On August 07, 2025, MOHAN Foundation conducted an awareness session titled “Gift of Life: Organ Donation Awareness Initiative” for Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) fresher students at NorthCap University (NCU), Gurugram, Haryana. The session was organized by Ms. Kanika Gupta, Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Technology; Dr. Parul Khanna, Assistant Professor at the School of Management and Liberal Studies and Dr. Neha Kumar, Assistant Professor at the School of Management and Liberal Studies in collaboration with the Youth Red Cross Club and Awakening Club, NCU. Dr. Muneet Kaur Sahi, Programme Manager of MOHAN Foundation (MF) NCR, served as the resource person, accompanied by Ms. Sanya Santosh, Program Officer, MF Delhi NCR.

MOHAN Foundation has been collaborating with NCU since August 2022 and has conducted three sessions in the past. This session was organized as part of the orientation program for the fresher students.

Dr. Muneet began the session with an introduction to MOHAN Foundation and an overview of the organ donation landscape in India. To provide participants with a deeper understanding of the issue, an informative film on brain stem death was screened.

The session covered several key aspects of organ donation, including:

• The significance of organ donation

• Who can be a donor

• Organ donation during life and after death

• The difference between brain death and coma

• The process of eye donation, including corneal preservation after death

• Legal aspects under the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act (THOTA), 1994

• Common myths and facts surrounding organ donation

• Body donation

Dr. Muneet shared that India ranks third globally in living organ donation transplantations and highlighted a notable gender trend, women are more likely to be living donors, whereas in deceased organ donation transplantation, where India ranks eighth globally in absolute numbers, men are the predominant donors.

She also informed participants that India has begun performing hand transplants after brain death. To illustrate, she shared the inspiring story of a woman who lost both upper limbs in a tragic bus accident and later underwent a successful bilateral hand transplant at Amrita Hospital, Kochi.

During the session, Dr. Muneet explained the provision for pledging organ donation through a driving licence. One of the participants even showcased his driving licence, which displayed “YES” as an organ donor.

The session concluded on a thought-provoking note: after death, the human body is either cremated or buried, and both the body and its organs are lost. Why not choose to donate organs after death and save lives?

Close to 40 participants attended the session.