Mr. Marulappa LN, Transplant Coordinator of MOHAN Foundation had requested Mr. Balakrishna (Teacher of ITI Central School, Bengaluru) to organise an awareness session for the NCC students of Grades 9 and 10. Mr. Balakrishna sought permission from the Principal of the school and an awareness session was conducted virtually on 27^th August 2021. Around 53 students and staff attended the session.

Mrs. Ranjini Shankar MS began the session by introducing MOHAN Foundation, its mission, vision; the concept of organ and tissue donation; types of death - cardiac death and brain death; and procedure of deceased and living organ donation. Mrs. Ranjini then elaborated on the procedure of eye, skin, and bone donation; briefly explained the role of Jeevasarthakathe; touched upon the transplant law and the importance of a donor card.

Towards the end of the session, a motivational video was played for the audience. She also made it a point to inform the students to carry the important message to their parents at home as well and they all agreed to support the.

The following points were discussed:

• Possibility of brain transplantation to treat brain death
• Time duration for each organ to be transplanted