Under the aegis of NOTTO and ROTTO-SOTTO Mumbai, MOHAN Foundation in collaboration with Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC) - Pune conducted a one-week Transplant Coordinators' Training Programme from 19th to 23rdFebruary 2018 at ISCCM Pune Office, Off Karve Road, Pune, Maharashtra. There were 51 participants not only from different places in Maharashtra, but also Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Delhi. This was the 52nd training programme conducted by MOHAN Foundation and the 18th in partnership with NOTTO. The training programme was supported by the Tata Trusts.

Dr. Kapil Zirpe, National President ISCCM, Dr. Subhal Dixit, Chairman, ISCCM Pune Branch, Dr. A. G. Huprikar, Secretary, ZTCC-Pune and Mrs. Arati Gokhale, Central Coordinator ZTCC-Pune were present at the inauguration. MOHAN Foundation was represented by Mrs. Lalitha Raghuram, Country Director, Dr. Sumana Navin, Course Director, Ms. Pallavi Kumar, Executive Director, Delhi-NCR, and Mr. Amit Shenoy, Project Manager – Hospital Outreach Program, Mumbai.

At the valedictory function, two of the participants, Dr. Madhavi Salunke and Dr. Sagar Bedkihal recited poems on organ donation that they had felt inspired to write. Mr. Shrikant Patwardhan, volunteer with ZTCC-Mumbai shared his thoughts on saving lives through organ donation. Dr. Atul Mulay, Committee member, ZTCC-Pune and Dr. Suresh Badhan, Consultant – Coordination, NOTTO congratulated the participants on finishing the training programme and presented the completion certificates to them.