Milestone
Since 1980-2024
Formation of AVBDWB. Registration of the society, introduction of School Education Programme, All India Voluntary Blood Donation Day Celebration, First camp with 100 donors.
Frank Worrell Day, Football Lovers Day, Certificate Course on Blood Donor Motivation, First Camp with 1000 donors.
Publication of blue print for improvement of State Blood Transfusion Service, Diamond Jubilee of first voluntary blood donation, Workshop
for blood bank personnel with British Experts as faculty members, Rakhi Bandhan Day, Florence Nightingale Day.
Formation of District organisation, Computerised Donors Directory, Collaboration with the International Organisations.
Introduction of blood group watch stickers and badges for school children, School routine with the message of blood donation.
National Seminar and workshop on Blood Donor Motivation, Publication of Draft National Policy, Publication of quarterly bulletin "Gift of Blood".
Certificate of appreciation for all blood donors, Flip Chart for school programmes, Introduction of panel donors, Invited by Government of India to work as advisor in their resource pool on donor motivation.
First State Conference of blood donor motivators, First Camp with 1500 donors, Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Organised 451 camps, offered expertise to other States.
Coordinated the publication of National Guide Book on Blood Donor Motivation, Deputed representatives to other states to conduct training programme.
International Conference and Workshop of Blood Donor Motivation, National Workshop on Basic Blood Banking Techniques, International Exhibition on Motivational materials and flower show, Publication of
Rakta Rakhi. Introduction of Diploma Course on Social Service – Blood Donor Motivation and Science of Blood.
Mass Approach Programme by way of Torch Light Procession, Becomes
full member to represent India in International Federation of Blood
Donor Organisation, Invited by WHO Geneva to prepare a document on Donor Motivation & Recruitment, State Level Network to offer Certificate Course on Blood Donor Motivation & Recruitment.
Recognition of Certificate Course - Social Service Blood Donor
Motivation & Recruitment at district and sub-divisional level by
National Science & Technology Communication, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, Involvement of school
students in propagating the message of blood donation by forming
human-chain in front of the schools in the main thoroughfare, Invited
to conduct training programmes at Bombay, Pune and Nasik,
Introduction of Workshops on the techniques of running total
voluntary organisation.
Invited to participate in the World Congress of Blood Donor Organisation at Spain to share the concept of education and voluntary organisation with representative of industrial and
developing countries, Invited to conduct training programmes at
Madras, National Aids Control Organisation, Government of India, invited AVBDWB to prepare training modules on Blood Donor
Motivation and Recruitment for training of blood bank personnel.
National Workshop in quest of Safe Blood Transfusion was organised
at Calcutta with 60 selected donor motivators and organisers from
all over the country to prepare guideline to be followed in the next
five years.
International Colloquium on the theme Education as a Tool for Blood
Donor Motivation at Calcutta with 60 participants from home and abroad. Conducted training programme at New Delhi on Donor
Motivation on an invitation from Government of Delhi.
Invited to prepare approach paper for Ninth Five Year Plan on HIV prevention and blood safety by National Council of Health & Family Welfare on behalf of Planning Commission. Became the representative of the voluntary organisations in the State Blood Transfusion Council, Training programmes for undergraduate medical students were introduced. Received the second best award in the international film festival on Blood Donor Motivation and Recruitment held at Sofia, Bulgaria.
Undertook and completed the study on ‘Donor Profile and Status of Blood Banks in Calcutta and Howrah’ — a project of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Invited as guest speaker in the First Asia Pacific Conference on Donor Recruitment at Bangkok. Received the International Best Poster Award at Bangkok.
Invited by Govt. of India to serve in the Experts' Committee to prepare
National Policy and Programme for voluntary blood donation. Had its
presence in the cyberspace.
Received the Meghnad Puraskar from the Government of West Bengal.
Organised National Workshop on Strategies of Blood Donor Recruitment
for the Twenty First Century. Gift of Blood received Best House Journal
Award from the Public Relations Voice (Journal of Indian Public Relations Society).
Conducted courses at Bangladesh as WHO Programme. Observed
International year of volunteers with state level workshop.
Invited to present papers at World Congress on Blood Donation at Canada.
Invited to speak at the Third Social Forum at Brazil.
Invited to represent IFBDO at the 9th International Colloquium on Voluntary Non-remunarative Blood Donation at Beijing, China.
Silver Jubilee, Candle Light Procession, National Workshop on Blood Donor Recruitment and the Parliament of Motivators.
Closing ceremony of the year-long Silver Jubilee Programme.
Organised the First Asian Meet of IFBDO (FIODS)-countries in Chennai, jointly with AVBDTN
Invited to present paper at the 11th International Colloqium of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Socities at Cairo, Egypt. Organised Inter School State Level Quiz competetion on Blood, Blood Donation and Social Service at all 19 districts of the state.
Invited to provide resource persons for training of motivators of other states.
National Conference and Workshop on Strategies for Blood Donor Recruitment and Total Voluntary Blood Programme.
Hundredth issue of journal Gift of Blood was Published
Conducted motivators Training Programme at Bhutan on an invitation from Bhutan Government.
On an invitation from the Governor of Chattisgarh, Shri Sekhar Dutta, IAS, SM conducted programme at Raj Bhawan about the action plan that should be taken up by the State to achieve 100% voluntary Blood Programme.
On invitation from the Ministry of Health Royal Govt. of Bhutan conducted three day Motivators Training Programme at Thimpu on May 5, 6 & 7, 2014.
Conducted once in five year National Meet on Total Voluntary Blood
Programme : Vision 2020 on January 23, 24 and 25, 2015.
Invited by Government of India in National Consultative Experts’ meeting at Mumbai, to design curriculum for Donor Counsellors of NACO funded Blood Banks of the country.
Being invited by the National Blood Transfusion Council and National AIDS Control Organisation sent expert to the National Consultation Meet of Experts to prepare National Communication Strategy and Development of IEC materials.
Invited by the Turkish Blood Foundation to present paper at their 7th
Anatolian Blood Days Workshop at Anatatolia, Turkey and XI National Congress of Blood Banks and Transfusion Society, Turkey.
Converted all twenty Memorial Challenge Trophies to Memorial Awards.
Introduced Annual Arunabha Chattopadhyay Memorial Lecture.
Introduced Webinar in conducting Annual General Meeting in addition to physical presence due to breakout of Covid-19 second wave.
Introduced Arunabha Chattopadhyay Memorial Award and Ashish
Bhattacharya Memorial Award
Introduced 30 hours Certificate Course on "Social Service - Blood Donor
Motivation" for Universities and Colleges of the state.
