The Collaborative Conclave for Organ Donation is a common platform for all the

NGOs working on organ donation in India. ORGAN (Organ Receiving & Giving Awareness Network) India, an initiative of the NGOs Parashar Foundation & the Vijaya Gujral Foundation, in association with NOTTO, (National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization) held the Second Collaborative Conclave for Organ Donation with all the NGOs in the field of organ donation in New Delhi on November 28, 2017.It was conceived in 2016 with the vision of strategising the efforts of the Government and the NGOs to work jointly to promote the cause of organ donation, identify the loopholes and challenges faced by all stakeholders, and find solutions for the same.

More than 20 NGOs across the country were invited and 16 attended the Conclave held at the NOTTO office in Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. NGOs from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Assam, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh were present. Representatives from Karnataka and Kolkata could not make it to the Conclave but sent in their presentations, points and queries. NGOs who participated were ORGAN India, Donate Life, MOHAN Foundation, Shine India Foundation, Muskaan Group, A Million Pledges, Dadhichi Deh Daan Samiti, Zublee Foundation, Kidney Federation of India, Apex Kidney Foundation, MOTHER, Shatayu, Gift Your Organ, Light A Life, amongst others. Ms. Anika Parashar (Co-Founder, ORGAN India and Trustee, Parashar Foundation) made introductions and thanked everyone for attending the Conclave. She also moderated the Conclave, Dr. Vimal Bhandari (Director, NOTTO), Dr. Anil Kumar (Additional Deputy Director General, DGHS, MoHFW), Dr. Megha Pravin Khobragade (Joint Director, NOTTO), Dr. Suresh K Badhan (Consultant Coordination, NOTTO), Ms. Sunayana Singh (Co-Founder & CEO, ORGAN India) were all present at the Conclave along with representatives of all the NGOs.

Some of the issues that were discussed were notification of November 27 as organ donation day by the Government, one common design for donor cards issued by all agencies, including a chapter on organ donation in the MBBS curriculum, audit of outcomes in transplant patients, building awareness in school children, writing to the Film Chamber of Commerce to issue a Directive to show a short clip on organ donation before every movie.

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NGOs working on organ donation in India. ORGAN (Organ Receiving & Giving Awareness Network) India, an initiative of the NGOs Parashar Foundation & the Vijaya Gujral Foundation, in association with NOTTO, (National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization) held the Second Collaborative Conclave for Organ Donation with all the NGOs in the field of organ donation in New Delhi on November 28, 2017.It was conceived in 2016 with the vision of strategising the efforts of the Government and the NGOs to work jointly to promote the cause of organ donation, identify the loopholes and challenges faced by all stakeholders, and find solutions for the same.

More than 20 NGOs across the country were invited and 16 attended the Conclave held at the NOTTO office in Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. NGOs from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Assam, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh were present. Representatives from Karnataka and Kolkata could not make it to the Conclave but sent in their presentations, points and queries. NGOs who participated were ORGAN India, Donate Life, MOHAN Foundation, Shine India Foundation, Muskaan Group, A Million Pledges, Dadhichi Deh Daan Samiti, Zublee Foundation, Kidney Federation of India, Apex Kidney Foundation, MOTHER, Shatayu, Gift Your Organ, Light A Life, amongst others. Ms. Anika Parashar (Co-Founder, ORGAN India and Trustee, Parashar Foundation) made introductions and thanked everyone for attending the Conclave. She also moderated the Conclave, Dr. Vimal Bhandari (Director, NOTTO), Dr. Anil Kumar (Additional Deputy Director General, DGHS, MoHFW), Dr. Megha Pravin Khobragade (Joint Director, NOTTO), Dr. Suresh K Badhan (Consultant Coordination, NOTTO), Ms. Sunayana Singh (Co-Founder & CEO, ORGAN India) were all present at the Conclave along with representatives of all the NGOs.

Some of the issues that were discussed were notification of November 27 as organ donation day by the Government, one common design for donor cards issued by all agencies, including a chapter on organ donation in the MBBS curriculum, audit of outcomes in transplant patients, building awareness in school children, writing to the Film Chamber of Commerce to issue a Directive to show a short clip on organ donation before every movie.

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