with the Amala Bharat Campaign (ABC) of Mata Amruthanandamayi Mutt and Rotary Club of Mangalore and participated by students of Karnataka Ayurveda College and Srinivas Institute of Social Work.

The Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat distributed the awareness brochures to launch the awareness drive and the locality cleaning programme at PVS Junction area. The specially designed TB Awareness poster which is endorsed by Indian Hockey legend Dhanraj Pillai is published by Mumbai based India Development Foundation (IDF). The posters were stuck at strategic locations so as to draw the attention of the passerby.

Soeaking on the occasion, Mr. Bhat stressed the need for educate and create awareness among general public on diseases like TB which is purely caused due to lack of public hygiene. He appreciated the students for taken the responsibility of carrying forward the mission to eradicate such communicable diseases. He also mentioned that the City Corporation has been striving to work out effective measures to enable the solid waste management in the city.

Amruthanandamayi Mutt Pontiff Mangalananda Swamini, Swamini Sandhaya from Amaruthapuri in Kerala, Convener of ABC Dr. Jeevaraj Sorake, President of Rotary Club of Mangalore Madhav Suvarna, Executive Director of Centre for Integrated Learning Sachitha Nandagopal among others were present on the occasion.

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Mangaluru: 12,500 healthcare students rally for organ donation and nasha mukth Bharat

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November 29,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 29: Around 12,500 healthcare students from Medical, Dental, AYUSH, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Health Sciences colleges of Dakshina Kannada, affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), took part in a massive walkathon to promote awareness on Organ Donation and Nasha Mukth Bharat.

The inaugural ceremony was held at Mangala Stadium. Dr Bhagavan B C, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, delivered the welcome address. The walkathon was flagged off by Shri U T Khader, Hon’ble Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, and presided over by Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge. Dakshina Kannada MP Shri Brijesh Chowta also addressed the students.

Music director Guru Kiran, MLA Dr Bharat Shetty (Mangalore North), Police Commissioner Shri Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Shri Manjunath Bhandary and Shri Harish Kumar were among those present.

Institution heads including Dr Haji U K Monu (Kanachur Colleges), Dr Shantharam Shetty (Tejaswini College), Dr Bhaskar Shetty (City Group of Colleges), Mr Abdul Rahiman (Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences), and the District Health Officer, Mangalore, also participated.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Prof U T Ifthikar Fareed, Syndicate Member, RGUHS.

The event was organised by Dr U T Ifthikar Ali and Dr Shiva Sharan (Syndicate Members), Prof Vaishali (Senate Member), Prof Mohammad Suhail (Chairman, BOS Physiotherapy), Dr Sharan Shetty (Former Senate Member), along with principals and faculty of various colleges.

Students marched from Mangala Stadium to Karavali Grounds via MCC and Lalbagh signal. The event set a record as one of the largest gatherings of healthcare students for a social cause in the RGUHS Dakshina Kannada Zone.

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