Red Cross Unit

International Democratic Day Celebration

The University has Red Cross units in all its colleges and the Unit organizes various camps and programmes

• Youth Red Cross Unit, UAS, GKVK in association with Pushpaganga Academy, Bengaluru organized two days personality development programme on ‘Getting Ready for Future’ at Conference Hall, Department of Biotechnology, UAS, GKVK between 9-10th February
• Youth Red Cross Unit, UAS, GKVK in association with Indian Red Cross Society, Karnataka State branch organized three days State level Youth Red Cross Society Volunteer Training and Motivation Camp-2021 from 03.2021 to 15.03.2021.
• Shwetha, M.N. and Mr. Vinod, N.U., PG students, College of Agriculture participated in ‘State Disaster Response Team – Training’ organised by Indian Red Cross Society, Dakshina Kannada branch, Mangaluru in association with Center of Excellence at National Institute of Technology, Suratkal on 19th March 2021 to 21st March 2021.

International Democratic Day Celebration

Redcross Awareness Programme and Blood Donation Camp

• A world environmental day programme was jointly organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya and National Service Scheme, CoA, Mandya on 5th June 2018 and 6th June 2018.
• On 5th June 2018 mass tree planting programme was organized at the college campus. The programme was presided by Dean (Agri.). The teaching and non-teaching staffs are requested to adapt the plants which were planted on world environmental day. Students requested the officers to provide a land for planting the saplings. This land will be called as Birthday Green zone where students can plant the saplings to celebrate their birthdays.

• Fund raising campaign organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya for flood affected Kodagu district under the title “Namma Kodagu Namma Usiru” in collaboration with NSS Volunteers
• Blood donation camp was organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya in collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society, Mandya Taluk on 27.09.2018. About 150 blood donors came voluntarily to donate blood. Total of 126 blood units were collected.
• International Volunteers Day-2018” was organized by Youth Red Cross Unit (PG) from 5th December 2018 by the Directorate of Post Graduate Studies, North Block, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru in the event of celebration of International Volunteers Day, which was inaugurated by Honourable Vice Chancellor, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru. A special lecture by Dr. Hosakere Suresh on “Volunteers build resilient Communities” was organized by Youth Red Cross unit (PG) in the programme during the occasion
• Blood donation and Eye testing camp was organized by Youth Red Cross Society, CoA, Mandya in collaboration with Grace Blood Bank, A Nagashankara Charitable Trust, Bengaluru on 06.02.2019, about 120 blood donors donated 91 blood units voluntarily. Besides students, teaching and non-teaching faculty utilized the eye testing camp conducted on the same day.

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in association with Indian Red Cross Society organised a “Volunteer Blood Donation Camp” on 29th November 2019 at GKVK, Bengaluru. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad inaugurated the camp and created awareness on the benefits of blood donation to one’s health and society. Dr. Nagashekar, Director, Blood Bank, Dr. M. Byregowda, Dean Student Welfare, Dr. A.G. Shankar, Dean Post Graduate Studies, Dr. KM. Harinikumar, Youth Red Cross Nodal Officer were present during the occasion. More than 250 students participated and around 150 students donated the blood.